reflection - Grant Winney (Page 3)

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Apr 26, 2019

Showing Results is Hard

Writing software is a weird cerebral exercise, where you can burn tons of energy working on a problem, and exhaust yourself to the point of needing a good night's sleep, yet have very little (if anything!) to show for it. What do you tell people you do all day? What do you do to prove your value?...

devlife professionalism teamwork reflection

Sep 22, 2018

Don't be too quick to blame... it's rarely that simple

When you find a bad piece of code, it can be tough to resist the blame game. Before you embark on a holy crusade to find the evil perpetrator though, take a moment to put yourself in their place....

mentoring exercism c#reflection

Aug 10, 2018

Two weeks of mentoring Exercism

Wrapping up my second week of mentoring on Exercism, and taking a few minutes to reflect on the challenges and benefits so far....

reflection retro programming

Mar 03, 2018

My journey in programming so far...

My first exposure to programming was about the same time the Gameboy came out, with an 8086 computer, 10MB hard disk, 4-color monitor, and QBasic. A lot's changed since then... this one's a walk down memory lane (buyer beware!) - a reflection on how far I (and we) have come....

programming advice reflection

Oct 28, 2017

Do your future self a favor... don't future-proof your code

The phrase "future-proofing" makes me cringe as a developer. It's natural, especially as you gain experience, to see a few steps ahead. But this can lead to a tendency to over-engineer solutions, in order to make things easier later. Avoid that tendency any earlier than necessary!...

Experience gets you far, but good tools and services keep you moving in the right direction. Here are some of my favorites:

DigitalOcean is a versatile, affordable cloud provider. You can serve up a blog (like this one!), deploy a wiki, try out ansible, or do something much bigger. They host the annual Hacktoberfest too.

Backblaze offers an affordable, unlimited, set-and-forget backup service. They saved me from the click of death a couple years ago, and I've been a grateful customer ever since.