Today’s issue is heavy on programming. I didn’t plan it that way. Rather, the stars have aligned and I did a lot of coding in the past two

Tuesday Letter #26 - Coding Career and Learning Automation

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2021-06-08 21:30:09

Today’s issue is heavy on programming. I didn’t plan it that way. Rather, the stars have aligned and I did a lot of coding in the past two weeks. I hope you still find it fun or useful.

I have been doing a lot of development work for Built with Django, and it’s crazy to me how much can be achieved in a week or two. To further increase the usefulness of the time I spend on coding I decided to stream how I code. Here is the recording from today’s stream if you are interested.

In other big news, I have finally published the first (trailer) episode of the ‘Built with Django Podcast’. It is available on most services. In the next couple of days, I will be posting the first full episode.

“A normal error message tells you an error happened somewhere. A good error message tells you the local state that caused the error. A great error message tells you probable causes and how to fix them. A terrible error design doesn’t show up at all - a silent error.”

In the pursuit of automating everything, we lose the touch with the process. When it comes to learning, less automation is better. Move away from automation.