Happy New Year! It's 2023 ? Joël and Stephanie chat about developer resolutions or things they'd like to do this year and then discuss componentization and branching strategies.
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Joël's Elm Meetup talk wasn't recorded but the slides are here (https://speakerdeck.com/joelq/structuring-views-in-elm)
Joël hasn't published an article on the 3 principles of branching, but he does discuss them in this twitter thread (https://twitter.com/joelquen/status/1091039877918048256)
Making Impossible States Impossible (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcgmSRJHu_8)
Cardinalities (https://guide.elm-lang.org/appendix/types_as_sets.html)
Component-Driven Development (https://www.componentdriven.org/)
Storybook (https://storybook.js.org/)
BEM (https://getbem.com/)
View Components at GitHub (https://viewcomponent.org/viewcomponents-at-github.html)
Confident Ruby (https://store.avdi.codes/l/rrWapR?layout=profile)
Case Expressions Episode (https://www.bikeshed.fm/352)
Transcript:
JOËL: Hello and welcome to another episode of The Bike Shed, a weekly podcast from your friends at thoughtbot about developing great software. I'm Joël Quenneville.
STEPHANIE: And I'm Stephanie Minn. And together, we're here to share a bit of what we've learned along the way.
JOËL: So, as of the time that this episode goes live, it's the new year; it's 2023. Happy New Year.
STEPHANIE: Happy New Year, Joël, and Happy New Year to our listeners.
JOËL: So, new year is oftentimes where people like to take maybe resolutions or plan a little bit out of their year. I'm curious, Stephanie, do you have any developer resolutions or things that you'd like to do this year?
STEPHANIE: So, I think last episode, we were talking a little bit about reflection, especially in terms of career progression. And I may have mentioned that I don't really believe in New Year's resolutions. [laughs] But I do think that one intention that I have for myself is to chill a little bit. I think the fall of 2022, for me, was really hectic, exciting but a little busy in terms of speaking and content creation; you know, we started doing this podcast together. And so I do think that winter is my time of hibernation.
Development-wise, one goal that was really inspiring for me that you shared is writing ten blog posts a year. And I think I might keep that in the back of my head as we get into the new year and maybe start to at least just have it in my mind. So if I see anything that comes up, I can be like, oh yes, I had this intention to write more blog posts, which I think might be helpful to just marinate on even during my chill time.
Because when I do finally feel productive and energized again, I can at least have been thinking about it. And I think doing that reflection and marinating is also work, even if it doesn't end up turning into an artifact or anything like that. And so yeah, that's my plan for the beginning of the year, at least.
And then, on a personal note, I'm on a journey to be warm this winter and not be miserable and cold. So as a recovering Californian in Chicago these days, I have just always wanted to stay in and be a little bit of a hermit in the winter because I just have a hard time with the cold. But then I learned that you can just buy things that will help keep you warm.
And so, a recent purchase of mine was a heated, portable blanket. So I will definitely be repping that in my Zoom calls and on the couch. And I've just gotten really stocked up on the warm weather accessories, so fingerless gloves and the like. So I'm excited to just not be miserable this winter. That's my plan for the new year.
JOËL: You'll have to report back on how well that goes, how you feel about that blanket.
STEPHANIE: Oh yeah, I definitely will. Maybe I'll even wear it when