For decades the common refrain has been, “are you a designer or a developer?” The last few years the lines have blurred and this distinction is becoming less important. Never fear, there’s a way to reduce the pain between a design and turning it into a workable code prototype (or even a real product!)
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.
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?
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.
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?