The Next Level

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Prioritization is the Key to Fast Moving Teams

The key to moving quickly and delivering value as a team in a startup is ruthless prioritization. It's the acceptance of the fact that there is only one pipe and you can only get so much through that pipe in a given amount of time. So with that

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Meetings: Status updates versus working sessions

Most people say they hate meetings. For the most part this disdain is earned. Meetings are almost always synonymous with status updates. These are almost always a waste of time. Your people are presumably literate. They can read and respond to updates, as long as you build enough slack into

productivity

Default to Public and Written

If you are joining a remote team or organization the most important advice you can get is default to having conversations in public channels.

productivity

One weird trick so GitHub doesn't wreck your inbox

When you join a new GitHub organization it can quickly wreck your inbox. Here's a quick tip to prevent that mess.

startups

Delivery, not Engineering

Delivery is the combination of Product, Engineering, and Design, under one roof in order to focus on driving customer outcomes.

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Curated Content August 2024

August was another good month for content. It was also the month I realized and was very disappointed in the fact that I hadn't written a meaningful post in over a year. So I am getting back at it. Articles Ignite - Rethinking code generation with project patching

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Highlights from ElixirConf US 2024

ElixirConf 2024 was in Orlando, Florida again. Unofficially this year was LiveBook Conf, in addition to an always great hallway track.

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On Hiring and Getting Hired

Some of the challenges hiring managers face explained to help candidates stand out.

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Building Aggressively Helpful Teams

A simple two part trick to build teams that collaborate early, and often.

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Curated Content July 2024

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in July 2024.

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Curated Content June 2024

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in June 2024.

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Curated Content May 2024

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in May 2024.

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Curated Content April 2024

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in April 2024.

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Curated Content March 2024

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in March 2024.

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Curated Content February 2024

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in February 2024.

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Curated Content January 2024

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in January 2024.

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Curated Content December 2023

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in the month of December.

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Curated Content November 2023

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in the month of November.

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Curated Content October 2023

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in the month of October.

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Curated Content September 2023

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in the month of September.

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Highlights from ElixirConf US 2023

Highlights from ElixirConf 2023 in Orlando, including talks, trainings, and the hallway track!

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Curated Content August 2023

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in the month of August.

productivity

Writing for Yourself, Thriving in Public

Folks ask why I bother with writing or putting code on GitHub even if it's not production worthy. It saves future me time.

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Curated Content July 2023

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in the month of July.

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Curated Content June 2023

A few pieces of content I thought were worthwhile in the month of June.