The trap I always fall into when I imagine running a business Why people are not simply a necessary burden in your enterprise.
Can you be trusted to do what you said you'd do? A quick reminder that trust is built on small actions
The 3 things I'm trying to learn right now How to get strong, what to invest in, and how to become Head of Engineering.
How to write tests during live coding interviews This post is for anyone who is wondering what might be a good approach to writing tests during a software engineering live coding interview. Companies assess different things during the live coding stage of an interview process. Some will want you to have an efficient algorithm, others will want you
Specialist or Generalist? A nice & warm batch brew. Mmm... I realised something this morning when buying coffee at my local café -- the person who pumped the batch brew coffee into my mug was not the barista, and she didn't pre-heat my mug with hot water before pumping coffee into
Learning in public Often, I let myself believe that many people just “get it,” that they know what they want to do in life and they just dove into it and became excellent. For example, there’s this person whose tweets and website I lurk around. His name is Shawn (@swyx) and when