Shaping up memocortex.com goes well enough, so I'm looking forward to deploying the final touches next week 🎉
Accordingly, I only have a little time to write technical content. Almost everything in the backlog is in the WIP phase 🤷♂️
Luckily, the 9 scheduled episodes of the "Curious Coders Chronicles" podcast got out to Apple Podcasts and Spotify so that you can enjoy some of the very technical episodes here:
- Error handling in React and Ruby with Rails
- Rich on Hotwires: An Introduction to Turbo in Ruby on Rails 🚠
- Bouwe rocks Elm! 🎸
I think these are three excellent ways to spend your lunch break:
- consume food and chat with your colleagues
- consume food in silence
- consume food and consume content
I had quite a bit of number 3. this week, and all of the talks were great bullseyes, all of them from last year's RubyConf Mini:
- Empathetic Pair Programming with Nonviolent Communication by Stephanie Minn => This should be a required primer in all organizations that do pair programming, code reviews, and communication. In all organizations.
- Teaching Ruby to Count by Joël Quenneville => if you need more proof that Ruby is awesome
- TDD on the Shoulders of Giants by Jared Norman => nice breakdown of the London style TDD and some tips
Here's another case in my life where attending a workshop saved me from a bitter mistake:
How to submit a conference talk proposal
In conclusion, doing more research before diving into something new can avoid costly mistakes. If, for some reason, I missed the workshop; I'd almost certainly lose those initially invested 3.5 hours completely without any chance to win anything.
