Week 43 of 2023
Weeklies are my notes of things not big enough for a blog post but worthy of being mentioned and linked to. Find all of my Weeklies at /weeklies.
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Writing for technical and business audiences
Good tips for how to write effectively, especially in work context (memos, email etc)
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Coworking With a Friend to Write More
I was inspired by this co-writing concept that Jacob and Sumana write about.
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Write commit messages with the future in mind
German Valesco has a great template for writing good commit messages and shares a few tips for why and how.
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A free, small book(let) about pull requests with very practical and concise points is a worthy read for everyone who uses code reviews in their software development process.
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Local conferences: Big potential!
Benjamin Balder Bach, a main organizer of the great Django Day Copenhagen conferences wrote about the value of small local conferences. These 1-day conferences that mainly bring in local crowd with maybe some international speakers are great for keeping the local community active and are more ecological than big international conferences.