This post is abstract and meta. “Tech philosophy” groups it with any future posts about mindset rather than syntax.
Why Every Developer Needs to Think Like a Beginner There is a moment that happens to almost every developer. It comes after a few years of experience. After you have shipped projects, fixed bugs, and learned the patterns. After you have become the person that others come to with questions. You stop feeling like a … Read more
The Unwritten Rules of Being a Good Techie No one gave me a handbook when I started. No orientation covered this. No mentor sat me down and explained the things that actually matter. I learned technical skills from books and courses. I learned loops and conditionals. I learned algorithms and data structures. I learned frameworks … Read more
The Art of Asking Better Questions For most of my career, I thought my job was to have answers. Someone would ask me something, and I would respond. A problem appeared, and I solved it. A question came up, and I provided the solution. I took pride in being the person who knew things. But … Read more
Does Technology Make Us More Alone or More Connected? I have been asked this question many times. At dinner parties. In online discussions. By friends who watch me spend hours in front of screens. By my own conscience late at night when I wonder if I should be looking at people instead of looking at … Read more