Practical tech advice
Have you ever felt under pressure, like there is no end to the tasks, they keep piling up and you don’t seem to find the light ? Know you are not alone! I have made a new year resolution to become more efficient in my day-to-day tasks. Here is what I could gather so far. […]
What exactly is a jack of all trades ? According to vocabulary.com, a jack of all trades is a person who has some level of skill in many areas. The world is changing, and so must we Technology is changing faster than ever. If you look back even a few years, things seem almost unrecognizable. Just looking […]
The unicorn of office days: Having a productive day, each day, every day. It’s an admirable goal. It’s a goal we all strive to achieve. A step in that direction is having an efficient schedule. I’m here to help. Let get cracking! Get the data Step one in solving any problem is defining it. Try […]
Complexity analysis leans on the more theoretical side of computer science. Ironically, I know, given this site’s motto, however, bear with me, it might just be worth it at the end. Allow me to answer the first question you should have: What exactly is computational complexity ? I’m glad you asked! Computational complexity is one […]
If you’re reading this, I assume most of your hours are spent staring at an IDE, coding away. What about the times when you’re not building shiny new features. If you’re lucky enough, then you’re going to have a couple of hours of free time every now and then. What should you use that time […]
This is a follow-up of my previous post here. If you’ve ever had to write automated tests, you might have some bad memories lingering around. Automated tests have a way of becoming troublesome as time goes by. You end up spending more time fixing the tests than adding actual features. When that happens, you don’t care […]
As you might have realized by now if you follow this little blog (and you should), I’m a huge fan of automated tests. If you’re not, I assume it’s because you either don’t find them useful, or you find them hard to add. Tests are useful because code breaks. My code, his code, everyone’s code […]
Let’s start at the beginning: what exactly are soft skills ? Soft-skills, is an umbrella term, covering the less technical skills you need for your work. Stuff like communication, time-management, delegating and other fun stuff you have to do outside of an IDE. I sure hope you are one of those programmers that do consider […]
You lucky programmer you. You get to work on a new project. A shiny new toy for you. All the possibilities that lay ahead. Simply limitless! Now the only question is: how do we do this right? How do we make sure our little project does not end up a big ol’ mess that is […]
If you are already using git, then you can skip this paragraph. If you are fist hearing this word, then I can give you the basics for now. Git is the most used versioning control system. It basically is a way you can track all the versions of the program without having to get creative […]
