When learning something new, I need to see a lot of details around the subject. I crave something explicit and tangible — and naturally, concrete...more.
The head judge of Top Chef, Tom Colicchio, has expressed a simple mnemonic for dealing with customer problems in a restaurant setting. There are three...more.
Bugs, defects, issues, glitches, hidden features—call them what you want, but inevitably we discover that something in our software system is not working as expected....more.
Often the hardest part of programming is knowing where to start. With test-driven development the right place to begin is with a test, but when...more.
In recent years, various code schools have flooded the developer markets with hordes of beginners. These schools have done a great job of introducing people...more.
Communication is hard, especially in the software industry that has for whatever reason preferred introverts for decades. That stereotype is slowly eroding, but it doesn’t...more.
Being able to run your unit tests quickly from Vim is vital when doing test-driven development. I've often seen developers using Vim to write code,...more.
Do you write JavaScript? If you do, you probably do a lot of asynchronous stuff. Here’s the thing about asynchronous stuff: typically we use callbacks,...more.
Flexbox is a CSS module that efficiently lays out items inside a container. It makes sure that spacing and alignment are always consistent and that...more.
In building professions as well as software development there is the saying “don't blame your tools.” During a recent project my pair and I were...more.