Logical Progression

a space to place new steps of change

Reboot Camp

So, the hiatus? A couple of reasons really. A new project at work, and although with an awesome team on a great product, it has meant a few more hours in the office than is ideal. But I also lost the love for my side projects at the same time. I’ll try to explain. I dived into React 16 a little while ago, and super keen to try it out on something more interesting than small tutorial-type challenges, I started another side project.

Retro Board

A React workflow board web app with Redux and HTML drag and drop. The code for the Retro Board app can be found at https://github.com/mattTea/RetroBoard

Parse the Stuffing

My development learning journey (which has just seen its 1st anniversary) began with looking for a way to solve problems. I generally followed a certain method thinking it was the only way, or the best way. It rarely was, of course. But I’m finally, now, looking for a better way to solve problems. The big things that helped me see this were collaboration and community. Spending time with our Developing Developers community really highlights how many different ways there are to do things, and how many different styles of programming people have.

The Art of Flânerie

I talk a lot about flexible and multi-skilled teams, but rarely in my current role do I get let loose in one any more. Knowing I need more exposure in these teams I got along to couple of events recently for that exact purpose. A hackathon (my first), turned out to be a pretty intense experience. I won’t lie, I was definitely the odd one out (not being a developer, not working at a start-up, not having a mac covered in stickers…); and the value I brought was thoroughly exhausted 20 mins into the day (if I’m being kind), but I learnt a load.