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Developer Tools • Sep 19, 2022

Migrate Your Heroku PostgreSQL Database to AWS RDS

Over time, Heroku add-ons may not fit your needs. I’ll share how I was able to successfully complete a migration from Heroku PostgreSQL to RDS.

Personal Optimization • Sep 18, 2022

Google Keep: My Current Favorite Meeting Agenda Tool

I’ve learned that the best time to start a meeting agenda is when I am scheduling the event. For this, I use Google Keep through my calendar.

Personal Optimization • Sep 17, 2022

The Value of Time Tracking, Even When You’re Not “Billable”

Accurate time tracking is invaluable for folks that aren’t working directly on creating software. Here are a few of the benefits.

Developer Tools • Sep 16, 2022

How to Log in PHP

It took a bit to find the best way to console log while running php in Valet. Here are a couple of techniques that helped me debug locally with PHP Laravel.

Developer Tools • Sep 15, 2022

Git Merge vs. Rebase: Which to Use and When

Let's weigh the pros and cons of two popular branch synchronization strategies, Git merge or rebase, and help inform your decision to use one or the other.

Exploratory Testing • Sep 14, 2022

2 Ways to Catch Software Deployment Problems Early

Have you ever introduced a bug that lurked undetected until deployment? I'll describe a couple of these bugs and early-warning systems to catch them.

UX/Design Tools • Sep 13, 2022

Set Up Design Implementation for a New Software Project Using Figma

Here is my current game plan to get the design implementation side of a software project up and running quickly, using Figma.

Development Practices • Sep 12, 2022

A Checklist for Documenting Your Public-Facing API

Here, I'll walk through the different forms of public-facing API documentation and developer tools that we added at different phases of the project.

Business Practices • Sep 11, 2022

How I Practice Value-Based Selling at Atomic

Value-based selling is a strategy through which we attempt to add value to every potential contact and eventually become their vendor of choice.

Effective communication • Sep 10, 2022

Don’t Mute on Zoom!

Once we allow ourselves and our peers to get it wrong without judgment, we can unmute on Zoom, and have fully productive and healthy conversations.

Project & Team Management • Sep 09, 2022

Rethinking Agile, Part 4: Start Estimating Value

I propose that we stop measuring throughput or velocity. Instead, companies should empower software teams to make value estimates on individual work items.

Project & Team Management • Sep 08, 2022

Rethinking Agile, Part 3: Stop Estimating Effort

In this third part of my Rethinking Agile series, instead of adding practices, I recommend something for you to remove. That is, stop estimating effort!