Five practical habits to improve your software development skills, including planning, atomic commits, and writing tests.
The article argues for the creative and innovative value of side projects, citing examples from Einstein to open-source programmers.
A developer's year-end review of 2014, covering open source contributions, blogging, and personal goals in software development.
Debunks common misconceptions about DevOps, emphasizing it's a collaborative ideology, not a job title or a cure-all solution.
A guest post contribution on reading other developers' code to learn different problem-solving approaches and evolving best practices.
Announcing the release of LibFX 0.2.0, a JavaFX utility library with new features like ControlPropertyListener and SerializableOptional.
Essential security practices for freelance developers, covering device locking, password management, and multi-factor authentication.
A senior developer shares his 20-year philosophy on client-focused work, team consistency, and uncompromising code quality practices.
A curated list of resources and tutorials for improving Python programming style, covering basics to advanced topics like design patterns and functional programming.
A collection of practical programming wisdom covering code design, testing, dependencies, and development processes for better software engineering.
A CTO's perspective on Microsoft's vNEXT platform, analyzing its impact on development approaches and future .NET frameworks.
A KDE developer shares his excitement and presentation schedule for the Akademy 2014 conference, focusing on community and technology.
A speaker's personal reflections on attending and presenting at the Laracon EU conference in Amsterdam, covering their talk and community observations.
A developer explains why avoiding major code changes on Fridays prevents weekend production bugs and burnout, advocating for refactoring and R&D instead.
Author announces their first public presentation on building mobile apps with Xamarin Forms at SQLSaturday #341 in Oporto.
A report on the 2014 scikit-learn developer sprint in Paris, covering participants, venues, achievements, and sponsors.
A critique of superficial agile adoption, proposing a core heuristic: true agility is the internal ability to change how a team works.
Explains the programming placeholder terms 'foobar', 'foo', and 'bar', and encourages their use in collaborative coding and whiteboard sessions.
A personal account of securing a tech internship at iHub, focusing on the application process and the project that sparked interest.
A critique of Go's verbose error handling patterns, comparing them to more concise assembly language approaches.
