Sept. 6, 2024, 9:59 p.m.

Weeknotes: 2 September to 6 September 2024

C# variables, turning code into sound, disruptive innovation, inner source, collaboration based on processes, durable skills vs perishable skills

Sandra's Weeknotes

View of a blue lake in Lucerne with mountains in the background
Alexandre Calame (Swiss, 1810-1864)

What I have found gripping

  • There are 8 categories of variables in C#: static variables, instance variables, array elements, value parameters, input parameters, reference parameters, output parameters, and local variables

  • It’s possible to turn code into sound using certain programming languages

  • Clayton Christensen coined the term disruptive innovation

  • Inner source is the use of open source practices within organizations for proprietary software development

What I have read

  • Collaboration — it’s process not tools, Rachel McConnell

  • Some skills are durable & some perishable: do you know which is which? Dave Winsborough

  • The Documentation Tradeoff, Kent Beck

  • Weeknotes 4 — week ending 6th September, Coco Chan

  • 5 Ally Actions - Sep 6, 2024, Better Allies

What I have watched

AdaCon Norway 2023: Bridging Engineering and Design, Tora Grenness Haga



Featured quote

The phrase ‘multi-disciplinary team’ is often used to describe a product team encompassing different skills, and it’s really important to have that — teams leverage different individual strengths to become stronger as a collective whole. But teamwork also depends on each team member relinquishing individual power and embracing shared responsibility. — Rachel McConnell

Further reading and resources

In English

  • AdaCon Norway

  • An introduction to innersource, GitHub

  • Kent Beck’s website

  • AI worse than humans in every way at summarising information, government trial finds, Cam Wilson

In French

  • L’IA est-elle capable d’interpréter ce qu’on lui demande ? Rémy Demichelis

  • L'Intelligence artificielle, ses biais et les nôtres, Rémy Demichelis

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