Weeknotes: 2 September to 6 September 2024

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