• Short notes on tech 11/2021

    Week 11 of 2021 Work life Handbook for Remote employeesRead how Remote works as a company and take notes. How to Deal with Difficult People on Software Projects How to deal with difficult people on software projects Your Thinking Rate Is Fixed“You can’t force yourself to think faster. If you try, you’re likely to end…

  • Short notes on tech 10/2021

    Week 10/2021 iOS development Analyse, Design & Code the ClubHouse app with SwiftUIThis video from Franck Ndame on recreating the Clubhouse UI from scratch is incredibly well-produced and enjoyable to watch. Follow it up by checking out the Figma design and source code. (from iOS Dev Weekly) Cloud A Quick Look at GKE Autopilot (in…

  • Short notes on tech 9/2021

    Week 9/2021 Tools of the trade Uizard “The design tool for everybody. Scan a paper scribble and you get a wireframe. Upload images and it will extract color and style to generate a matching theme.” (from Weekend Reading) CamoCamo makes you look great on Zoom by using your iPhone as a webcam.… Jatka lukemista →

  • Monthly notes 56

    Issue 56, 26.2.2021 Work life Researchers identify four causes of “Zoom fatigue” and their simple fixes“Those video calls are likely tiring you out.” tl;dr; Excessive amounts of close-up eye contact is highly intense.Seeing yourself during video chats constantly in real-time is fatiguing.Video chats dramatically reduce our usual mobility.… Jatka lukemista →

  • Short notes on tech 7/2021

    Week 7/2021 Microservices A Practical Guide to Writing Secure DockerfilesHow to write secure Dockerfiles, and how to automate security checks as codified policies and validate them against the Dockerfiles to identify potential security risks before deploying them into production. (from Cloud Security List) Tools of the trade DockleContainer Image Linter for Security, Helping build the…

  • Visual Studio Code Extensions for better programming

    Visual Studio Code Extensions for better programming

    Visual Studio Code has become “The Editor” for many in software development and it has many extensions which you can use to extend the functionality for your needs and customize it. Here’s a short list of the extensions I use for frontend (React, JavaScript, Node.js), backend (GraphQL, Python, Node.js, Java, PHP, Docker) and database (PostgreSQL,…

  • Short notes on tech 5/2021

    Week 5/2021 Worklife Why Working from Home Will StickOr will it? Hacker News comments provide a good pointers why it won’t stick for the broader society. Software development Maximizing Developer Effectiveness“It’s all about tight feedback loops.” (from Weekend Reading) Google Engineering Practices Documentation“Google has many generalized engineering practices that cover all languages and all projects.……

  • Running static analysis tools for PHP

    Running static analysis tools for PHP

    We all write bug free code but analyzing your code is still important part of software development if for some reason there could’ve been some mishap with typing. Here’s a short introduction how to run static analysis for PHP code. Static analysis tools for PHP The curated list of static analysis tools for PHP show…

  • Short notes on tech 4/2021

    It’s already week 4 of 2021 😱 This week the short notes is a bit bigger edition recapping the three first weeks of 2021. Week 4, 2021 Web-End Progressive Web Apps in 2021So far it’s been a slow start for PWA. The thing is, they’re pretty hard to deploy or retrofit into existing websites.… Jatka…

  • Monthly Notes 55

    It’s a new year and let’s start it with Monthly notes. Something new and something old from the short tech notes. Let this year be good! Issue 55, 5.1.2021 Tools of the trade Awesome CIList of Continuous Integration services. There’s a bunch of them to choose, my favorites are: GitHub Actions, Circle CI, Google Cloud…