Codeal

Backend builders. We write about how to better design, test, deliver and scale backend services.

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The most important skill of a developer is being good at problem solving.

Being good at a specific language/framework is secondary.

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@venkat_s It goes hand in hand with practice is harder than theory.

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How to break down problems is one of the most powerful skills you learn from experience. Hard to learn from books.

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@traversymedia One of the reasons we started codeal: to share what we learned and hopefully help those on a earlier stage in their careers

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@PhilipSautter "Now I’m more confident that the update will go well" 🎯 That's the main value of tf plan. Love the new feature. 👏

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@marty Firefox with container tabs is a nice way around that. Just have a container for every google account, so if it loads in the wrong one just click to switch the container.

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@ctrl_austin I know it's demotivating, but don't give up because of that! These generic and copy pasted content will always exist unfortunately. Keep going with your awesome channel!

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Is service X working? Ideally you are one click away from answering this question, with numbers, in some sort of dashboard. Sounds simple, but there's a lot of work to get this right.

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@codinghorror

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@FounderEric Focusing on consistency is the key!

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@ravinwashere Great message! The most important thing is consistency, no matter how small the action. Building something every day is the key to success

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@rakyll It's possible to achieve some consistency, but trying to have 100% consistency is just madness

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@iamdevloper - It works in my machine
- Then let's deploy your machine

Then docker and kubernetes came to exist

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@nixcraft When you think about focusing, you think, well, focusing is about saying yes. No. Focusing is about saying no - Steve Jobs

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@ravinwashere Problem solving is the most important skill of a developer!

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@nixcraft It seems like a pattern with huge companies to not care about its employees with low income.

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@samnewman How does bad code relate with going to the right direction? The most common case is having bad code in the wrong direction 😁

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Having to use the suffix "Impl" means that the interface is unnecessary. There is no reason to create an interface if there is only one implementation of it

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Micromanagement kills innovation and can quickly make the whole team demotivated.

If a company only promotes people that follow orders and demotes the ones that challenge the status quo, micromanagement becomes the cultural pattern of the organization.