Interview with Eric Elliott: On JavaScript, Writing, and Creating High Velocity Development Teams
In today's episode, I interview Eric Elliott. Eric is a JavaScript developer and author with a lot of knowledge to share! Be sure to check out JavaScript Scene to read Eric's writing. One of Eric's p...
14 Sep 201556min
Subjective vs. Concrete Decisions
Today, I talk about a particular framework for making decisions. The framework presents a specific dichotomy between concreteness and subjectivity. Types of decisions: Essential decisions Concrete in...
11 Sep 201518min
Listener Pubudu Asks How to Avoid Procrastination and Boredom, and Find Renewed Energy for Work
Today, I discuss listener Pubudu's questions about how to find energy and enjoyment in his work, and how to stop procrastinating. Mentioned on the show: @HealthyProg The Healthy Programmer Get Up and...
9 Sep 201517min
Listener Question: Sahar asks, "How do I get more out of my day?"
In today's episode, I answer a question from listener Sahar. Remote (37 Signals / Bsecamp The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod In this episode, I cover the concept of "The Minimum Viable Day" as well! T...
7 Sep 201521min
The Messaging Paradigm: Building Programs Around the Concept of Messengers and Receivers
In today's episode we talk about a message passing paradigm for programming. We'll discuss the concept of message passing as a lens for understanding everything we do in programming. Avdi Grimm (@avd...
4 Sep 20159min
Closures, Private & Methods
Today, we talk about closures and private object methods. Spec.fm Closures in JavaScript (Mozilla) Private methods in Ruby (documentation) Private :attr_accessor Private members in Java Closures: Eli...
2 Sep 201510min
The Best Tool vs. The Right Tool: Don't Forsake Personality When Picking Frameworks or Languages
In today's episode, I'll talk about choosing the best tool vs. choosing the right tool for a job. Stopping assumptions about faster being better or using a specific language for a specific project isn...
31 Aug 20159min
Decorator vs. Facade Patterns & Knowing When To Use Them
In today's episode I review decorator and facade patterns. I'll go over strengths, weaknesses, similarities and difference between decorator and facade patterns and give tips on determining when to us...
28 Aug 201510min
