Marlena ComptonListen to my podcast seriesThis season on the “Make it a Pear!” podcast, I’m diving into my most interesting memories of living in San Francisco during the tech boom…Nov 12, 2021Nov 12, 2021
Marlena ComptonJoin the Pear-tea: Growing our Community of PearsTL;DR — We are growing Pear Conf with a combo of online and face-to-face meetups. Click here to get a ticket to our online meetup with…Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2019
Marlena ComptonRemoving racist language from my postsPart of getting better at supporting people from different backgrounds is making changes, especially to language.Sep 17, 20182Sep 17, 20182
Marlena ComptonPair Programming: Taking turns with your pairIn pairing, figuring out how to take turns if you are working on a hard problem is it’s own hard problem.Mar 21, 2018Mar 21, 2018
Marlena ComptonSustainable Pair ProgrammingThere are many benefits to pair programming such as writing challenging code more quickly, writing better code than you would write on your…Aug 14, 20171Aug 14, 20171
Marlena ComptonAll roads lead to fail in the tech career pathI have managed to make it through more than 10 years in the tech industry.Jul 6, 20171Jul 6, 20171
Marlena ComptonThoughts on Organizing CodeThis post is a collection of my opinions about organizing code. For some context, it’s important to know that I do a lot of test driven…Jun 3, 20171Jun 3, 20171
Marlena ComptonThe DanceGetting to flow state with extreme programming practicesApr 26, 20171Apr 26, 20171
Marlena ComptonActivism and the eXPerienceThere is an intersection of activism and XP, or, the eXPerience, as I’m calling it these days.Jan 26, 20171Jan 26, 20171