simplezeal

Tired of copying files to Bitlocker'ed USB key, and don't want to rely on personal machine's HDD - just not very good with backups etc. Looking for recommendations for Cloud based secured storage for personal documents. OneDrive / Google Drive etc. are consumer services and AFAIK don't prevent snopping from Microsoft / Google etc. Recos?

Been developing for 15+ years. Recently got assigned Dev Lead position in Microsoft for team I was working as IC. Will be managing team of 5+

Goal is to lead this small team of capable (albeit directionless at times) team to focused high impact fail fast culture.

Looking for advice, books, articles.

What do you guys use for VPN services? I have a family of iOS, Mac and Windows devices and ideally i’d like to set this at router level but happy to set it at individual device level. Also is there a way to do this for streaming devices - chrome cast, Apple TV etc.

After living with my junk Lenovo for last three years (battery gone bad after 1 year, HDD is slow as hell), I am looking forward to buying a new laptop for development (personal), basic email/browsing etc. No games, no high end photo/video editing.

What would you guys recommend? Are there any good build laptops which will survive my three year upgrade cycle?

I have a Lenovo T410 from work which I like but hate that it needed a battery replacement in first month and identical machine for co-worker needed a motherboard replacement (again in first month).

I am leaning towards getting 13’’ MBA and installing Win7 on it, considering that I don’t need and want to spend on MBP. Lack of 4GB in basic model is definitely drawing my attention.