Technology watch summary

Technology watch is a way to continually learn and improve ourself as a developer. It’s a way to keep being informed on the last dev news.

Technology watch illustration (Generated by Microsoft Bing AI)

Different ways to do the technology watch

I ranked different ways to do technology watch based on my preferences. There are of course other ways to be informed on new development topics.

1. Medium : high quality articles, recommandation algorithm very accurate
2. Daily.dev : a chrome extension, links to articles, very useful tool
3. Youtube : almost everything is on Youtube, the difficult part is to find interesting videos
4. Twitch : very fun to watch a coding session or a dev talk show
5. Reading books : the best way to deeply learn new things
6. Doing pet projects : also the best way to deeply understand new things
7. Meetup & Conferences : clearly not on a daily basis, a good way to learn things
8. Podcasts : difficult to be focus on a subject for me
9. Twitter : I’m not using it

When to do our technology watch?

It depends on each individual. It could be done on a daily basis, when we have free time, or in a specific moment on the day (during daily transports to/from work) or even during weekends and holidays.

Why doing it?

Benefits

• Discover new technologies
• Continuous learning
• Personal development
• Optimize your career

Limitations

• Lack of time
• Difficult to target interesting subjects
• Self depreciation (we don’t know many things)
• No desire to do it

Technology watch is of course not mandatory to be a great developer, however it is something very valuable to continually improve ourself as a developer.

And you? Do you do some technology watch? What do you use? When? And Why don’t you do it (if not)?