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Cloudflare Tunnels for Local Development
Sometimes you need to open up your local dev machine to the internet to show some WIP or receive a webhook. Here's a way to do that using Cloudflare Tunnels that works with subdomains, allows you to test Cloudflare headers, and doesn't cost anything…
What you don't know if you don't have a CompSci degree
If you didn't study computer science at university, there's quite a lot you probably don't know. Even more, you don't know what you don't know
The Manager's Stack
As my job has changed from developer to manager, so Sublime Text and iTerm have become less important to me. I’ve substituted my old toolset for a new bunch of tools that help me to manage the dev team at [Podia](https://www.podia.com).
Hard problems are valuable problems
I'm sitting in the faraday cage of the climbing centre, with no Internet access to distract me, so I'm watching the kids attempt the different walls. Some are starting on a slightly angled wall, then progressing to a vertical wall with lots of hand holds. Others are learning to tie ropes, belay and navigate overhangs etc. It got me thinking a lot about the problems we solve.
Communication > Coding
Obviously, we need to actually write some code to build the features, and fix the bugs, and refactor away the technical debt. However, often there's a choice and it's in those moments that we should always prioritise communication
The hidden effort in software
The visible progress in rowing is the sliding back-and-forth but the "hidden" effort from your legs is what actually makes you go faster. We should focus on the hidden effort in software too.
Managing windows on macOS with Amethyst
A run-through of how I manage windows on macOS using Amethyst, an automatic tiling window manager
Tools of Podia (2020 edition)
Tools we used at Podia in 2020
