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Code & Development UX Design UX Engineer UX Musings

How to Use Git Aliases to Speed Development

Git is powerful, but typing out the same long commands over and over is a drag. Setting up aliases is a total game changer for your workflow.

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UX Design UX Musings

How to Fill Your Idea Tank To Execute Faster

Ideas can be like faint stars that are easier to see when you look away. So how can you reproduce this effect reliably, on demand?

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Code & Development UX Design UX Musings

The Best Senior Engineers are Like Brain Surgeons

I read a story today that clearly illustrated how I feel about the best senior engineers I’ve worked with. This is a story about a brain surgeon during an operation.

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Code & Development UX Culture UX Design UX Musings

Pull the Andon Cord to Stop the Production Line

The nervous developer’s hand hovers over the keyboard, code review glowing on three monitors. Ten minutes staring at the same function, a small change to the assessment module that’s supposed to ship tonight. Something feels wrong, but what is it?

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Artificial Intelligence UX Culture UX Design

How to Build AI Prompts for UX Audits: A Framework

As UX designers we understand our designs deeply, we’ve done this for a while now and our decisions are based on experience.