In this ~1 hour video developer advocate Sam Julien shares his tips for shipping faster: tl;dr You’ll need a system that enables you to consistently produce results on which you can get feedback on. Action + Speed + Feedback = Growth How to Create Consistently? The problem: The “Ultimate Guide” Trap: Trying to write a big, all-encompassing article leads to exhaustion and burn-out. You stop writing for months.

In this ~1 hour video David Perell explains his method for writing. The Capture Habit You need a note-taking system for generating better ideas. What ideas should you save? PILE: personal inspiring easily lost (losable) effective (useful) Sources: ebooks, online articles – use a service like readwise. Capture your ideas while you read. Capture things while they are fresh. Writing Modern writing isn’t created. It’s assembled.

Last year I created a Chrome extension that opens a new Picture in Picture window. With the extension, I can see my browser (or a different window) in a small window in a different application. I want to open the extension in a new tab. Here’s how to do that. You’ll need a manifest.json file with the following content: { "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Picture in Picture", "description": "This extension will open a new tab for Picture in Picture mode", "version": "1.

Kurt Kemple is a self-taught programmer who learned to code when incarcerated. In his talk with Jason Lengstorf he shares his experiences. Here are my notes from the ~1 hour video: Technical skills are a small part of your day to day job. Kurt learned how to prioritize, commmunicate with others and how to organize the work from his previous experience in construction work and as a line cook. Break a big task into small pieces.

Twitter shines when you have an engaging Twitter homepage. The more interesting the accounts you follow, the more interesting your Twitter feed. My Twitter account is more than 10 years old, and I decided to prune it. Tokimeki Unfollow is a cute and free online tool. The web application allows you to comb through your accounts to see if they are still relevant to you. Tokimeki Unfollow uses the “Konmari” method, where you ask yourself if an account still “sparks joy”.

Who wants to read an incomplete RSS feed that forces you to open the original website? Hugo is the static site generator that powers my blog. Hugo ships with a default RSS template which only shows a summary of your articles. If you want to read the full content, you’ll need to visit the website. That sucks. I want to create a full-text RSS feed for my blog. Template Lookup Order We’ll need to create a modified RSS template.

In the video Docker Compose v2: What’s New in 2021: DevOps and Docker Live Show (Ep 126) Bret Fisher introduces compose v2. compose is an instrument for running multiple docker containers on your local machine. I use it often to spin up a database container and a separate application container. compose v2, a plugin for docker, is written from the ground up in Go and integrates better with existing tools.

Troy Hunt talks about his journey from a corporate software job to independence in Hack Your Career (58 min video). Troy is probably best known for the platform have i been pwned?. One of the best ways to make yourself more marketable as a software developer is have an active online profile What opportunities are you going to make for yourself? Start a blog. If you are willing to put yourself out there (writing online), you get valuable feedback from others.

Virtual Coffee is a remote community for developers that aim to support each other. They offer “brown bags” which are talks and discussions about a specific topic. Here are my notes from Advice for your first dev role by Bryan Healey: Remember that there will be a ramp-up period. You should take the time to talk to other engineers in your team. Learn about the tooling stack as soon as possible.

Notes from the Twitch stream with Francesco Ciulla and Nacho Iacovino (1 hour 17 mins): Nacho Iacovino is a self-taught developer from Spain who grew his Twitter account in a short time. Here are some tips that he shared. Coding interviews: He learned from each interview. Even if you can’t answer a question, you can go home, research, and then you can answer the question on the next interview. It’s a process.