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It is just easier to discuss and decide on a resource within a Pull Request.
-Use consistent set of resource type emoji
+Use consistent set of resource type emoji.
🎥 - Video/Talk
📖 - Book
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-> *[Join our community](https://metadevelopment.io/)* for professional Software Developers and get more control over your life and career!
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Special thanks to:
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+### [Tuple, the premier screen sharing app for developers](https://tuple.app/every-programmer-should-know)
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+[Available for MacOS & Windows](https://tuple.app/every-programmer-should-know)
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+----
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+ Want to become a Senior Engineer sooner?
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+ [Join a waitlist for repo author's course](https://maven.com/top-engineer/fast-track-to-senior?utm_source=github&utm_campaign=autumn_repo_bump)
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- :page_facing_up: [Cryptographic Right Answers](https://gist.github.com/tqbf/be58d2d39690c3b366ad)
- :page_facing_up: [An Open Letter to Developers Everywhere (About Cryptography)](https://gist.github.com/paragonie-scott/e9319254c8ecbad4f227)
- :book: [Foundations of Security: What Every Programmer Needs to Know ](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128003.Foundations_of_Security)
-- [OWASP Top 10](https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten)
-- [Web Application Exploits and Defenses](https://google-gruyere.appspot.com/part1)
+- :page_facing_up: [OWASP Top 10](https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten) - The "gold standard" for web application vulnerabilities.
+- :page_facing_up: [Portswigger Academy](https://portswigger.net) - Practical Labs for learning about web application security.
+- :page_facing_up: [Web Application Exploits and Defenses](https://google-gruyere.appspot.com/part1)
- :page_facing_up: [Hashing, Encryption and Encoding](https://www.integralist.co.uk/posts/hashing-and-encryption/)
### UX/Usability
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- :link: [InterviewCake](https://www.interviewcake.com/)
- :link: [At Coder](https://atcoder.jp/)
- :link: [Codility](https://www.codility.com/)
-- :link: [ICPC Problem Archive](https://icpc.kattis.com/)
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+- :link: [ICPC Problem Archive](https://icpc.kattis.com/)
+- :link: [Codemia](https://codemia.io/)
+- :link: [LabEx](https://labex.io/)
+- :link: [Codebattle](https://codebattle.hexlet.io/)
+
+### Platform Engineering
+
+> A modern discipline that evolved from DevOps and SRE principles, focused on improving developer experience and productivity by building and managing self-service tools and workflows, often through an Internal Developer Platform (IDP). The goal is to reduce cognitive load on developers and streamline the path to production.
+
+- **What is Platform Engineering?**
+ * [Microsoft Learn: What is platform engineering?](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/platform-engineering/what-is-platform-engineering)
+ A comprehensive overview of the practice, its goals, and core capabilities.
+ * [Atlassian: What is Platform Engineering?](https://www.atlassian.com/developer-experience/platform-engineering)
+ A great explanation of the roles and responsibilities of a platform team.
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+- **Internal Developer Platform (IDP)**
+ * [internaldeveloperplatform.org: What is an IDP?](https://internaldeveloperplatform.org/what-is-an-internal-developer-platform/)
+ A foundational resource explaining the concept of an IDP as the core product of a platform team.
+ * [Atlassian: Internal Developer Platform Guide](https://www.atlassian.com/developer-experience/internal-developer-platform)
+ A deep dive into the benefits and best practices for building an IDP.
+
+- **Golden Paths (Paved Roads)**
+ * [Spotify Engineering: How we use Golden Paths to solve fragmentation](https://backstage.spotify.com/learn/onboarding-software-to-backstage/setting-up-software-templates/11-spotify-templates/)
+ The original concept from Spotify, explaining how they use "opinionated and supported paths" to guide developers.
+ * [Red Hat: What is a Golden Path for software development?](https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/devops/golden-paths)
+ * A clear article on how Golden Paths provide templates and standardized workflows to increase efficiency.
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