Working Remote, Better Git Messages, Agile Estimating, Vue.js, and letting reality get in the way of a good idea

News & Goings On

Working remotely

https://medium.com/digital-nomad-stories/working-remotely-isn-t-always-a-dream-151619ae45dc

Interesting quick read but honestly I do not feel any of this.

Angular and using Promises

https://devchat.tv/adventures-in-angular/055-aia-promises

Better git commit message tips

https://robots.thoughtbot.com/5-useful-tips-for-a-better-commit-message

The Open Web Application Security Project OWASP

https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page

Couple of interesting PDFs that cover how to work security into your project. It defines different levels of security goals etc

Agile Estimating and Planning Mike Cohn

https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/books/agile-estimating-and-planning

Digging into this as I try and take care of the biggest hurdle imo to being an artisan coder, setting expectations.

Update on Vue.js and how it’s different than angular

https://laracasts.com/series/learning-vuejs

http://vuejs.org/guide/faq.html

Latest Readings

“Agile Estimating and Planning Mike Cohn”

Q & A / Main Topics to Discuss

How much to let reality (or the perception of reality) get in the way of a good idea

• How much to research product ideas.


• How to decide where to invest our most valuable resources as developers (e.g. time).


• What is the ultimate goal?


• For me a related question is: how do I be myself (a bit of a realist) without seeming like a debbie downer all the time.