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The importance of pragmatism when building and maintaining systems
The software industry is surrounded by complexity, with new solutions to old problems appearing daily.
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Telling stories through your commits
As your codebase and development team grow, being able to communicate how and why your code has evolved is crucial to your ability to continue to change it.
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The positives and negatives of networks and tech hiring
In a fast developing industry such as tech, the acquisition and retention of talent is a crucial success factor. Often, hiring through personal networks can lead to a quicker and more successful hiring process than traditional methods – and sometimes contacts can even encourage under-represented groups to apply for positions they wouldn’t consider otherwise.
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Writing Modular CSS with CSS modules
This talk will introduce WebPack and will demonstrate how to write, bundle and use CSS Modules.
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Creating processes that don’t impede autonomy
Many factors contribute to developer happiness. However, as engineers, we’re often singularly obsessed with the idea that our job satisfaction comes solely from solving only the most interesting technical challenges.
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Feedback models for engineering teams
Feedback is one of the most important skills when collaborating with others. Giving and receiving feedback with honesty, integrity and empathy is hard. Doing so consistently takes practice and requires learning and practising feedback and listening techniques.
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An introduction to webhooks
In an increasingly connected world, APIs are key to great tools and effective workflows. What is better than an API? A webhook of course!
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The journey from monolith to microservices
Are you starting a new application and wondering whether to go with a monolith or take the microservices path?
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Seven key considerations in early development
It’s empowering for developers and other people involved in the inception of a project to have tools for making the project better long-term.
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What I wish I knew as a first time Tech Lead
The path from being a developer to a Tech Lead seems like a scary transition. As a developer, you could focus on constantly learning new tools, libraries, frameworks and programming languages.