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Beware the Invisible Null

You have probably heard null described as the billion-dollar mistake. But null itself is not bad. Making null invisible is what tends to cause issues.

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How to Prepare for a Product Launch, Part 3: What Will You Do?

Your team will be stronger for it if you can discuss the problems that do come up with a sense of grace and an eye for improvement rather than shame.

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How to Prepare for a Product Launch, Part 2: How Will You Know?

So you’re staring down a big product launch. Instead of watching your [unit] tests fail, how might you monitor the way your launch issues manifest?

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How to Prepare for a Product Launch, Part 1: What Could Go Wrong?

If you need to quell your nerves, start by making your best assessment of the types of issues that could come up after the product launch.

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Use Github’s Saved Replies to Supercharge Your Code Reviews

One of my favorite tips for making pull request reviews more useful, efficient, and enjoyable is Github's "Saved replies."

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How to Implement Custom Mapping of Form Fields to DocuSign

Recently, my team figured out how to map form fields directly to DocuSign SDK. Here’s how we are utilizing the two tools.

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New to a Codebase? Try Drilling!

Drilling the codebase can help answer many questions without assistance and help you build confidence as an entry-level developer.

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4 Ways Teams Can Encourage Knowledge Transfer

Removing knowledge silos allows for long-term project success. Here are a few practices my team has put in place to support continuous knowledge transfer.

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Run Terminal Faster Using Lazy Loading

I ran into a problem when VS Code would open on startup and after I logged into my OS. One solution turned out to involve lazy loading.

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“I Call Shotgun” – Contributing as the Navigator When Pair Programming

While pair programming, having an engaged navigator can prevent the driver from wasting time on pesky syntax errors or little logic errors.

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A Case Study: Understanding Unfamiliar Code Without Aid

I’d like to share how I dug into some unfamiliar code to find some direction so you can see how I approach this sort of problem.

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