Newer developers may not know the pain of “it works on my machine.” Before Docker, you had everyone spinning up a local copy of the application. But since each developer has a different machine with slightly different configuration, there’d inevitably be times where runtimes diverged. What works for one developer…

In this week’s episode of the *Meaning in Code* podcast, we’re talking about how to advance in your career. What habits, routines, and mindsets take you from newbie coder to value-creating engineer? Discussed in this episode: Why your job is less about coding the more you grow in seniority Overwhelm is normal! How do you decide what’s most important? The path from learning to autonomy to guiding others

Your boss’s boss cares about business benefits, not the nitty gritty details of how you got it done. If you want to grow your career, focus on benefits rather than deliverables. Here are some deliverables: Lines of code written Architecture choices Pull requests merged Bugs solved Tech execs can appreciate these metrics. But they’re difficult to value. Here are some business benefits that a developer can drive:

This week, I shared a list of different tasks I do — beyond coding — as part of my job as a developer. One of my coworkers saw the post and remarked, “It must’ve taken some digging to make that list!” Point taken. For most of us, the tasks that…

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Sure, I write code & finish tickets. But that’s only part of the value I create for my company. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of everything else: Code review Respond to questions Investigate bug reports On-call rotation every few weeks Plan future work for the team Audit our usage of third-party…

In my younger years of coding, I was sloppy. Making changes to code was pretty haphazard, and my git history showed it. Here’s a typical workflow for younger me: Open a new branch, often with a generic name like start-users or fix-currency Work on coding and forget about committing changes…

I’ve heard this message on repeat from personal development bloggers… If you get 1% better at a skill every day, you’ll be 37x better by the end of the year. Due to compounding returns, a small improvement every day can lead to massive results. Some version of this advice appears…

Developers are experimenting with new AI tools that help them write code.