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Project & Team Management • Jul 15, 2021

A 4-step Checklist for Transitioning to a New Job

When transitioning to a new job, it can be easy to get caught up in excitement about the new position. Here are four ways to prepare for your departure.

Workplace • Jul 14, 2021

Look at Your Workplace Culture, Not Its Remote Work Policy

When productivity, innovation, and/or equity and inclusion are suffering, look first to your workplace culture, not its remote work policy.

Project & Team Management • Jul 09, 2021

How to Lead Your Software Team Through Change

The most thoughtful way to lead teams through changes takes time, but doing so with care and patience will build team trust and camaraderie.

Workplace • Jul 06, 2021

Evaluating Remote-First Practices in a Hybrid Work Model

Organizations need to consider what practices from a remote-first approach will be necessary for a return to in-person work or a long-term hybrid model.

Development • Jun 28, 2021

Mock, Stub, or Spy? What’s the Difference, and When Should I Use Each?

Mocks, stubs, or spies? It's important to understand how the particular testing framework you are using in your project operates.

TypeScript • Jun 21, 2021

The Importance of Deriving Types in TypeScript

Make type relationships explicit in your TypeScript code by deriving types and get more value out of the type system when refactoring.

Project & Team Management • Jun 20, 2021

5 Tips for Success When Joining a New Team

These tips boil down to being proactive when joining a new software team. The more you are, the faster you can get acclimated to the team and project

UX/Design Practices • Jun 18, 2021

App Usability: Just Because It’s “Polish” Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Important

Here are a few examples of details that are often classed as "polish" but that are important for improving app usability.

Developer Tools • Jun 16, 2021

Using Docker as a Dev Environment with VS Code: Part 2

Today, I’m going to explore a strategy for using VS Code Remote-Containers and Docker Compose to develop a complex project.

Developer Tools • Jun 15, 2021

Using Docker as a Dev Environment with VS Code: Part 1

In this two-part series, I'll go over developing in Docker, not just for build targets but for actively writing code on your projects.

Blockchain • Jun 14, 2021

Create and Deploy a React Dapp to an Ethereum Test Network

Creating and deploying a full-stack React dapp to the Ethereum test net is easy using Truffle; here's how to build, test, and deploy a smart contract.

Personal Optimization • Jun 13, 2021

5 Pandemic Strategies to Avoid Burnout at Work

My hope is that these pandemic lessons will help me avoid burnout as COVID-19 becomes less a part of our lives and more a part of our lived histories.