Susannah McCloskey

Growing as Makers

How to Actually Learn at a Tech Conference: Pen-and-Paper Notes

It’s easy to leave a tech conference struggling to remember what you learned. I find handwritten notes help me retain what matters most.

Developer Tools

Adding Zod schemas to your react-hook-form will simplify complex form validation by leveraging TypeScript for well-typed form data.

Culture

The value of "owning it" has shaped my first year as a software developer in ways I didn't expect, both professionally and personally.

Development Practices

Test-driven development is a tool that can help new developers to methodically break down problems and create more reliable code.

Business Practices

Embracing "intelligent failure" as an opportunity for learning, innovation, and team improvement is an important tool for developer teams.

Business Practices

Feedback sessions are a useful tool for building healthy teams and open communication, and new developers can especially benefit from them.