Victoria Drake's Blog
How to Create Technical Documentation Using ChatGPT
How to use ChatGPT to create effective and correct documentation for your project.
The Director's Playbook: Top 5 Tips for Cultivating High-Performing Software Teams
Battle-tested tips from a Director of Engineering to empower your team, foster growth, and build a truly effective software organization.
How to Future-Proof Your Software Engineering Career for the Age of AGI
Worried about AI taking your job? Strategic skills and approaches to not just survive, but thrive in the age of AGI.
Mastering Git for Small Teams
Unlock a more productive Git workflow for your small team with an approach to branch management designed to reduce headaches and accelerate your path to deployment.
Set up a Pi-hole VPN on an AWS Lightsail instance
Build your own VPN with Pi-hole to block ads and trackers.
Beyond Gut Feelings: How I Use Issue Metrics to Boost Engineering Velocity
Stop guessing and start optimizing. A practical method for using data science to analyze GitHub issues, helping you identify key metrics and drive significant improvements in your team's output.
Building in context
The best laid plans are made better by staying close to context.
Leading with a cybersecurity mindset
Systems for considering software development from a security standpoint.
A GitHub guide for non-technical leaders
How leaders can get to where the work happens and take part in business decisions on GitHub.
Digital resilience: redundancy for websites and communications
How you can make your digital life more resilient when using services you don't own.