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One Hour is Too Long (Or Is It?) A while ago, a software engineer I know asked for my opinion on his startup’s CI. Their End-to-End (E2E) suite took about an hour to run, and the team was agonizing over whether to move it from every PR (presubmit) to a nightly job because it felt […]
Kids today don’t know what a file is. Kids today don’t know what directories are. Kids today don’t know where to find their files. What a stupid generation. Kids today, right? File systems are a mystery The first time I encountered this apparent knowledge gap was when I was working at on a tagging solution […]
First, I introduce myself: Hi, my name is Rina, I’ve been in the business of software for about 20 years in a variety of companies large and small, local and international. True to the time of this writing, for the last 6-7 years I’ve worked in American corps as a senior software engineer (SWE) and […]
I have a system. It works for me, maybe it will work for you. Probably worth trying, you never know. A note before starting: Keeping things simple and accessible is key to a system that works. You don't need the perfect tool, most of the tools I use are probably missing some features, but they […]
A sporadically updated list of reading and viewing recommendations so I have something to link to:(These are not affiliate links, but maybe they should be?) Technical Coding principles and other programming basics: Career Basics for any leader People Stuff Productivity Other Interests Articles Books
On my third visit to Osim Tochna, I spoke about my approach to code review and elastic shoe laces (Hebrew). https://www.osimhistoria.com/software/ep153-code_review
I truly enjoyed speaking with Yishai Beeri and Anton Drukh about developer experience in the Dev Interrupted podcast (link to original + transcript, Hebrew).
I had the best time being a guest on Osim Tochna for the second time, talking about what it means to be a senior IC and tech lead (Hebrew). https://www.osimhistoria.com/software/ep135-being_ic
Steve Jobs had it easy, he could wear a black turtle neck and blue jeans all day every day and it was hailed as genius. If that works for you, you can stop reading here. But if you feel that the “tech uniform” doesn’t allow you to be as authentic at work as you would like […]
Hey, what’s up? If you’ve worked in any kind of tech organization since 2013 or so, you’ve probably been using some kind of chat application for work. It doesn’t matter which chat application you use, you’ve probably been in one of the following scenarios (as Alice or Bob or both): In the first scenario, Alice […]