Analyzes why daily stand-ups often fail in software teams and provides actionable advice to fix them by refocusing on core Agile principles.
A guide on defining your target audience for technical documentation and books to create focused and effective writing.
Explores how embracing uncertainty in software product development can lead to greater profitability, using betting analogies to explain economic principles.
A software development analogy comparing building a house to building websites, emphasizing the need for upfront planning for accessibility and performance.
A monthly update on TinyPilot, covering business metrics, goal progress, and the viral success of a blog post about a $46k website redesign.
A developer's perspective on the challenges of implementing authorization (authz) in software, balancing minimal effort with security needs.
A satirical critique of over-engineered Agile frameworks, proposing the simple 'Talk To Your Customers' (TTYC) methodology as a disruptive alternative.
A guide to writing constructive and polite code review comments on pull requests, emphasizing clarity and empathy.
A developer argues for using a combination of tabs and spaces for code indentation, focusing on accessibility and developer preference.
Discusses the importance of conciseness and direct communication in software development and open-source communities.
Argues against prematurely squashing/rebasing PRs before review, explaining how it hinders reviewers and suggests using 'Squash and merge' on merge instead.
A tech worker discusses the role of privileged individuals in the tech industry in pushing for climate action and systemic change.
Explores why designing human processes around extreme edge cases, unlike software, often creates pathological and counterproductive systems.
A newsletter series offering daily emails teaching about new features in PHP 8.2, following the format of previous successful editions.
A developer creates a new model for a teacher checklist feature in a Django-based homeschool SaaS application.
Explains why finishing tasks before starting new ones improves team productivity and predictability, using burger-making analogies and Monte Carlo simulations.
Critique of long-term software development plans, explaining why they fail and offering alternative approaches for product teams.
A senior engineer at Lyft outlines the risks of using third-party libraries in production apps and proposes a framework for consistent risk assessment.
A curated list of free and paid resources for learning TypeScript, including books, courses, tools, and blogs for beginners and advanced developers.
A developer shares their journey of joining Microsoft as a Senior Content Developer for Azure, retiring from the MVP program, and embracing new learning opportunities.
