Business Practices • Aug 16, 2023 Toward Fair Pay – Evolving how we Evaluate & Compensate Employees We recently modified our compensation evaluation process to a more formal—and hopefully more fair—compensation system for everyone.
Project & Team Management • Aug 15, 2023 Useful Settings for New Github Repositories One important and easy way to ensure developers are pushing working code is to implement static analysis as Github Actions on your code.
Developer Tools • Aug 14, 2023 Free Your Git – Make Better Use of the Terminal Using Git in the terminal improves Git understanding and expressivity, reduces IDE reliance, and provides a better developer experience.
Personal Optimization • Aug 13, 2023 3 Reasons Every Developer Should Get a Mechanical Keyboard You might wonder what the hype is around mechanical keyboards. Here are 3 reasons every developer should get a mechanical keyboard.
The Software Life • Aug 12, 2023 Use an External Brain for Perfect Recall at Career Fairs Career fairs used to wreak havoc on my long-term memory formation process and leave me staring blankly at a pile of resumes after the event.
Artificial Intelligence • Aug 11, 2023 What Does “Intelligent” Actually Mean in AI (Right Now)? Here, I’ll refer to an LLM (Large Language Model) rather than AI. Mainly, that's because I think AI oversells what we’re seeing right now.
Development Practices • Aug 10, 2023 Stop Using dotenv for Your Node Property Management Here's why you should stop using dotenv for node property management and start using dotenv-defaults instead.
Rust • Aug 09, 2023 The Best Development Environment for Rust? 3 Common Options Rust is a popular modern language, but there's no clear standard for best development environment for Rust. Here are 3 popular choices.
Exploratory Testing • Aug 08, 2023 Snagit: Add It to Your Toolbox Today! One of my favorite tools I use while testing is Snagit from TechSmith. (It's also useful when creating user documentation.)
UX/Design Techniques • Aug 07, 2023 Lead with “Why”: A Storytelling Shortcut for Ideas and Products Here's a storytelling shortcut for better describing an idea, service, or product. Who's it for, what do they need, and what can we do?
Personal Optimization • Aug 06, 2023 Give a Better Conference Talk: Tips from the Audience From professional dev experiences I’ve had so far, here are things that might improve audience retention during a conference talk!
Project & Team Management • Aug 05, 2023 What the Concept of Priority Inversion Taught Me About Agile Project Management Here, I'll explore the intriguing concept of priority inversion in Agile software development and strategies for navigating it effectively.
