Software Development
Treadmill Desk
Like many of us, I spend a large part of my day at my desk. Some of you may have heard about health issues from sitting too much. Have you heard the disturbing phrase 'sitting is the new smoking'? I have observed that too much sitting, especially at a desk in front of a computer, can lead to specific health issues: back issues, pinched nerves, core muscle atrophy, reduced circulation.
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The Unexpectedly-High Cost of Modern ‘Stand Up’ Meetings
Myth: Software Developers Dislike Meetings
Everybody likes a good meeting. Well, as long as they don’t have pressures to build/create something in a too-short time, which is rarely for software developers. Development pressures aside, interacting with our colleagues can provide enjoyment and stimulation - even for developers.
Why then the myth that developers dislike meetings?
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Timeline Bullying
Safe Work Australia considers the following to be a type of workplace bullying:
setting unreasonable timelines or constantly changing deadlines
They cite these examples of indirect bullying:
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changing work rosters and leave, to deliberately
inconvenience a particular employee(s)
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deliberately excluding someone from workplace activities
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Pull Request Checklist
Amazon practices continuous deployment. Changes are automatically deployed to production multiple times a day by continuous deployment pipelines. Staff rarely has to spend time carefully shepherding each of those deployments and watching logs and metrics for any impact. Because the pipelines do the work for each team, most deployments aren't actively watched by anyone. This is how these “hands-off” automated deployments work.
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Meteor
Crank - a Better React
After months of development, I’m happy to introduce Crank.js, a new framework for creating JSX-driven components with functions, promises and generators.
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Developer Care and Feeding
Developers burn out easily and require care to keep them at top creativity. If your company culture doesn't align with caring for your developers, at least give them the freedom to care for themselves. It will benefit your company.
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