bwaine

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by bwaine 3y ago
Is Extreme Programming a closed source commercial software development methodology? What makes it so? I went through a period of my career where I dived head long into it, read Kent Beck's book, liked what I read. Tried pair programmin
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Crowd fund from your network to bypass the traditional interview process(skiptheinterview.com)
7 points by bwaine 5y ago|1 comments
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by bwaine 6y ago
It would be nice if this was the other way round :'''''( # this will ruin your day endgame smash --service all --evil-principal " " # This will show you how your day could have been ruined endgame smash --
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by bwaine 6y ago
I'm sorry to hear about your neuropathy, I'm glad my suggestion eases your mind! On pairing in general: For a long period of time when I worked at bigger companies (before co-founding my current venture) I pair programmed 90% abou
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by bwaine 6y ago
I don't know why, but I've often thought about the situation the Josh finds himself in. IE - having to find a different way of building software if I couldn't use a keyboard and mouse due to medical condition. The solution I
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by bwaine 6y ago
At my fully remote startup we operate a variation of this that I think can feel less onerous than a culture of verbose written communication. - We create living documents / whiteboards on Miro (formally Realtime Board) that relate to t
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by bwaine 7y ago
Stay Nimble | Full Stack Engineer | Anywhere +/-3 GMT | Full Time | Remote Stay Nimble is a fast-growing, social enterprise start-up building a unique digital career coaching platform to support millions through career change and to fi
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by bwaine 7y ago
The Goal Novel by Eliyahu M. Goldratt A business fiction book that describes "The Theory of Constraints" a process initially applied in manufacturing that deals with optimizing production line systems. I found the sections on iden
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by bwaine 7y ago
Interesting, perhaps the inspiration behind the walking battle machines[0] in my favourite table top board game "Scythe"[1]. Interesting to see a real life Mech! [0] - http://www.heavymetal.com/news/these-amaz
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by bwaine 7y ago
I recently read Carl Newport's "deep work". One of the points he made that struck home the most was that a leading indicator of success for most knowledge workers was the number of hours spent doing deep work. Ie - the number
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by bwaine 8y ago
A lot has already been said in the thread about identifying, aligning with and assisting in achieving your organisations goals. I'd also add part of "speaking like a leader" is speaking in a persuasive manner, convincing othe
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Monzo Is Crowd Funding(monzo.com)
2 points by bwaine 8y ago|0 comments
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On the Proposed PHP Code of Conduct(paul-m-jones.com)
90 points by bwaine 11y ago|32 comments
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Device to help you accurately achieve “The Ballmer Peak”(problemsolverbeer.com)
1 points by bwaine 12y ago|0 comments
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by bwaine 13y ago
In the UK I use 'Pact' to get coffee shipped @ £6.99 / bag twice a month. The packaging fits through the letter box and the variety is great. If you want to use this kind of service but aren't based in the US, give them
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by bwaine 13y ago
I followed this and got credited. In order to start a server you have to add payment details though. So step 5 is not optional. Winner! \0/
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by bwaine 13y ago
> "Due to this situation, the market value of IPv4 addresses is rising... " This is fantastic news. I have a private network full of them.
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by bwaine 13y ago
I've been using this little tool to produce documentation for my team. As soon as they get more intelligent response replay in I think it will be a winner. Until then it's still a pretty damn good web service centric markdown edit