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How to do a code review

Eduards Sizovs — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 05:37:18 +0000

In a team I sat next to, a junior developer asked a senior to conduct code review for a newly completed feature. According to the process, that Senior had to approve all changes going to production. Here is how it went:

Junior: “Could you please take a look at my code?”

Senior: “No, I am busy. Send me a PR; I’ll take a look when I have more time.” (never)

Junior: “This is urgent; our key customer needs this fix. Can you take a look now?”

Senior (eyes rolling): “O.K.”

For the next ten minutes, the senior was scrolling the code back and forth, revealing no emotions in dead silence; he looked very unhappy. Because the silence was unbearable and senior showed almost no signs of life, the curious Junior interrupted the busy reviewer by sending an ACK packet. The server senior responded:

Tsshhhhh. I am still reviewing. Everything sucks. Need more time. Go grab a coffee.

Junior, hoping to learn something, was still sitting next to Senior. The air was tense and smelled with trotyl. The senior – like a C4 – was ready to explode if someone moves or says a word.

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The ultimate list of developer conferences with CFP

Eduards Sizovs — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:01:27 +0000

I just stumbled upon dev.events – a nice opensource database of tech events to know what to attend to next, including some online events. For each event contributed, you get karma points. Neat!

If you are a speaker, you can filter events by CFP.

Nice design, RSS feed, iCal export. Developer and designed by a pretty woman in tech – Julia aka Coding Unicorn. I am not sure where the product gets information from, but the list looks comprehensive.

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The Best Java Training

Eduards Sizovs — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:10:09 +0000

Attending an expert-led course is the best way to boost Java skills. I manually collected the ultimate list of training courses offered by different European training providers and individuals. This is the list of all Java courses I am aware of. All the information here has been compiled correctly to the best of my knowledge. If some great Java training is missing, let me know.

Effective Java Software Design 🚀

Audience: java developers and architects · Location: Riga, Latvia · Date: 26 September

During Effective Java Software Design workshop you will learn how to develop modern, clean and maintainable applications using the latest Java best practices, frameworks and libraries. The course is designed for Java developers who want to expand their knowledge beyond basic and easy-to-google concepts. You will be equipped with practical solutions to your daily coding, design and architecture challenges.

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The Ultimate List of PHP Conferences

Eduards Sizovs — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 08:04:07 +0000

PHP conferences is where you can meet other developers and learn about PHP and web tools and best practices from the best developers in the community. Below is my ultimate list of the greatest PHP conferences in Europe and USA.

DevTernity (🏅 Top 3 in Europe)

Audience: developers, architects · Location: Riga, Latvia · Date: 3–4 December 2020

DevTernity is the top 3 international software development conference in Europe. Located in the heart of Europe, in a beautiful city of Riga, this well-organized conference focuses on the core skills paramount to your success – code design, software architecture and leadership. Organizers promise no agile bulsh**t or marketing talks. This is a must-see event!

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The Ultimate List of JS and Web Conferences

Eduards Sizovs — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 08:03:11 +0000

JS and Web conferences is where you can meet other developers and learn about web tools and best practices from the best developers in the community. Below is my ultimate list of the greatest JS and web conferences in Europe and USA.

DevTernity (🏅 Top 3 in Europe)

Audience: web developers, architects · Location: Riga, Latvia · Date: 3–4 December 2020

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The Ultimate List of .NET Conferences

Eduards Sizovs — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:58:37 +0000

.NET conferences is where you can meet other developers and learn about .NET tools and best practices from the best developers in the community. Below is my ultimate list of the greatest .NET conferences in Europe and USA.

DevTernity (🏅 Top 3 in Europe)

Audience: .net developers, architects · Location: Riga, Latvia · Date: 3–4 December 2020

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The Ultimate List of DevOps Conferences

Eduards Sizovs — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:18:46 +0000

DevOps conferences is where you can meet other developers and learn about DevOps tools and best practices from the best developers, DevOps and SRE engineers. Below is my ultimate list of the best vendor-independent DevOps conferences in Europe and USA.

DevTernity (🏅 Top 3 in Europe)

Audience: devops engineers, developers, architects · Location: Riga, Latvia · Date: 3-4 December 2020

DevTernity is the top 3 international software development conference in Europe. Located in the heart of Europe, in a beautiful city of Riga, this well-organized conference focuses on the core skills paramount to your success – code design, software architecture, and leadership. Organizers promise no agile bulsh**t or marketing talks. This is a must-see event!

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The Best Coding Instagram Accounts

Eduards Sizovs — Wed, 29 May 2019 13:41:10 +0000

The list was updated in 2020.

Instagram is becoming the next big thing in education. In addition to books, conferences and Twitter, I use Instagram to get access to the content you won't find anywhere else on the internet. The content is a mix of coding tips, good advice and inspiring visuals. If you appreciate good photography and aesthetics, check out a list of 10 high-quality Instagram accounts that I follow:

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20 software developers you should follow on Twitter

Eduards Sizovs — Wed, 29 May 2019 09:32:32 +0000

The list was updated in 2019.

In addition to books and conferences, Twitter is my primary source of inspiration. Unfortunately, some developers don't use Twitter because they find it too noisy. To improve the situation, I decided to compile a list of 20 high-quality Twitter accounts with good signal vs. noise ratio.

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Great developers are raised, not hired

Eduards Sizovs — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:47:59 +0000

Every company on the market is looking for the best talent. Companies are waiting when “the talent” will appear from nowhere as if there were some secret talent factory. The ideal candidate will have all necessary technical skills, will be a good “culture fit” and will perform well with little or no supervision.

But there is a problem...

The Ultimate List of Java Conferences

Eduards Sizovs — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:27:03 +0000

Java conferences is where can meet other developers and learn about Java frameworks and best practices from the best developers. Below is my ultimate list of the best vendor-independent Java conferences in Europe and USA.

DevTernity (🏅 Top 3 in Europe)

Audience: java developers and architects · Location: Riga, Latvia · Date: 3–4 December 2020

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The best developer conferences

Eduards Sizovs — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 07:34:58 +0000

Conferences are a great place to network with like-minded professionals as well as learn about technologies and best practices. There are thousands of conferences happening around the world, but not all of them are equally good. Below is my ultimate list of the best vendor-independent engineering conferences. I personally attended every conference on the list.

DevTernity (🏅 Top 3 in Europe)

Audience: developers, architects · Location: Riga, Latvia · Date: 3–4 December 2020

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