Developer Roles
28 July 2017What makes a senior developer vs a junior developer etc.
July, 2017
The key to a happy life
26 July 2017I read this recently and it really resonated with me.
Scala Notes
24 July 2017References
Elixir Notes
22 July 2017Pure Functions
When to learn
21 July 2017** This post is inspired by PragPubs book on writing **
Team Feedback Notes
21 July 2017Recently we had a session with our coach on team feedback. The following “models” were used to illustrate different ways of thinking of feedback.
SVN Notes
13 July 2017http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/edguide/chapter03.html
Succinct Code
08 July 2017Often the beauty of code is in it being succinct without loosing it’s meaning.
A whole new mind by Daniel Pink
08 July 2017I really enjoyed “A whole new mind”. The basic premise is that in the past we have placed great value on L-Directed thinking, and that there is huge value in balancing this with R-Directed thinking.
5 things to communicate to succeed in a team
08 July 2017This was some advice a NFL coach would give to his team. I think many of these draw parallels to software development.
Immigration Questions New Zealand
07 July 2017Please note this may not be up-to-date, but may be a handy guide if you have questions about moving from South Africa to New Zealand
Overly complex design
01 July 2017I’ve been looking for non-software examples of overly complex design / engineering. Today I came across a gem produced in the motor industry, the Dodge Stratus
June, 2017
Managing Manager-less Processes by Fred George
23 June 2017The following notes are based off a talk done by Fred George at Gotocon 2017
Manifesto for Not Only Object-Oriented Development
17 June 2017Originally this was stored on http://notonlyoo.org/ however the sites seems to be down and because I believe it’s valuable I’ve replicated it here…
Delegating decisions for growth
17 June 2017The delegator.
PSql Notes
15 June 2017Returning a fixed value list
Resharper From CLI Notes
12 June 2017Resharper has a CLI tool for doing code inspections called Resharper Command Line Tools
Estimate Notes
11 June 2017When you have a real “deadline” or target date
10 Easy Steps to understanding SQL
10 June 2017
FROM generates the data set
WHERE filters the generated data set
GROUP BY aggregates the filtered data set
HAVING filters the aggregated data set
SELECT transforms the filters aggregated data set
ORDER BY sorts the transformed data set
LIMIT .. OFFSET frames the sorted data set
Principles when a team looks for more work
01 June 2017Some additional insights while maintaining a custodian model and taking on work…
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