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Doodling: Major Distraction or the Key to Success?
You’re sitting in a meeting, trying to focus as the product owner explains to your team exactly what it is you're supposed to do next, what the goals need to be, and what questions we need...
From Novice to Expert in Five Easy Steps
So you want to pick up a new hobby. Or maybe you want to learn a new skill to put on your resume. Or perhaps you want to learn a new language before your trip overseas. No matter what you want to...
Choose Your Ideas Wisely, Mental Cartographer
You have a thousand different options for brainstorming. You could make a traditional outline, start doodling, call your aunt and see if she has any input, ask your cat, throw darts, make a model...
A Great Cast of Characters
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...
Stages of Team Development
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...
Media Appearances
Elixir Outlaws Podcast
Elixir Outlaws is an informal discussion about interesting things happening in Elixir. Our goal is to capture the spirit of a conference hallway discussion in a podcast.
Episode 89: The New-New Architecture
Chris skipped his normal pre-podcast prep and is trying to make up for it. Amos wants to know more about what Chris does to prep; a topic which is interesting to literally no one. Quotes are misattributed as the hosts turn to the main topic of the week: What makes for good design? Chris claims to have a specific design sense but has no idea if its a good sense or not. Both he and Amos agree that consistency is important and that software developers should always be working to making the design of a system better.
Episode 88: Make it Pop!
The Outlaws discuss Mnesia and all of the ways that it’s possible to “break it”. Chris and Amos discuss why Mnesia has a bad reputation, where it is a good fit, and how to mitigate some of the issues. Chris has recently become the owner of a 3D printer and he agrees with everyone else: 3D printing is really cool.
Episode 87: All Benefits and No Tradeoffs
This week kicks off with a discussion of Amos’ reading list. Soon, the Outlaws speculate about the Elixir benchmarks José Valim has been teasing. Chris explains his frustration with “modern infrastructure” and programmers choosing complex solutions they don’t need.
