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When interviewing software developers, we can throw away 95% of what we currently do. Bring some code to the interview and with a 5 minute discussion you can tell if someone is good or not.

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Dan Harper @dan-harper.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

We’re so familiar with the UIs we build day to day, we become blinded to how new users experience it for the first time. Make sure you’re continually putting your UI in front of new users. Walk out into the street with an iPad and ask randos if you have to.

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Dan Harper @dan-harper.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Check the Network tab in your browser’s dev tools once in a while. You might be surprised to see a 4MB JS library that’s loaded in for one, 10 line component that could use the stdlib.

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Dan Harper @dan-harper.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

If you want to be a senior engineer, make sure you’re working on communication. Engineering leaders don’t have time to look at code, they rely on comments from engineers that give them sense checks on quality, etc. mostly that comes from engineers who are senior and above. Communicate.

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Lutz Hühnken @huehnken.de · 31/10/2024

Did you ever realize that when data engineers look at events, they see them differently than Event-Driven Architecture / Domain-Driven Design folks? It's important we understand each other, so I wrote this: www.reactivesystems.eu/2024/10/31/t... #eda #eventdrivenarchitecture #softwarearchitecture

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The Dual Nature of Events in Event-Driven Architecture

Given that events play such a central role in event-driven architecture, there’s an astonishing lack of agreement on what should be contained in an event. This may be rooted in the fact that, dependin...

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Dan Harper @dan-harper.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

Why am I the lucky person to have a Remix app that throws random 500 errors for no seemingly good reason?

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Dan Harper @dan-harper.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

I’ve got to say, Go and Elixir have some of the best developer experiences I’ve ever seen. If you haven’t tried them out yet, you gotta give them a go!

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Dan Harper @dan-harper.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

High performing software teams sweat the small stuff. Small improvements over time make a big impact

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