BrowserSync – Time-saving synchronised browser testing Efficient and pleasurable programming is all about having a “fast feedback cycle”: BrowserSync makes your tweaking and testing faster by synchronising file changes and interactions across multiple devices. It’s wicked-fast and totally free.
Michael O. Church’s answer to Why do some developers at strong companies like Google consider Agile development to be nonsense? – Quora Before I get into why this “Agile” stuff is horrible, let’s describe where Agile/Scrum can work. It can work for a time-sensitive and critical project of short duration (6 weeks max) that cross-cuts the business and has no clear manager , because it involves people from multiple departments. You can call it a “Code Red” or call it a Scrum or a “War Room” if you have a physical room for it. ...
You go your way I’ll go your way too — Leonard Cohen In Book of Longing (via Miguel Esteves Cardoso )
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Seth’s Blog: More trouble than it’s worth In five words, that’s one secret to delight. When you do the work that others can’t possibly imagine doing, you set yourself apart. Seeking out the things that are more trouble than most people think they’re worth is a powerful place to be. The hard part, of course, is actually doing something that appears to be far more trouble than it’s worth.
Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. Hal Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman in MIT Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs course (via Brevity vs. Clarity · An A List Apart Blog Post )
somecallmekek: great sacrifices must be made
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. Thomas Henry Huxley (via Donald Knuth )
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Ideas of online services where to outsource some of the most mundane tasks.
Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said… is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul… From the movie Billy Madison (1995) [scene in context]. ...
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Best comment I’ve read in a long, long time… It beautifully captures how I feel with the onslaught of contradictory advice we get from all over the web. Run. Don’t run. Walk. It’s better. Don’t walk in the mornings, there’s too much smog in the air. Walking in the evenings isn’t good for digestion and there must be at least a 3 hour gap between walking and bedtime. Play. But don’t play impact sports. Those would cause permanent damage to your knees and joints. Swim. But remember the water in most pools are not clean and will lead to skin damage. ...
The problem? For example, 3 guys wrote a paper in 86 and they said that a good estimate is an estimate that’s within 25% of the original estimate, 75% of the time … so, mostly one quarter wrong . Yikes, not a very good prospect at all. The gist of #noestimates to determine how much scope can be delivered by a given date: Select the most important piece of work you need to do (highest value first) Break that piece of work down into risk-neutral chunks of work: (…) small enough that failing to deliver it at first attempt will not jeopardize the project [typically ~1 day chunks] Develop (…) Deliver that work to a production-like environment. Work is only done when it is ready to be used by real customers. Iterate and refactor : The first implementation can only reflect a first step in understanding what needs to be done. Be careful to let the system stabilize before it can provide reliable averages to predict the teams’ throughput. ...