Don't be nice, be useful blog.danieroux.com/useful-feedback

Pity as a power play blog.danieroux.com/pity-as-a-powe…

Coffee-beans are not, coffee-tea is blog.danieroux.com/coffee-beans-a…

To compromise on needs is violence blog.danieroux.com/to-compromise-…

The gathering and burning of wood. blog.danieroux.com/the-gathering-…

"a lot of work is the work of noticing what work needs doing" - @ezagroba

On distrusting the need to vent: blog.danieroux.com/on-venting

The Pomodoro Technique pact with yourself: blog.danieroux.com/the-pomodoro-t…

What is Croquet anyways? A thread 🧵

Respecting another's canvas in conversation: blog.danieroux.com/respecting-the…

If you're in software engineering, and especially in any kind of leadership role, the Spine model (spinemodel.info) can be an incredibly valuable sense making/conversational/directional tool. H/T K Danie Roux

Two of my good friends recently appeared on different podcasts, sharing their journeys in software development. I've learnt a great deal with, and from both K and oz chihwayi. Links to their stories below:

This is useful, but: Do not uninstall the classic Notion/Slack integration if you rely on page level content change notifications. The content changes diffs we relied on for years is missing in this new integration. Notion support helped us get it back, and it was a mission.

This spring will be DataConfZa This is the one to sponsor if you want to be known to the practitioners. This is the one to attend if you care about data.

RSVPs for Drivenci VIII are now open, we haven't been as good as we should have been in keeping a contact database up to date. If you would like to attend this year, DM me please. #drivenci

Forgot I wrote this a long time ago, but came up today so sharing in case anyone finds it useful or wants to contribute/extend it. Various agile methods mapped to the spine model: spinemodel.info/archetypes-cat… #spinemodel #spinemapping

Last call: If you’ve attended before and haven’t rsvp’ed or been invoiced for Drivenci VIII at the end of July, please contact me, Stephan Swart or Rowan this week. #drivenci

When the prompt reflects your inner thoughts.

The identity function is an oddity when you first start functional programming youtube.com/watch?v=uY-grD… #clojure #clojurescript

"An Engineering Leaders Guide to Recalibrating for the Agentic Era" This is substantial and worth digesting.