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I Need a Hero
September 19, 2024
Scenario: you're stuck and feeling defeated. Maybe you're alone in a startup office after midnight, trying to fix the firmware on a router (total...
"Yes, and" Your Next Assignment
September 12, 2024
"Jake, can you take this ticket? You know the most about our email templates." Get some seniority in programming, and you'll start to hear this. I understand...
Exposing My Ignorance
September 5, 2024
In Apprenticeship Patterns, Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye introduce a technique called "exposing your ignorance": "Show the people who are depending on...
Decoupling Design From Engineering
August 29, 2024
Often when you work as an engineer on a small team, you don't have dedicated designers on staff. How can you deliver beautiful, intuitive software, without...
Please Fill Out This Field
August 22, 2024
A lot of what makes a web application is its forms– the inputs you can interact with and submit. Good forms are validated: you can only put valid information...