This Former Google Engineer Reveals the One Thing to Focus On When Building a Product — and It’s Not ‘Perfect Code’

What matters is solving real problems for customers, says Dhanji Prasanna, CTO of fintech company Block and ex-Google ...

'Code quality' doesn't matter because it won't make you successful, Block's CTO says

Block's chief technology officer, Dhanji Prasanna, says clean, elegant code is overrated — what matters is building products ...
USA Today

Cash App parent company Block fined $40 million amid money laundering allegations

Block XYZ.N will pay a $40 million civil fine and hire an independent monitor to settle charges by New York's financial services regulator that it failed to adequately police and stop money laundering ...
The Verge

Google’s making code formatting a breeze in Docs

Certain Workspace users will be getting access to code blocks, which could help them upgrade their documentation. Certain Workspace users will be getting access to code blocks, which could help them ...
TechCrunch

Shopify acquires Checkout Blocks, a checkout customization app

Commerce platform Shopify has acquired Checkout Blocks, allowing Shopify Plus merchants to make no-code customizations in their checkout to enhance customer experience and potentially boost sales.
9to5google

Google Docs rolling out code blocks for easier formatting and display

Google’s latest Smart canvas feature for Docs is code blocks that let you more easily format and display code. Once rolled out, paste/write your code and then Insert > Building blocks, which will ...