We knew this day would come, the numbers on how we are doing, what we are doing, where we are going and a glimpse into what be next. I love these reports, not entirely for the content, but for the conversations they generate. Findings from 2021: Work from Home Research Report
APIs are great in that they help us solve a problem in a condensed fashion and/or get access to the inner workings of an application without having to learn everything about that application. The problem with many APIs is that the errors can sometimes require reading an entire manual and/or learning about the inner workings of said system in order to be able to properly diagnose the error that might be cropping up. People who…
It’s not that we intended for them to be hard to use, it just ended up that way. The thing we thought would save the customer time, now takes twice as long. The thing we wanted to be done in one click, now takes three. The golden rule now has multiple variants that have sprung from it. All this to say, your first attempt at getting something right, might not actually get it right. But…
Remember when you were a kid, you’d be watching Saturday morning cartoons, watching your favourite episode, loving the life out of it. At some point through the episode, you’d start to think – “they aren’t going to finish this, they have 4 minutes left, how are they going to wrap this up?” Then it would popup on your screen – “TO BE CONTINUED…” – and you’d sit there for a few seconds wondering what might…
It doesn’t matter if it’s remote or in-person, what you need remains the same. Someone who knows the score – someone who knows where the work is in the development stream, what is coming up and what is on deck. The best people, use data to back the conversation – boards, reports, queries Someone to ask the tough questions – where are you at, are you stuck, do you need help, what’s taking extra time…