Watch @jonbatiste turn Beethoven into the blues. It’s absolutely amazing.

My 2nd ed of Your Code as a Crime Scene is moving from ebook beta into production. Should be available in print in a month's time: https://t.co/g2y34H3gHb I'm particularly happy with some of the new chapters like "Remediate Complicated Code", "Meet your Brain on Code", and "How

It wasn't until I'd *taught* algorithms a few times that I finally understood why sorting is in the CS curriculum. Unfortunately, most curricula don't explain this! It is NOT because sorting is an important algorithm to learn to implement...

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the people who want to ban tiktok would think differently if they followed my favorite account, which is called @unclogging_drains

3+ years into a pandemic, the general public is still generally confused about what to do when they test positive for COVID19. So let me walk you through what I, an infectious disease epidemiologist public health nurse, am doing since I tested positive on a rapid antigen today.

Another blog post I've been sitting on for a while. A question I get asked often is how managers actually evaluate engineers. That's a long answer. But we can at least talk abut some expectations that engineers often overlook. https://t.co/TPW5SMVAXV

the worst month of the year starts next week and this is still the best video on the internet

Video I shot in October: Secret Machines: Alone, Jealous, and Stoned https://t.co/VAbLF4kLuc Metric: Gold, Guns, Girls https://t.co/kc75vyVr4E Live at The Fillmore in Minneapolis.

How to Offer Feedback at Work

debugging strategy: reread the error message

Eat or be eaten, a.k.a. Washing multiple fitted sheets at once.

debugging strategy: write a message asking for help

Let me be clear. This isn't about saying you have to listen to messages from any and everyone. Instead I'm saying something much simpler. People try to communicate the best way they can. They can strive to get better. But each of us can also get better at listening.

At some point I realized that learning to hear and understand people even when they're not communicating very well is a superpower. There is so much more knowledge and wisdom you gain access to when you stop being blocked because people aren't using the "right" words.

Retweet if you believe we need a nationwide ban on assault weapons.

I started a meeting today by stating "I'm gonna ask some very basic questions. humor me." and they did and now I know a lot more than I did yesterday. Being honest about what I don't know and being brave enough to ask "silly" questions serves me quite well.

Giving feedback is easy. Giving good feedback is SO hard. I’ve coached many low performers and given feedback on technical + behavioral situations. Some didn’t go the way I planned. But over time, I learned how to structure + deliver it well. 6 Tips I’ve Learned ✍️