I was having a conversation with a friend who is majoring in electrical and computer engineering and we were talking about extracurricular coding projects. He suggested that I try making a hangman game. A week later, I started the Elixir for Programmers course on...
A few weeks ago, I saw that Mike Binns put together a project using the Xbox Kinect. Although I was stoked to see that, it had one huge glaring issue. There was no Linux support -and by extension, no Nerves support! Let’s take some time to fix that. The Build System...
When I sat down to write my talk for GigCity Elixir 2019, I was ready to just get started, but experience told me that wasn't the way to go. I knew I wanted to talk about how to think and often the best place to start is by taking a walk. As I meandered around the...
This is an update of an article written on 6 March 2012. Building a great cast is a daunting task. I’m constantly looking for ways to improve my current team and to expand it in ways that will challenge each member. This same question has plagued many people. Over the...
Why on earth does it take so long for the team to get to a point where it’s actually productive? You’ve gathered all the right people and you have an end goal, so it seems like the team should take off right from the start.In 1965, psychologist Bruce Tuckman published...
