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Today, I talk about a particular framework for making decisions. The framework presents a specific dichotomy between concreteness and subjectivity.
Types of decisions:
The paradox we have to deal with is that a lot of non-trivial outcomes come from decisions that fall on the subjective end of the scale. It is necessary for us to move these trivial and subjective decisions towards concrete if possible to funnel more energy into our decision making energy for subjective decisions.
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In today's episode, I answer a question from listener Sahar.
In this episode, I cover the concept of "The Minimum Viable Day" as well!
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In today's episode we talk about a message passing paradigm for programming.
We'll discuss the concept of message passing as a lens for understanding everything we do in programming.
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Today, we talk about closures and private object methods.
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In today's episode, I'll talk about choosing the best tool vs. choosing the right tool for a job. Stopping assumptions about faster being better or using a specific language for a specific project isn't easy.
We'll identify the difference between objective measures and subjective measures of a given language, and give you two challenges to help you evaluate your toolset.
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In today's episode I review decorator and facade patterns. I'll go over strengths, weaknesses, similarities and difference between decorator and facade patterns and give tips on determining when to use one or the other.
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Today's listener question is about working on side projects in the same space as your day job. Simon, who wrote into Developer Tea via email asks, "How do I transition from working on my side project in the morning, to working at my day job, in the same space?"
This episode, I review three red flag scenarios, and routines to help segment your day so you balance side project and day job effectively.
Useful Default Concepts
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Today's episode is about repeating yourself, and knowing when to repeat yourself and when not to.
This episode was inspired by Sandy Metz. One of Sandy's teachings is to repeat yourself until you understand your code. It is much better to have repeated code than to have complex code. As a developer, it is your responsibility to decide if your code is better suited to be duplicated or complex.
This episode goes against the grain of the DRY methodology, but I challenge you to question everything. Investigate everything you hear and challenge your learning.
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Today I'm going to be sharing the simple perspective shift that helped me understand how valuable programming is. In this episode, I'll go over how to shift your thinking from time in relation to money to value in relation to money. I'll go over problem solving improvements, and proposal writing language to help you make that shift in mindset from time to value pricing.
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I hope you enjoyed this episode. Until next time,
Enjoy your Tea
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