Understand and respect your users You are building something for someone. Whether that someone are other people just like you, people mostly like you, or people completely different from you, you need to understand your user. This also means that being a better developer isn't…
I've thought a lot about performance this past year. Both on the client side and the server-side as well. While it might not come as a surprise, the number one thing you can do to improve performance is to do less. And this applies to…
I used to have a problem learning new programming languages. It wasn't that I found the syntax difficult, or that concepts eluded me. Rather, it was the idea of learning an entirely new language a fairly time consuming task. It hasn't been until recently that…
Atlassian Summit 2013 Talk [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l83mlwqXm4]
Originally posted on the MeetMe Engineering Blog. I enjoy speaking in front of an audience. This doesn’t mean I don’t get nervous. Oh, I get nervous enough that I really do need that drink of water. I still love it – the challenge of reacting…
