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The Most Often Overlooked Programmer Skill
Programmers often take something for granted that would make them significantly better at their job. No it’s not communication skills, or management. The biggest differentiator between the best and average programmer is how often they have to refer to google to solve a problem. Any programmer who knows the basics of programming in a C…
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Don’t Write Code Unless You Use These 11 Tools
Do you want to write code faster, with fewer bugs, and feel confident that what you write is good? Over the years, programming has evolved, and many new platforms and tools have been created. Most of the tools aren’t very useful, but a few are. Here are the 11 tools that have helped make my programming a bit easier…
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Practice, Homeostasis, Resolutions and the Path to Mastery
It’s that time of year again when everyone is making ambitious new years resolutions. I started by re-reading one of my favourite books: Mastery is about the journey – an endless one. Taking comfort in the practice, ritual and repetition of the fundamentals while endlessly pushing the edge of your skills and knowledge. Something that’s…
