Yesterday
- So tell the story you want to be true. Eventually, it will be....
Two weeks ago
- Just some bits and pieces that don't justify a whole post....
about 1 month ago
- Srijan Singh pinged me on LinkedIn earlier today with a question: I’m in my early career as a backend dev at IBM, and something I often wonder about is choosing the right path: whether to stick with a big company and learn deeply, or test myself in a startup environment (remote...
2 months ago
- A tip for remote teams of 2-10 people. Create a personal “ramblings” channel for each teammate in your team’s chat app of choice. Ramblings channels let everyone share what’s on their mind without cluttering group channels. Think of them as personal journals or microblogs inside...
4 months ago
- Note: we’ve lined someone up, which means submissions for the apprenticeship are now closed. But please keep your eyes peeled for future opportunities. Ian and I have a ton of fun projects brewing, so we’re looking for a creative, passionate, […]...
5 months ago
- My spouse and I are on vacation in Japan, spending half our time seeing the sights and the other half working remotely and enjoying the experience of living in a different place for a while. To get here, we flew on British Airways from London to Tokyo, and I entertained myself...
9 months ago
- 13 Jan, 2025 I'm a bit late to the question challenge posed by Ava. I just arrived back from a 7 day hike up the Wild Coast of South Africa, which was beautiful, relaxing, and a great way to usher in the new year. img { max-height: 350px; aspect-ratio: 1; object-fit: cover;...
about 1 year ago
- this post was mostly dictated off the top of my head with Wispr AI...
over 1 year ago
- Hey, web folks! The summer season is here, and I am writing this intro while looking at the sunrise in a beautiful Santorini, giggling due to a loud crowing rooster. A vacation with my family, away from my day-to-day responsibilities, helped me relax and regain creativity to do...
- Edit: A better title would've been "commit every day that you work". I don't mean you should work on weekends or not take time off, and whatever you work on doesn't need to "ship to prod". I don't feel particularly qualified to give advice (I blame imposter syndrome), but I do...
- “Remote: Office Not Required” is a well-known publication among the programmers. So it must be a good book, or its popularity comes from the fact that two influential figures in software development wrote it. Maybe both? Even though I am late to the party because 11 years have...
- Hello all, I’m Paul. I’m a British citizen and tech nerd. I’m currently visiting and working remotely in Medellin (Colombia). Before this, I worked remotely fro......
- Improvements in communications technology have led an increasing number of teams that work in a Remote-First style, a trend that was boosted by the forced isolation of Covid-19 pandemic. But a team that operates remotely still benefits from face-to-face gatherings, and should do...
almost 2 years ago
- If you fit one of these criteria:...
- Working with people from around the world is incredible and has become the norm in the tech industry. However, handling legal regulations and payroll across multiple countries can be a pain in the backside. A few HR solutions have emerged to offload these tedious duties from...
about 2 years ago
- I watched this talk[1] where the presenter details their experience trying to use modern digital devices while living on a boat with little to zero connectivity. It soon became obvious that all the technology [we planned to use] was not designed to leave the western world. It...
- The discussion of the future of work post-Covid has now been going on for years, and is nowhere near settled. Some companies are reversing prior decisions to go remote, while others cancel the last of their office space. Debates around the value of remote have continued...
- Remote work is not simply a matter of replicating the office environment online. One of the key shifts that remote workers need to make is to communicate more, less often. Instead of relying on constant, synchronous, and often interrupt-driven interactions, remote workers...
over 2 years ago
- Around the beginning of 2022, my girlfriend and I were taking a hike overlooking Camps Bay. And while the vistas were gorgeous, I was waving my arms about and describing the future of virtual reality. Having worked as a game developer in the VR space for several years (back...
- Introduction I began working as a software developer during the pandemic. It was the summer of 2020. Because you weren't allowed to go into the office, everyone was working from home. So I began working remotely. Around October of the same year, I had a mild burnout. It took me...
- June 2023 The last six months have felt like a disorientating blur. While bouncing between overseas trips, writing conference talks, organising events, and keeping up with work, I ended a long-term relationship and moved across London. My writing took a hit – I haven’t published...
- Time zones are one of the harder parts of software development, but it doesn’t have to be one of the harder (or exclusionary) parts of working as a distributed team. Here are a few practices that I try to adhere to help practice more inclusive scheduling when working remotely:...
- We took the last opportunity for a quick, not “lazy” (lying at the beach, sipping beer and doing nothing) kinda holiday before we became parents. But, unfortunately, Italian prices are daylight robbery, so we ditched the plan of travelling along the coast and went to Sicily...
- Asynchronous communication (Issues, PRs, Google Docs, and sometimes Slack) should be the default, reserving more synchronous mediums (like video calls and in-person meetings) for the types of conversations that uniquely benefit from their higher fidelity (brainstorming,...
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