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Episode Synopsis
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Head on over to http://digitalocean.com/doesnotcompute and use the code doesnotcompute to get a 1gb droplet for free for an entire month. Again, that's a free ssd backed server with a dozen one click installs available for free.
Things Mentioned
Rails Conf 2016
Some classic Aaron Patterson puns
Being a developer after 40 by Adrian Kosmaczewski
Firing People by Zach Holman
SOAP
REST
(A large) List of programming languages
Quiet by Susan Cain
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Oliver Pattison is a badass
Tips for being thrown into the deep end
Don't give up
Don't Panic
Try to stay positive
Read read read! Read the docs, the source, read examples
Take notes of docs and examples
Find people that have experience and ask questions
Don't paste any code that you understand and can't explain
Isolate separate pieces of the app and start with things that you might be familiar with
Create some type of roadmap with feature specs
Previous Show Notes
If you're looking for a link we've mentioned in the past, head on over to the Does Not Compute Show Notes repo and use GitHub's excellent search tool!
Join Us On Slack
If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashington and @paulstraw, or join us in the Spec.fm slack community at http://spec.fm/slack!
Leave us a review!
Last but not least, if you haven't rated or reviewed the show yet and you'd like to do us a huge favor, you can do so by clicking here!
Head on over to http://digitalocean.com/doesnotcompute and use the code doesnotcompute to get a 1gb droplet for free for an entire month. Again, that's a free ssd backed server with a dozen one click installs available for free.
Things Mentioned
Rails Conf 2016
Some classic Aaron Patterson puns
Being a developer after 40 by Adrian Kosmaczewski
Firing People by Zach Holman
SOAP
REST
(A large) List of programming languages
Quiet by Susan Cain
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Oliver Pattison is a badass
Tips for being thrown into the deep end
Don't give up
Don't Panic
Try to stay positive
Read read read! Read the docs, the source, read examples
Take notes of docs and examples
Find people that have experience and ask questions
Don't paste any code that you understand and can't explain
Isolate separate pieces of the app and start with things that you might be familiar with
Create some type of roadmap with feature specs
Previous Show Notes
If you're looking for a link we've mentioned in the past, head on over to the Does Not Compute Show Notes repo and use GitHub's excellent search tool!
Join Us On Slack
If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashington and @paulstraw, or join us in the Spec.fm slack community at http://spec.fm/slack!
Leave us a review!
Last but not least, if you haven't rated or reviewed the show yet and you'd like to do us a huge favor, you can do so by clicking here!
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