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Sometimes refactoring is fun. Sometimes refactoring feels therapeutic. Usually, those kinds of refactoring are the kinds we don’t need. We know it: we always have that faint feeling that we’re having just a little too much fun to justify our sal...
We often get the chance to interview our future manager, but usually it’s while being evaluated for a new job. What do you do when you find yourself getting to interview your current manager’s replacement? Know your priorities When we are consid...
Last night, I was talking with a tech lead of a local company. He was struggling with supporting two of his teammates who are newer to their roles (let’s call them Alyssa and Ben). Alyssa, like nearly all her teammates, works in the local office, ...
Shortly before our winter break, I ran into the following error message while updating a mailer: (object doesn't support #inspect) Here’s the code: def notify mail( from: 'me@...', to: 'me+testing@...', subject: 'it works', ...
Want to learn more about apprenticeship? Read our previous article introducing software apprenticeship. There are many reasons to invest in an apprenticeship program. You can use them to: Bring more domain expertise to your team Level up yo...