Podcast episodes exploring Agile principles 5-12, covering team dynamics, communication, and technical excellence in software development.
The author announces 'Front Line PHP', a new book teaching modern PHP, best practices, and the professional web developer mindset, launching alongside PHP 8.
Explores the growing importance of writing vs. coding for senior tech roles, featuring insights from engineers and data scientists on communication and leadership.
Tips for making quality open-source contributions during Hacktoberfest, focusing on finding suitable issues and respecting maintainers.
A software engineer explains why he joined a union, drawing parallels to smoke alarms and discussing exploitation in the tech industry.
Explores how unexpected software behavior, or 'That's funny...' moments, are key opportunities for learning and improving mental models of code.
A developer shares strategies for tackling complex programming projects, using a personal app example to illustrate breaking down problems and starting with core functionality.
Explores alternative forms of feedback like body language, results, and emotions to improve in coding and other areas when direct feedback is unavailable.
Key considerations and best practices for successfully implementing Azure DevOps in an organization, covering projects, area paths, and identity.
A developer's chart on career priorities goes viral, sparking discussion on the evolution from making code work to valuing readability and avoiding over-abstraction.
A developer shares his personal productivity system, tools, and routines for balancing a full-time job, a Master's in CS, and side projects.
A developer critiques the use of time-consuming coding challenges in tech hiring, arguing they are unfair and exclusionary.
Challenges the view that management is a promotion and engineering a demotion, arguing for cultural change in tech organizations.
Discusses problem-solving philosophy in tech, advocating for avoiding problems entirely rather than patching them, using API versioning as an example.
Discusses the critical importance of budgeting for 'trust and safety' work to combat online abuse, framing it as a necessary 'internet tax' for tech platforms.
A software developer uses a personal story about walking in high heels to illustrate the importance of seeing the 'big picture' when implementing features.
An analysis of Hacktoberfest's challenges, focusing on low-quality contributions and strategies for maintainers to manage them effectively.
Discusses common pathologies in bug tracking and proposes improvements for responsible bug management in software development.
A guide for engineering managers on making strategic hiring decisions to scale a tech team effectively, based on experience at a fintech company.
Advice for aspiring open-source contributors: focus on solving your own problems and building skills, not just contributing to popular projects.
