The goal of the workshop is to learn the mental models and patterns to reduce complexity in software development. The principles from the course are framework-agnostic, but the teacher uses examples from Angular. (I found the concepts front-end centric. That’s unsurprising as the course platform targets front-end developers). What are “enterprise patterns”? The core problem across all enterprise software is complexity. We strive to solve complexity by diligently applying first principles.

ifttt is a no-code/low-code tool for automation. You can chain trigger events (“if someone tweets a new tweet with the hash-tag coding”) to commands (“then send me an email”). My goal was to receive a webhook event, so that I can send an email. I create my newsletter via buttondown.email. I have a script that creates a new newsletter draft from my blog posts via GitHub actions. Everything happens automatically.

Today I learned that scheduled GitHub Actions might be late or not run at all. 😠 I’ve written a script which fetches my blog posts every week on Monday and creates a draft with my newsletter provider. The script uses a cron job. I assumed that the cron job will run at the specified time. Unfortunately, that’s not the case as per this post in the GitHub support forums: Many times, there is a delay when triggering the scheduled workflow.

As a developer, Git is one of the essential tools in my daily work. Today I want to share my git aliases and fish abbreviations that make working with Git more comfortable. In my ~/.gitconfig file: [alias] # Git Commit, and Push — in one step. cmp = "!f() { git commit -m \"$@\"; }; f" # NEW. new = "!f() { git cmp \"📦 NEW: $@\"; }; f" # IMPROVE.

I’ve been using Todo.txt as a task management tool the last few days. The main idea is to have a plain text file where you can list your tasks. There is a command-line utility that offers features to manage the todo list. Plus, applications for Android, iOS, Windows or the web exist, too. A complete primer is available on GitHub: For me, the tool proved to be a low-key way to manage my tasks that still gives me a good interface via a shell script.

These are my notes and summary from the book Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey. 🚀 The Book in 2 Sentences The book teaches you about two kinds of focus: “hyperfocus” and “scatterfocus”. It offers tactics on how to build an environment that’s conductive for better focus and why that’s useful for you. 🎨 Impressions How I Discovered It Last week I bemoaned my lack of focus. I decided to learn more about how focus works to improve my strategies on becoming a better software developer.

I started to read the book Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey. One part stood out to me yesterday: [… the brain] has a built-in “novelty bias.” Whenever we switch between tasks, it rewards us with dopamine […] Continually seeking novel stimuli makes us feel more productive — after all, we’re doing more in each moment. But again, just because we’re busier doesn’t mean we’re getting more accomplished. Having a smart-phone with enabled notifications is an especially delicious distraction.

Notes File and Folder Structure LIFT: Locate code quickly, Identify code at a glance, Flattest structure possible, Try to be DRY organize code into feature areas one item (service/component/directive) per file General Coding Practices Single Responsibility Principle (example: re-factor data access service to separate services for user and catalog) prefer immutability use small functions Angular Module Organization App Module Core Module: shared singleton services, app-level components (e.