If you work as a software developer, most of your workday is spent dealing with people. Immediately when you start your work for the day, you probably check email, Skype, or Slack, as you are interested in seeing if your work colleagues [ read more...]
Getting a good night of sleep is of major important for any human being. When we're talking about sleep, there is a common factor for every person, whether you're an athlete or a programmer, and this is quality. In the short term, [ read more...]
Software development teams, especially on the west coast, seem to have the loosest dress code of just about any profession. I remember working for a small startup company and being introduced to a guy who didn’t wear shoes. At first I thought [ read more...]
Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) are specialized languages carefully crafted to serve one single goal. Why should you be interested in them? Because they can completely change how an organization works. In particular, they can dramatically increase productivity and change how developers and [ read more...]
When I first received this question I must confess I thought it was a really silly question… C'mon, how in the earth would someone not know what IT is? However, after reading the question, I became aware that it could really help [ read more...]
Picture this: A backend dev has been hauled away from their microservices, their exquisitely defined APIs, and their layers of abstraction… and thrown onto a front-end team to help out. There's a crunch on, and deadlines must be met. Our backend dev, [ read more...]