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PinkLetter - Face What Sucks

Welcome to my . A short, weekly, technology-agnostic, and pink newsletter where we cultivate timeless skills about web development.

#44
April 25, 2021
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PinkLetter - Aim for 110%

Welcome to my . A short, weekly, technology-agnostic, and pink newsletter where we cultivate timeless skills about web development.

#43
April 18, 2021
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PinkLetter - Take Ownership of your Mistakes

Welcome to my . A short, weekly, technology-agnostic, and pink newsletter where we cultivate timeless skills about web development.

#42
April 11, 2021
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PinkLetter - Enable Manual Testing

Welcome to my . A short, weekly, technology-agnostic, and pink newsletter where we cultivate timeless skills about web development.

#41
April 4, 2021
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PinkLetter - Edit and Pray

Welcome to my PinkLetter. A short, weekly, technology-agnostic, and pink newsletter where we cultivate timeless skills about web development.

My Ramblings This Week

How do you generate a random string? Put a first year Computer Science student in Vim and ask them to save and exit.

#40
March 28, 2021
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PinkLetter - Choose Meaning Over Technology

Welcome to my . A short, weekly, technology-agnostic, and pink newsletter where we cultivate timeless skills about web development.

#39
March 21, 2021
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PinkLetter - Connect With People

Welcome to my . A short, weekly, technology-agnostic, and pink newsletter where we cultivate timeless skills about web development.

#38
March 14, 2021
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PinkLetter - What's Your Appetite?

Welcome to my PinkLetter. A short, weekly, technology-agnostic, and pink newsletter where we cultivate timeless skills about web development.

My Ramblings This Week

Ciao!

#37
March 7, 2021
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PinkLetter - Clean Up That Mess

Welcome to my PinkLetter. A short, weekly, technology-agnostic, and pink newsletter where we cultivate timeless skills about web development.

My Ramblings This Week

Ciao!

#36
February 28, 2021
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PinkLetter - Retros FTW

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When did your team run the last retro?

We had one last week. We appreciated one another, celebrated the goods, discussed the bads, and came up with a crisp list of actionables.

#35
February 21, 2021
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PinkLetter - Solving Your Own Problems (and Messy Polish Grammar)

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Have you ever coded a solution to a painful problem of yours?

Shockingly, I’ve never done so.

#34
February 7, 2021
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PinkLetter - Post the Wrong Answer

Ciao!

Some time ago, I wrote From Silly Questions to Innovation. You may have noticed I'm a maverick, and I like to come up with controversial ideas when solving problems. As a matter of fact, I open the post with the following story:

Ages ago I was exposed to the fast food restaurant technique. It goes something like this: when colleagues are endlessly discussing where to eat, just propose going to a cheap, bad and dirty restaurant. It removes the blocker and re-aligns people towards a resolution. And nope, normally fast food is not the pick.

#33
January 31, 2021
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PinkLetter - Async Remote Work

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What's in your opinion the most crucial factor in remote work?

I believe asynchronicity is a big one. Having a well-specified area of responsibility and autonomy on how to perform a task is a killer combo.

#32
January 24, 2021
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PinkLetter - Design Is NOT Only For Designers

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What comes to your mind when you read the word designer?

Recently, I enjoyed The Design Of Everyday Things. In the book, the author highlights the seven fundamental design principles:

#31
January 17, 2021
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PinkLetter - Maybe You Are Wrong

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How do you feel when you are wrong?

You may say awful. That would be a great response. Except, it would be the answer to a different question:

#30
January 10, 2021
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PinkLetter - Coal or Candy?

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Have you been good in twenty-twenty?

In Italy, I usually had to wait to see if the Befana brought me coal. Luckily, I live in Poland, where the answer comes earlier!

#29
January 3, 2021
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PinkLetter - Keep an Extra Chair

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How are your holidays going?

It's kinda strange for me this year. I'm used to spending the second part of December in Italy, immersed in the same, repeating, and comforting traditions. Instead, I'm in Krakow.

#28
December 27, 2020
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PinkLetter - A Secret Link

Advent calendar chocolate box

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How's your Advent of Code going?

#27
December 20, 2020
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PinkLetter - All Killer No Filler

Multicolored confetti

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When I started the PinkLetter, I decided to write the newsletter I wished I could subscribe to. I wanted to escape all the noise and amplify only the signal. In the words of Sum 41, I wanted All Killer No Filler.

#26
December 13, 2020
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PinkLetter - Advent of Code

Santa's hat in ASCII art

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I'm not a huge fan of Christmas. However, the 25th of December has always been a day I looked forward to.

#25
December 6, 2020
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