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Mar
17
13 User Research Tips for Platform Teams
Some easy ways to avoid spending six months building something no one uses
2 min read
Mar
10
Career advice for engineers who aren't supposed to exist
Keep your eye on the long view.
Don't let yourself get caught up in performance review.
Get faster with deliberate practice.
Get faster by building stuff.
Stay technical.
8 min read
Mar
03
Build your own Vim configuration
Maybe the config you were using is no longer maintained for general use. Maybe you just want to get to know your editor a little better. You've been a Vim user for a long time, but now it's time to build your own lightsaber. You need to learn how to write your own Vim config.
11 min read
Feb
18
Join me on a 5-day adventure around the bay
How going on long walks, taking a lot of pictures, and sharing them with people make me a better, chiller programmer.
3 min read
Feb
10
Live TDD Example: Setting up an Elixir project from scratch
I want to show off TDD on some more "realistic" projects.
3 min read
Feb
03
How to be a designer's favorite software engineer
A few weeks ago I asked designers on Mastodon to tell me about their favorite software engineers. What did those engineers do that they wish all engineers would do?
23 min read
Dec
17
Gumroad stats, and some early notes on React
Writing React components is more like writing Terraform modules than any other programming I've done.
4 min read
Dec
11
Incremental improvement works
Until a few weeks ago I didn't know any React. Have been figuring it out all on the job. My secret weapon? Taking tiny steps.
3 min read
Nov
08
Pairing Course Launch
Andrew Edstrom and I have just released a video course on Gumroad, Intro to Pairing.
1 min read
Oct
25
Everything I know about end-to-end frontend tests
This week, I thought I'd share some notes on end-to-end tests, sometimes also known as "acceptance tests" or "journey tests."
4 min read