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2022 was an interesting year. It brought a lot of unexpected yet not entirely unwelcome changes for both of us and for the podcast. As we review our resolutions we'll see how SMART our goals really were and then we'll discuss the yearly theme. Read more › The post Resolutions 2023 appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Have you ever wanted to write a book, start a business, learn a new skill, learn to play a musical instrument, change careers, or simply become world class at something you like to do? Did you try for a bit, only to realize that you didn't have time to do it, that you couldn't achieve your goal? Read more › The post Time Management Mistakes appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
We hear a lot about how to be a good leader, but rarely about how to be a good follower. If we are all leading then who is following? Following isn't about blindly agreeing with leadership but instead is the ability to work within any role to improve yourself, your team, and your organization. Read more › The post Being A Good Follower appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Many people will tell you the importance of a morning routine, however without a nightly routine our evenings are all over the place and we are left with sleepless nights, but not in Seattle. To improve sleep and rest we have to look at habit formation and building routines and rituals into our evenings. Read more › The post Creating A Nightly Routine appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Integration points in complex systems have a tendency to surprise you, usually in an unpleasant fashion. While it takes a while to discover the underlying antipatterns that caused the system to have problems, there are certain "smells" you can look for that indicate common sources of issues. Read more › The post Integration Code Smells appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
So you got a new job and you are starting in a couple of days. You are probably both excited and anxious. What will the first day be like? If you are like many people, your first day at a new job will be something that happens to you, rather than something you control. Not ideal. Read more › The post Add Value On Your First Day appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The millionaire mindset is a common phrase in the hustle culture of people who are working hard to better themselves and make their world a better place. But what exactly does it mean? Read more › The post Millionaire Mindset appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Procrastination is an insidious venom that slowly eats away at us by making us think we have plenty of time to do the things we need to do but may not want to do. Today is the day to stop procrastinating! Read more › The post Today Is The Day To Stop Procrastinating appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
You write code and solve problems, but are you a good engineer? Are there things you can do to improve yourself and be a better developer? What does it take to be a good software developer? Read more › The post 10 Rules To Be A Good Engineer appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Lots of developers are self-employed. While many are happy, there are some pitfalls to the process that can trip up the unwary. From taxes, to interpersonal relationships, being self-employed will teach you a lot of things, but you really don't want to learn the hard way. Read more › The post Downsides of Self Employement appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
There is definitely a cycle to the financial system. Things get easier for a while, and then things get harder. While we don't want to delve into the reasons too deeply, there's a pretty good chance that some rough times are coming. Read more › The post Layoff Resilience appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
As a project becomes more successful, it almost always gets larger. Over time, teams usually get larger as well. Eventually, this means that the previous structure of the application becomes insufficient and needs to be refactored. Read more › The post Managing Large Refactorings appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Difficult conversations are not easy or fun, hence the term difficult. Maintaining interpersonal relationships in the workplace involves problem solving and a fair amount of compromise when dealing with difficult situations. Read more › The post Difficult Conversations appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
If you aren't constantly dealing with the database, you probably have some misconceptions about how indexes work. These misconceptions not only tend to bite you, but they tend to do so at the worst possible time, when your system is under load or when you've just rolled out a new feature. Read more › The post Database Indexing Mistakes appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
What motivates you when the rewards seem far off? What drives you to keep pushing when you are tired and worn out? It's not likely the pay or some big reward at the end. It is your own intrinsic motivation. Read more › The post Basic Psychological Needs of Motivation appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
In many development shops, Single Page Applications (or SPAs) are the user interface of choice, especially if they are already in use in other systems. While this is often a laudable and reasonable choice, it's a good idea to understand the tradeoffs of going with this approach. Read more › The post Tradeoffs of Single Page Applications appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
You've made it, you've accomplished your goals. Now what? How do you continue to be successful? Success and failure are intertwined and success if not stable can lead to failure. Read more › The post Success Stabilizers appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
If you are lucky, someone will tell you what they actually want on a dashboard when they tell you to make one. If you're unlucky, you probably are going to have to figure it out as you go. Thankfully, there are some principles you can apply that will help you create application dashboards that are useful. Read more › The post Better Dashboards appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Breaches of payment systems are extremely serious. It's a great way not only to have major business problems, but to look like an idiot in front of all your clients, while causing them all kinds of headaches, including potentially emptying their bank accounts. Read more › The post PCI Compliance appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
A major security vulnerability will be found in someone's web application this week. The OWASP Top Ten list of web application vulnerabilities has recently been updated. Read more › The post OWASP Top Ten 2021 appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
When you started your career, you might well have been in awe of the senior developers, at least for the first job or two. Later, you might still be impressed with some of them, but others will seem like they were promoted past their abilities. Read more › The post Under Skilled Seniors appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
HTTP or hypertext transfer protocol is a protocol for transferring documents: HTML, images, etc. between a client, usually a web browser and a server. HTTP verbs or HTTP methods are codified forms of communication in the client-server relationship. Read more › The post HTTP Verbs appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Towards the tail end of covid times (or still in the middle of them, depending on where you live), a lot of news articles started talking about a phenomenon called The Great Resignation. While you probably have a rough idea of what's going on, it's well worth further discussion, because many of its implications are going to reverberate in the software industry for years to come. Read more › The post The Great Resignation appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
Critical thinking is about knowing how to organize and understand a problem or decision and come to conclusion. It is necessary for avoiding cognitive bias in advanced problem solving skills and decision making. Read more › The post Steps To Critical Thinking appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Meetings are a fact of life and nearly everyone could improve the way that they take notes. There is nothing worse than sitting through a long meeting and then later having to ask a bunch of questions that were answered in that meeting. It wastes time and leads to a lot of mistakes. Read more › The post Better Meeting Notes appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Resilience is the ability to recover quickly. Having consistent patterns of behavior helps you to know where to jump back in when something knocks you off your regular schedule requiring you to be resilient. Read more › The post Resilience Through Consistency appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
As development teams grow, the number of code repositories used by them grows as well. Over time, this ends up making some things more complicated than they have to be. You've probably heard of companies putting everything in a single repository. Is this the answer to the problem? Read more › The post Monorepos appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
No matter how efficient you are, when you get stressed your productivity drops. It is important to be resilient in stress so that you can overcome stressful situations. Read more › The post Resilience In Stress appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
If you've worked on complex or distributed systems at all, at some point you've seen them produce behavior that is predictable in hindsight, but that you never would have predicted yourself. Systems take on a life of their own, especially as different parts are developed at different rates by different people. Read more › The post Systems Thinking appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Everyone has habits, behaviors they do on a regular, daily basis. These habits are either moving you toward your goals and success or they are holding you back from them. Read more › The post 7 Habits of Unsuccessful People appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
