Like many people, I love the idea of doing positive work for the world. I do both little and big volunteer work, on a recurring and one-off basis. But the point here isn't how much praise I deserve (lots 😝), but what's it been like for me working with Code for Fort Collins. Code for Fort Collins is a member of Code for America's brigade program, and I've been involved for a few years. Here I'm going to examine what I've learned from my involvement.
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Semantic Versioning is Caring Communication
WordPress is releasing version 4.9.6 soon. This version number (which follows 4.9.5) is including a whole bunch of features meant to comply with the GDPR, the new European privacy law. This new feature set is a great idea, this version number is not. I say that because of semantic versioning.
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Programming is About People
It's easy to think about programming as an exercise of computers, or of languages and design. But at its heart programming is just about people. I bring this up because it's so easy to lose sight of the fact that people are who you're really programming for, and I just need a reminder sometimes. Maybe you do too.