It’s this time of the year where we get some extra time to contemplate, rethink, and reset our focus.
Have you heard of steward-ownership with a focus on a purpose instead of shareholder value maximization?
Learn more about it at https://t.co/FIPwkyZHxp
#purposeeconomy
So kommt es denn, dass er entweder nur will, was die anderen tun – und da haben wir den Konformismus –, oder aber er tut nur, was die anderen wollen, von ihm wollen – und da haben wir den Totalitarismus."
Viktor E. Frankl
“Im Gegensatz zum Tier sagt dem Menschen kein Instinkt, was er muss, und im Gegensatz zum Menschen in früheren Zeiten sagt ihm keine Tradition mehr, was er soll – und nun scheint er nicht mehr recht zu wissen, was er eigentlich will. […]
"The hardest part of the software task is arriving at a complete and consistent specification, and much of the essence of building a program is in fact the debugging of the specification."
- Frederick P. Brooks
Brook's law: "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later." 🤪 I wonder if this applies to all kinds of software projects… #mythicalmanmonth
Great point by @ulid000 on ecological software development: avoid expecting the users to run on the latest client hardware. Most of the hardware‘s environmental footprint is in its production, i.e. the longer a device can be used the better for the environment. 👍 #jsd2019
We are how we spend our time, and we become what we consume. It only makes sense, then, that what we read informs how we see the world. - quote from DesignLuck
@tylermcginnis thank you very much for the great material you provide on your site and especially for your work at Udacity's React Nanodegree program. 😊
I believe that the principles of good programming are more important than what language we code in. I'd rather work with well-written JavaScript than badly-written Smalltalk.