As developers, we are alternatively teachers and learners. How to share efficiently our knowledge, avoiding the filthy expert blind spot? The cognitive load theory can help you understand the problem, and logging your knowledge acquisition process can be a powerful solution. »
Using a window manager such as i3 offer many advantages: light, highly configurable, flexible, and easy to use only with a keyboard. You'll wonder why you used your mouse with your desktop environment all these years! »
Burnout is on every lips nowadays: from 1974 to 2008, no less than 6000 resources have been written on the subject. However, in the software industry, this common phenomenon is still a stigma of weakness. People are afraid to speak or to hear about it, which prevent to solve the problem even more. What's burnout? How can we prevent it? »
One of the main tool I use daily for any project is the fantastic tmux. It will allow you to have a powerful, flexible and automatized terminal experience for your personal needs. What is tmux? How does it work? How to configure it? »
Software entropy can easily makes our work, as developers, way more difficult that it has to be. Knowing what is software entropy and how to keep it low is essential for our projects to be maintainable and easily scalable. »
Vim is the most emblematic and feared command line application out there, even if understanding its basic commands and how it works can be really beneficial for developers. This is exactly the goal of this article. You think that Vim's not for you? Let's find out! »
Speaking about abstraction is so common in software development, the meaning of it is pretty blurry for many of us. Could you explain clearly what means abstraction, if you needed to? This article will explain in depth what abstraction stands for, if we should abstract everything and if not, what should be abstracted. »
Stress is a serious issue we should all consider very closely. Being a valuable developer means taking a lot of decision throughout the day. Stress can disable you in that regard: let's see powerful ways to manage it on a day to day basis. »
This is a complete case study of my side project DevDash, from the very first idea to the launch of the first early version. I explain in this article how I built it, how I managed it, how I promoted it, and, most importantly, why. I give you my precise time management workflow and basically all the tips and techniques I use, for you to build the best side projects ever! »
