So refreshing to stop talking about ways of working and just do the work. The team did such a great job. Super-awesome to see motivated people solve real problems for people. There are still a LOT of ways teams can improve. We're not done learning.

If you don’t know the phrase Iowa Touchdown, it was coined after Iowa won a game this way in 2022. This happened on the same day Jordan and Commish met in person for the first time at the ULM at Texas game.

Great insights here about how to be effective in tech by going beyond the tech. 4 Lessons From a Software Engineer for Leveling up in Tech - Business Insider share.google/67rXKHjk6PNl...

It's too bad the Emmys are done already. If they were next week I wish they gave every nominee in this category an Emmy just for using their 1st Amendment rights. I believe in free speech for all, even if I don't like what you are saying.

I was unable to cancel my Disney+ subscription this morning. I'm sure the website glitch was random.

I've met a lot of wonderful H-1B folks in my career. People who have been taken advantage by agencies pocketing more of their hourly billing rate than they receive. People who've moved their families here and need to uproot overnight. Wishing you all the best during this turbulence.

25 years ago today I became a father. It's hard to articulate how much this has changed my life for the better. Most of my personal and professional investments, and growth, stem from the investments I wanted to make into my family. It hasn't been easy, but it's been worth it. Happy 25th, Chloe❤️

I think about this story a lot. I've some wonderful friends who take longer to find work than their skills should determine. #KeepBelievingInYourself tybennett.com/do-you-know-...

Internet tech arrived to address an outage after another tech was working on the box in our backyard. He first came into the house and said my modem was mounted too high. I have never heard that fiberoptic cables have a height restriction. Am I taking crazy pills?

The only thing worst than on-hold music is frequent interruptions announcing "all agents are busy...". Why can't they just include that message as lyrics on the on-hold music?

I found my new favorite nighttime youtube channel. "Boring History for Sleep" www.youtube.com/@HistorianSl... I feel like a baby listening to a long, calm, semi-interesting story as I drift off.

Big bets fail big. Small steps build momentum. #SimpleSteps buff.ly/5fW6dlH

"Professionals are hired to act like Professionals" @dustinson.bsky.social talking about #TechnicalDebt and the culture of taking shortcuts to "produce" at #SeattleCodeCrafters

Join us next Thursday, August 28th at 10:00am Pacific @dustinson.bsky.social will talk on "Techniques to Tackle Tech-debt Today" All people are always welcome!

CIJUG Hybrid meetup Thursday 8/21 @ 5:30CT: @sourceallies.bsky.social and #virtual Please join us as I talk about "Techniques To Tackle Tech-debt Today". We'll cover hard and soft skills for improving a huge problem most teams face. www.meetup.com/central-iowa...

Josh Johnson is a national treasure.

Leadership protip: Sometimes being Kind is orthogonal to being Nice. Being Kind is giving painful but necessary feedback to help someone correct a potentially detrimental behavior or habit. Being Nice is avoiding giving feedback to avoid hurting their feelings.

My favorite fictional villain is single-handedly Captain Hook.

I took this class a few years ago. Highly recommend!

Velocity should measure customer impact, not how busy the team looks. If no value is delivered, velocity is zero. buff.ly/oLeYLL9

I found my new favorite YT channel last night "Sleepless Historian" It was nice to just close my eyes and follow a story until I drifted off. The graphics are basic, so I never felt like I needed to watch it to follow along. www.youtube.com/@SleeplessHi...

Heads up! Pay up, Level up.

Lemonade Stands. One of the easiest decisions you can make in a day. Just make sure you always keep a few bucks in the car.

Today is a great day. Thx @jezhumble.net!

I watched the movie "Sinners" over the weekend. Wow. What an absolutely compelling gem. The story, cinematography, and acting was top notch. I may be late to the party here, but strongly recommend it.

1 more day til we vibe away. Sign up soon, eh?

Want to deliver good vibes with AI? Learn how this Thursday night with Jeff Langr! www.meetup.com/iadnug/event...

Win-win no brainer

Albert Einstein: 'We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.' I think this relates to working with AI. More code is being created beyond the understanding of a developer. If you can't understand what it does, you can't verify it's right or fix it when wrong.

Serious truth here (Johnathan Smart)

today is a good day. #Jimi

Tonight's the night! #getOnTheBus www.meetup.com/iadnug/event...

There's still time to register for MileHighAgile! www.agiledenver.org/mile-high-ag...

I can't say enough good things about Jeff Langr's "Pragmatic Unit Testing" book pragprog.com/titles/utj3/... New devs can get started with it and the old grey beards can learn impactful improvements. The personality which comes through makes it quite enjoyable to read

"You have to purify yourself in Lake Minnetonka"

"July"

Personal Projects Permit Personal Preferences. Paid Projects Predicate Professional Practices.

Will we ever get past the "curb appeal" problem of software engineering - that revulsion they feel at the sight of automated tests, collaborative coding, continuous integration, and incremental development? I'm not sure what makes them as emotionally jarring as they seem to be.

anyone else feel a recurring desire to declare a misspelling as a "tyop"?

The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--

"Be Quick, but Don't Hurry" and "In order to go Fast you must first go Well" are 2 quotes which go through my head an untold amount of times each day. Once you get it, and embrace it, you can't unsee it.

I've used lessons from this book twice this week alone.

It’s not too late to make the decision to join us on Zoom June 5th.