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stasiu | 1 year ago | on: Preferring throwaway code over design docs

Does anyone have a design doc format that they prefer for backend development? We’ve been working with ADRs, is that similar or the same as a design doc?

PS. I like the approach. Sounds like something I read before where devs would throw away their code everyday until they were satisfied with the result.

stasiu | 5 years ago | on: How hard should I push myself?

O yeah, this threshold is real for the too.

If I have a relatively focused task to work on, but I also have meeting in the middle of the day, can be a 30 minute call, I know I will not succeed. I really need that build up and then hold on to that momentum. And after, even when I'm satisfied and happy with my work, its super hard to let go. I will keep looking into improvements during the evening and will linger on it in bed.

I still have to figure out how to deal with this. But then I'm only 29 and just starting my professional career, so enough time to learn and grow.

stasiu | 5 years ago | on: How hard should I push myself?

Thanks for sharing this article! Even though I know more people are thinking about/struggling with stress, its good to read others assessment on it.

When covid came around and I started working from home I realized how much stress I had at the office. For at least the last 2 to 3 years I would get these huge headaches which would completely disable me and completely drain my energy. I was convinced that it was purely physical for the longest time. I did yoga, worked out, when to chiropractor, ... nothing really helped. I ended up at a physiotherapist with a lot of experience, who was able to look beyond the physical. After having yet another huge headache during my work week I discussed this with her, we were looking for the what could have stressed me. It was an email.

I was working on one project that I needed to finish to continue the work of my team when an email came in about another project I had been pushing away for a while. This email reminding me of that project stressed me so much that it completely disabled me.

I still regularly have these headaches, but now I can start thinking to myself, what stresses me here? And I can focus on fixing those issues. Most of these issues aren't just an easy fix, especially now, but its helping me. I'm helping me, I'm listening to my body.

Also related to the topic of stress and its consequences is When The Body Says No by Dr. Gabor Mate [1]. He did a few talks on the subject, you can find them on Youtube [2].

1. https://drgabormate.com/book/when-the-body-says-no/

2. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=when+the+body+s...

stasiu | 5 years ago | on: Why teaching programming is so difficult?

What really helped me with learning programming was the focus on what I was actually building. I remember one of my first real "programs" I wrote during my studies (I was 23 or 24, so I started of later with programming as well). They all gave us these Lego Mindstorm sets, which you can control through this little UI interface, but you could also control using C# code. With my team mates we build this little game you could play with four people, and it worked great! I wrote most of the code for it, knowing very little programming at that moment. I wrote the entire flow in one script, no classes or OOP, I was so proud!

Still I can only learn a new language or framework if I have a project that grabs my attention. So I would say don't start off with teaching "progtamming", like, what 'public static void main' means. Start with letting them create a simple CRUD app or little game through programming. And build from there. I like the process of programming but what I like most is interacting with my creation.

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