My Best Advice for New Hires
I recently hired four new engineers for the API team at GitHub. Starting a new job is never easy, and I feel like it is especially harder when you land at one of
Engineering
✨ Worksheet: Introducing Engineering Design ✨
As a follow-up to my story about Introducing Engineering Design, I share the step-by-step guide I put together for my team when I first introduced this concept to them. Feel free to use
How to Build Trust Through Estimates
An important part of your work in software engineering is to provide estimates or level of effort to your stakeholders: your boss, your peers, and your customers. It can be a stressful part
My Favorite Approach to Learning New Frameworks
My personal favorite approach to quickly and efficiently learn a new framework, library, or programming language. This is based on my own experience.
Understanding Redux Middleware And Writing Custom Ones
If you use Redux, you’ve most likely used redux middleware before through - for example - redux-thunk, redux-promise-middleware, redux-saga or redux-logger. These are important middleware in most apps but yet some of