My Paper To-Do Strategy
Coding up a to-do app may be the Hello, World of every framework, but when it comes to actually tracking tasks effectively (knock ’em out not stack ’em up) there’s no app that keeps things front of mind better than an open notebook on your desk. Here’s my
How to Write Good Documentation
If you’ve ever half-written a software project before taking a few days off, this is the article you’ll discover you needed when you reopen that IDE. In the technology teams I lead, we make a constant effort to document all the things. Documentation lives alongside the code as
Make Your Team More Productive by Literally Doing One Thing
In the tech teams I lead, “priority” has no plural form. Whether you’re leading a team of people or leading yourself, it’s important to take account of all the important things that need doing in your organization. This does not mean that everything can be equally important. Logically,
How to Create a Self-Documenting Makefile
My new favorite way to completely underuse a Makefile? Creating personalized, per-project repository workflow command aliases that you can check in. Can a Makefile improve your DevOps and keep developers happy? How awesome would it be if a new developer working on your project didn’t start out by copying
Word Bugs in Software Documentation and How to Fix Them
I’ve been an editor longer than I’ve been a developer, so this topic for me is a real root issue. 🥁 When I see a great project with poorly-written docs, it hits close to /home. Okay, okay, I’m done. I help the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
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