Technically Optimistic
Written by Jonathan Cutrell, engineer and podcast host amongst other things. You can follow him on Twitter at @jcutrell.
A year of changes
December 31, 2018I turned 30 on Saturday. Lauren surprised me by bringing our families together - my parents, her parents, my sister and brother-in-law, to…
Collaborative AI Learning Environments: Show Me What I'm Saying
June 13, 2018Open-ended responses require synthesis and are uncomfortable territory for students early in the learning process. Humans are quite good at…
This is not that
June 01, 2018Believing is not adopting. Hearing is not listening. Changing is not innovating. Saying is not being. Talking is not leading. Silence is not…
Come Down Off the Ledge
May 07, 2018It seems that we have more opportunities to delete things than we realize. Why is "Delete Facebook" even a thing, anyway? We suddenly…
The Problems We Have With Problems
March 17, 2018In my time as a developer and leader of other developers, I've focused a lot of my effort on understanding how people diagnose and solve…
Podcast Feed Limited by Feedburner
May 08, 2017The last two episodes of Developer Tea haven't shown any downloads, so naturally I reached out to Simplecast to get an answer. While waiting…
Running Long One-Off Rails Console Commands Detached on Heroku
May 03, 2017Ever wanted to run some kind of one-off thing without pushing up a rake task? I came across this today and needed to clear out some database…
Contagious
January 30, 2017I just got over what we are pretty sure was the norovirus . No vulgarity necessary - I slept in the bathroom one night, and basically…
Letter to Liam, Inauguration Day 2017
January 20, 2017Liam, You aren't here yet, and I'm not sure what your voice will sound like. But today is an important day in history. There are a lot of…
What To Learn As a Brand New Developer in 2017
January 11, 2017If you are getting into software development, my recommendation for 2017 is that you learn JavaScript (the ES6 variety). Learn how to make a…
Twenty-Eight Years
December 29, 2016Small Anchors Make a Big Difference
August 29, 2015When people talk about their origin stories, there's one thread that seems to be relatively common, give or take a few creators. At some point, the creator "just finally did it."
How to Be a Great Beginner (Talk)
June 06, 2015Last month, I had the opportunity to speak at the Chattanooga Developer's lunch. I talked about how to be a great beginner. This talk isn't…
The Infinite Toolset, Craftsmanship, and Developer Sanity
February 08, 2015I've been using the metaphor of blacksmith and cobbler recently in discussions about craftsmanship. Why? Blacksmiths and cobblers are…
Talk: Creative DNA
November 07, 2014I recently did a talk on some of the concepts in the book I'm working on. The talk really helped clarify some of the ideas I want to share…
Re: Voice Interfaces
September 16, 2014Dustin Curtis wrote a fantastic article discussing the shortcomings of voice interfaces. I'd like to discuss a few further points in…
Steal these iWatch App Ideas
September 08, 2014I've said it before, and nothing has changed. Ideas are important, but they aren't proprietary. I want these things to exist, so hopefully…
Why Developers Underestimate: One Reason That Will Change the Way You See Projects Forever
August 27, 2014Quick Tip: Serve Parse Files via HTTPS
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Preview – “Failure”
August 20, 2014The Path to Productivity: 7 Hacks, Principles, and Patterns
August 11, 20147 Tips for Hyper-productive Wunderlist-ing
August 08, 2014Announcing Hacking the Impossible – The Developer’s Guide to Working with Visionaries
July 09, 2014Steal these Startup Ideas: Collection Two
July 07, 2014Make Me Work for It: Challenge Psychology
June 19, 2014Create Small Things
June 16, 2014Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent Van Gogh Rule of Parsimony: Write a big program only when it…