Good morning! Fancy a bloody mary? Because it’s time for BRUNCH!
- READ: Jessica Kerr on the pros and cons of being the team member who is ultra-productive because you wrote the codebase from scratch—and how to empower the rest of your team.
- WATCH: Chet Haase on how to give a terrible tech talk.
- CONSIDER: Reddit engineering’s evaluation of many different compile-to-JavaScript languages, and their rationale for ultimately choosing TypeScript.
- READ: Sandi Metz on the importance of having, and respecting, a project coding standard.
- REFLECT: On the virtue of friendliness in a language and community, here explained by Arne Brasseur in the context of Clojure and Ruby.
Today’s title photo is by Suzan Bond, the founder of Bet On Yourself which helps technical experts build a career on their terms. The next title photo could be yours!
Meanwhile, here’s what I’ve been up to…
- At RubyTapas, I posted a new episode about the surprising mechanics of program shutdown in Ruby… and how to make practical use of those mechanics.
Thanks for joining me for BRUNCH. See you next week!
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Avdi