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Greater Than Code

Episode 016: Blogging is Shipping with Julia Evans

Intro music by Rod Johnson: Prelude in C# minor, commonly known as The Bells of Moscow.

01:07 – Welcome to “Anarcho-Suyndicalist Tech!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”

02:03 – Writing Blog Posts: “Blogging is shipping.”

The Recurse Center

Adam Perry: Baby Steps: Slowly Porting musl to Rust

07:17 – How to Ask Good Questions

Eric Steven Raymond: How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

The Google Effect

20:26 – Operations (Ops); Testing in Ops

Ryan Kennedy: Fear Driven Development @ OSB 2015

Effective DevOps: Building a Culture of Collaboration, Affinity, and Tooling at Scale by Jennifer Davis and Katherine Daniels

Continuous Integration

38:42 – Zines & Drawings

Reflections:

Sam: Having concrete strategies for asking question more effectively.

Julia: If something is painful, then do it more often.

Jessica: If asking questions is scary, put some work into the question and then you can ask it with confidence and know you’re not wasting someone’s time.

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