Confession: Last week I burned an entire morning configuring SSH key authentication on our Enterprise Github account. I tried everything I could think of, but continued to receive authentication errors. When I was finally exhausted and out of ideas, I … Read on...
Category Archives: Self Improvement
Want to Get Better? Here’s a Strategy to Solicit Genuine Useful Feedback
I just wrapped up presenting two sessions at Codemash and I’ve never learned more about how to improve from a single session. How? Well, a few days ago I was chewing on ideas to gather more useful feedback from session … Read on...
Hey Developer, Are You Focusing on the Right Thing?
At a certain point (perhaps sooner than you think), becoming more technically competent isn’t going to change the trajectory of your life. You have to change your paradigm. Are you solving the right problems in the first place? At the … Read on...
Programming Your Brain: The Art of Learning in Three Steps
From time to time, I run into people who are interested in breaking into programming. Last night at the company holiday party a guy (we’ll call him Sam) walked up and introduced himself, asking for advice on how to move … Read on...