A huge shortcut here is just ask your team what slows them down. It takes way longer to find the answer if you rely only on data that’s automatically collected, and don’t pay enough attention to what your team says. Because qualitative data is data.

In life, it doesn’t matter what happens to you or where you came from. It matters what you do with what happens and what you’ve been given. And the only way you’ll do something spectacular is by using it all to your advantage.

Take your test pilot for a spin: GitHub Copilot Labs now comes with a test generator, that creates and refines tests! GitHub Next

"Software has no life on its own but exists as a kind of cyborg simultaneously in the programmers and the code." baldurbjarnason.com/2022/theory-bu…

One roadblock almost never ruins you. There might not be 1000 ways to accomplish something, but there is almost always more than one way. Know what you want. Be flexible about how to get there.

Hey folks! I am looking for a new opportunity -- please let me know if you are looking for a new head of engineering or director of engineering!

"Resilience takes slack, and slack looks a lot like waste." jessitron.com/2023/01/16/res…

"leaders work on the system, not in the system" lethain.com/better-microma…

I'm trying to get to 100 interviews so if you're a VP Eng or CTO that can meet with me or you're willing to nominate someone please DM me and let's make it happen!

Lots of good ideas in James Shore @[email protected]'s article on testing: "This pattern language... doesn’t use broad tests, doesn’t use mocks, doesn’t ignore infrastructure, and doesn’t require architectural changes." jamesshore.com/v2/projects/nu…

💀💀 a Toronto restaurant renamed its menu items as office supplies so people could expense their meals. I’ve seen it all.

What is the most important thing that I have learned in my career as a software developer? Here's a #Thread 1/18

Once you've fixed a bug, stop and question yourself: How did this bug come about? You may notice structural issues in the code, tidy it up to prevent future bugs. You may notice missing tests, add the tests.

We write things down, both to help us remember, and to help us forget.

"The key takeaway is that a modular architecture intrinsically linked to teams can be highly beneficial to an organisation under the right circumstances." martinfowler.com/articles/linki…

Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better.

Most Big Tech companies don't employ dedicated people to do testing (eg QA, SDET). Ones that do: it's frequently for hardware or software released monthly or less frequently. It's not because they don't care about quality: but because they found more efficient ways to get to it.

"Sing the song that only you can sing, write the book that only you can write, build the product that only you can build... live the life that only you can live." Naval

My all-time favorite Venn diagram 😆

The gift of a beginner is fresh eyes. The longer you're in a field, the harder it is to perceive new truths. Your mind is biased toward refining what you're already doing instead of exploring fresh terrain. Take your expertise and apply it to something new.