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Software Engineering Archives

Developer Experience Principle 6: Easy to Maintain October 17, 2020
Keeping your product Easy to Maintain will improve the lives of your team and your customers. It will help keep your docs up to date. Your SDKs and APIs will be released in sync. Your tooling and overall experience will shine.

Developer Experience Principle 5: Easy to Trust October 9, 2020
A developer building part of their business on your product needs to believe that you’re going to do the right thing for them and their customers.

Developer Experience Principle 4: Easy to Get Help October 8, 2020
The faster you can unblock a stuck developer, the better their experience will be.

Developer Experience Principle 3: Easy to Build October 5, 2020
A product makes it Easy to Build by focusing on productivity for developers building real-world applications.

Developer Experience Principle 2: Easy to Use September 28, 2020
Making it Easy to Use means letting the developer do everything without involving you.

Developer Experience Principle 1: Easy to Understand September 25, 2020
To create a great developer experience, you must strive for a product that is Easy to Understand. Reduce the amount of thinking that someone needs to do. Make their first encounter with your product clear and easy.

The Components of A Developer Experience September 19, 2020
Making your API a well-rounded product will help developers decide if your API is right for them and help grow their usage.

Principles of Developer Experience: An Introduction September 15, 2020
You can create a great developer experience for everything you build. Introducing the six principles of developer experience.

Speaking for Geeks: Your Slides December 17, 2015
Tips and tricks for creating great slides.

Speaking for Geeks: Writing Your Talk December 14, 2015
Don’t wait until the night before the talk to write it. Crazy, I know.

Speaking for Geeks: Tell a Story December 13, 2015
Telling a story keeps your presentation focused, keeps your audience interested, and makes it easier for you to remember your talk.

Speaking for Geeks: Where to speak December 11, 2015
You’ve got a great idea for a talk. How do you find conferences to submit it to?

Speaking for Geeks: Getting your session accepted December 10, 2015
Your conference speaking submissions are not getting accepted because they’re bad. Here’s how to make them better.

Speaking for Geeks: What Should I Talk About? December 9, 2015
Don’t wait for that conference to come calling before you start planning for it.

You should speak at conferences. Yes, you. December 8, 2015
Developers, you should give talks at conferences and your local meetups. It’s easier than you think, and you’ll improve your career.

MySQL inadequecies February 9, 2013
This guy seriously hates MySQL and helps you understand how to use it better.