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We are reaching the time of year when resolutions and goals start to fall away. Being disciplined is an inconvenience, it's hard work but to reach big goals we need to be disciplined in what it takes to achieving goals. Read more › The post Discipline to Achieve Your Goals appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writing all this code is fun, but when you have to actually deploy, it can be nerve-wracking. A bad deployment can result in corrupted data, system failures, angry customers and hours of wasted time. Avoiding busted deployments will become a priority after you experience one. Read more › The post Deployment Resilience appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

When we are learning something new, we will all eventually hit a roadblock. Roadblocks are tough to deal with, because they sap your enthusiasm. Left alone long enough, they'll make you give up on your goals. Read more › The post Learning Plateaus appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ageism in development is a real thing in some areas of the industry and a concern for senior developers becoming more senior. Read more › The post Aging With Grace appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You've bitten the bullet and decided to pay the Apple Tax or maybe you are considering the transition. Switching from Windows to using a Mac may seem a bit daunting, especially if you've been on Windows for decades. However, it is not as difficult as you may think. Read more › The post Going From Windows to Mac appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

If anything, the last two years has taught us that we all have to be prepared for sudden disruptions to our lives. You have probably also heard that being resilient is the key to doing so, but what does that actually mean? Read more › The post The Five R’s of Resilience appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Words have power, whether you choose or harness it or not. What we say about ourselves, our affirmations, define who we are and how we see ourselves. Negative self-talk brings us down, whereas positive affirmations lift us up. Read more › The post Positive Affirmations appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Knowledge silos happen when different parts of a team understand different parts of a system and don't understand other parts of the system. It's a natural state of system growth, but eventually gets in the way of innovation. Read more › The post Knowledge Silos appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been a long year for many of us, with both upsides and downsides and we're excited to see what happens next year. This is the last episode of 2021. Read more › The post Predictions 2022 appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2021 was not the year we expected, but it definitely brought about some changes in us, in the podcast, and in those around us. As we review our resolutions we'll see how SMART our goals really were and then we'll discuss the yearly theme. Read more › The post Resolutions 2022 appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While you can test with production data, that data is often sensitive, or doesn't reflect every possible scenario that might come up, especially with new changes. If you want to avoid unexpected problems, then you need to be able to generate realistic data to use in testing workflows. Read more › The post Sample Data Generation appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Unit testing can be a challenge especially when you have automated testing or may be new to test driven development. There are several great design patterns for testing and even more anti-patterns in unit testing that you want to avoid. Read more › The post Anti-Patterns In Unit Testing appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyone experiences work stress at some point or another in their careers. Understanding it can help you to have better responses as well as prepare yourself for it before it becomes an issue. Read more › The post Dealing With Stress At Work appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This has been the year of the Enneagram for Complete Developer Podcast. You learned about reformist ones, individualist fours, loyalist sixes, or peacemaking nines, you've heard about all the types and their variants. But how do you use this information? Read more › The post Enneagram Wrap Up appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Every so often, you'll end up working for a company that uses very outdated technology. While the reasons for this are numerous, many of these companies don't really see the problem with the technology they are using, especially if the technology is currently working for them. Read more › The post Risks of Older Code appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Debugging software can be a pain or an exciting adventure. If you have unit tests your process may be easier when user testing or quality assurance finds a bug in your code. Read more › The post Essentials of Debugging appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's easy to end up overworked. You start out responding to a reasonable need for a little more work to be done after hours, then suddenly it's five years later and you work 65 hours a week until your health and personal issues force you to stop. Read more › The post Fixing Your Work Life Balance appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Webhooks allow you to offload processes to third-party software. Building them has it's own challenges to overcome and a set of best practices to make those challenges easier. Read more › The post Web Hooks appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bringing the pursuit of perfection and attention to detail, the Enneagram Type 1 or The Perfectionist is a conscientious and ethical personality type. They are committed to a sense of right and wrong, responsibility, and integrity, but can become fixated on small imperfections and micromanagement when unhealthy. Read more › The post Enneagram Type 1: The Perfectionist appeared first on Complete De...

Being a mid-level developer is like being a middle child, or a member of generation X. Everybody forgets about you as you sit there sandwiched between the groups that everyone caters to. However, you still have to get through this phase of your career regardless. Read more › The post Mid Level Developer Mistakes appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Intrinsic drive involves being able to understand and use internal rewards to push yourself. Increasing motivation takes a mindset shift that will change how you look at the world from where you get your energy to the way you express gratitude. Read more › The post Increase Your Drive appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all know that the most permanent solutions come from temporary fixes. In light of this, we could all do a lot better in the way that we write "one off" or "temporary" applications. Read more › The post Temporary Applications appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we're going to discuss several of the common performance problems that can occur when accessing a database over the network, as well as how to fix them. Read more › The post Database Network Performance appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Enneagram of Personality, or just the Enneagram, is a representation of personalities using a geometric figure, also called an enneagram (little e), to express nine interconnected personality types. While each type is unique it is related to other types … Enneagram Type 9: The Peacemaker Read More » The post Enneagram Type 9: The Peacemaker appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted...

If you want to deal with the ever increasing complexity of developing cloud-native apps with modern tools, then it behooves you to use industry best practices to develop these apps. Read more › The post 12 Factors of 12 Factor Apps appeared first on Complete Developer Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.