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Top 5 Tips for Effective Software Leadership
The more you advance towards leadership in your tech career, the less technical your focus becomes. …
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Git branching for small teams
A Git version control branch management strategy for small teams.
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Introducing The Tech Leader Docs
A new resource for software development leaders by Victoria Drake.
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Measuring productivity with GitHub issues
Can a little Pandas help improve your development velocity?
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Building in context
The best laid plans are made better by staying close to context.
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A GitHub guide for non-technical leaders
How leaders can get to where the work happens and take part in business decisions on GitHub.
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Do I raise or return errors in Python?
Raise, return, and how to never fail silently in Python.
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What tech leaders do before going on vacation
How to be a responsible leader even while you're away.
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How to write good documentation
The secret to never forgetting how your project works, in three steps.
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Make your team more productive by literally doing one thing
Stop giving your development team too many things to do first.
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Increase developer confidence with a great Django test suite
How to write tests for your Django applications that are painless and productive.
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Django project best practices to keep your developers happy
Using Makefiles, pre-commit, and GitHub Actions to help create a happy development team.
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How GitHub Codespaces increases productivity and lowers barriers
A look at how GitHub Codespaces can increase productivity and help new teammates and contributors start developing fast.
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How to create a self-documenting Makefile
Accelerate your workflow and DevOps with command-line aliases you can check in
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How to choose and care for a secure open source project
A few tricks for assessing the security of an open source project.
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Secure web forms for the front-end developer
How to design secure web forms: validate, sanitize, and control.
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Git commit practices your future self will thank you for
Learn how to easily create a clean and readable Git commit history with git squash, message templates, git stash, and tags.
