If You Could Kill One Type of Meeting, Which Would It Be? (And Why?) Meetings are a necessary evil in the world of work, but sometimes they feel more like a nightmare than a productive endeavor. As both an organizer and an attendee, I’ve experienced my fair share of meetings that were supposed …
Continue ReadingThe Importance of GPG Signing Your Commits: A Light-Hearted Approach to Security In recent updates, Bitbucket has introduced support for GPG commit signing, a feature that emphasizes the importance of verifying the identity of developers making changes to a codebase. As the lead developer in my …
Continue ReadingEnhancing 1:1 Meetings with Agendaful: A New Slack App Hi, Engineering Leaders! As a software engineer with nearly two decades of experience, I’m excited to introduce you to Agendaful, a Slack app designed specifically for creating collaborative 1:1 meeting agendas. After months of …
Continue ReadingHow to Deal with a Skip Who Talks Way Too Much Navigating workplace dynamics can be a challenge, especially when it comes to managing relationships with higher-ups. If you find yourself meeting regularly with a skip level manager—someone above your direct manager in the organizational hierarchy—who …
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