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.
Personal Optimization • Jun 05, 2021 Be Smart About Your SMART Goals (And When Not to Use Them) Sometimes your SMART goals can work against you. Here's how using open-ended aspirational goals instead can motivate you.
Growing as Makers • May 31, 2021 Learn to Code: Make It Simple, Personal & Communal Learning to code is simple but not easy. Good learning makes it stupid simple. It also makes it personal, and it makes it communal.
Effective communication • May 30, 2021 5 Tips for Hosting Your First Virtual Panel It takes a lot of prep to put on a perfect virtual panel. I'll share a few key points that were most important in ensuring complete success.
Development • May 26, 2021 Deno First Impressions: Benefits and Downsides Deno is in its early development phase. Although many features are attractive, it's not as "mature" as I'd prefer for production code.
UX/Design Tools • May 25, 2021 Figma Test Drive: Strengths and Weaknesses Both Sketch and Figma have a compelling set of features. Here, I'll identify the key positives and negatives I found during a recent experience with Figma.
Developer Tools • May 21, 2021 Running a Custom Bash Script in fastlane I’m pleased with the actions that come included with fastlane, but I'm even more ecstatic about the tooling provided to create your own custom actions
