by Audrey Rawson | Mar 2, 2023 | Productivity, Tutorials
Team retrospectives are a great way to check in with your team to see how they are doing and how the project is progressing. Retros usually happen between “iterations,” and take place bi-weekly or monthly. They provide time for everyone to gather in person or online...
by Johnny Otsuka | Dec 9, 2022 | Productivity
I am a huge fan of improving development workflows. The less I have to think about incidental things, the more I can concentrate on the problems that matter. One talk from ElixirConf 2022 helped improve my development workflow. Jason Axelson doled out some essential...
by Matt Hall | Dec 9, 2022 | Productivity, Tutorials
We all want guarantees. We can get guarantees on our automobiles, homes, phones, shoes, food, and even our pets. We’ll take a guarantee in, on, or about anything. As software developers, our clients want guarantees for a whole host of things, from delivery dates to...
by Carolyn Tragasz | Sep 16, 2021 | Productivity
This is Part 2 of a two-part blog series about a professional development course I took on Nonviolent Communication (NVC). If you haven’t already, check out Part 1, which discusses my personal NVC takeaways. Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a communication...
by Carolyn Tragasz | Aug 6, 2021 | Productivity
At Binary Noggin, we strive to offer a human-centric workplace where people are given what they need to be successful. This year Binary Noggin graciously invested in my well-being and growth by sponsoring my enrollment in an online course about feelings and needs...
by Amos King | Jun 29, 2021 | Productivity
Let’s face it: Writing complex code can be daunting and doing so alone can make the process even more cumbersome. Although working solo can feel productive, programmers and developers have found the agile practice of pair programming a fast and effective process for...
