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Smells like JavaScript Community spirit
Smells like JavaScript Community spirit
Celebrate the evolution and opportunities of everyone’s fave HTML/CSS integratable language with a look at our most popular JS SkillsCasts!
Sophie Mansfield
Oct 21, 2019
EventStorming Modelling Tips to Facilitate Microservice Design
EventStorming Modelling Tips to Facilitate Microservice Design
Some easy-to-learn techniques to help you get the most out of EventStorming and start designing more domain-aligned software systems!
Sophie Mansfield
Oct 21, 2019
Organisational Dysfunctions Mirrored as Architectural Complexity
Organisational Dysfunctions Mirrored as Architectural Complexity
By Nick Tune (co-author of Patterns, Principles and Practices of Domain-Driven Design (Wrox) and Designing Autonomous Teams and Services…
Sophie Mansfield
Oct 14, 2019
Empowered Product Teams 💪💥 by Gordon Weir
Empowered Product Teams 💪💥 by Gordon Weir
A Product Manager, Designer & Lead Engineer walk into a bar and discover the perfect combo for user-centric, innovative companies
Sophie Mansfield
Oct 14, 2019
A Letter To My Younger Self
A Letter To My Younger Self
To celebrate National Coding Week, Skills Matter’s CTO Dylan Beattie, reflects on his career and gives some advice to his past self.
Emily Sherwin
Sep 17, 2019
Seven Years in Haskell Heaven 👼
Seven Years in Haskell Heaven 👼
From major contributors to community spirit, Haskell eXchange has provided some memorable moments so far!
Sophie Mansfield
Sep 3, 2019
Get in the Know at ProgNET London
Get in the Know at ProgNET London
Conferences are a great way to learn from the best in the community and to meet new people who share similar passions; but they’re often…
Emily Sherwin
Aug 30, 2019
7 Reasons to Attend droidcon London 2019
7 Reasons to Attend droidcon London 2019
From superstar speakers to a planetarium party, droidcon London’s got you covered for out-of-this-world Android adventures! 🚀⭐️
Sophie Mansfield
Aug 27, 2019
Retrospectives are boring and useless — or are they?
Retrospectives are boring and useless — or are they?
Tips to master your retrospectives and subsequent process
Sophie Mansfield
Aug 7, 2019
Modelling Bounded Contexts with the Bounded Context Design Canvas: A Workshop Recipe
Modelling Bounded Contexts with the Bounded Context Design Canvas: A Workshop Recipe
by Nick Tune (Navico strategic tech leader; leadership expert; author of Patterns, Principles and Practices of Domain-Driven Design and…
Sophie Mansfield
Jul 30, 2019
How Experts Learn JavaScript — Part 2
How Experts Learn JavaScript — Part 2
Recently, I’ve been catching up with JavaScript experts to find out how they learned JavaScript, and what they do to keep up with this…
Scott Dooley
Mar 8, 2019
“They’re starting to collaborate without me” — Corber’s Alex Blom
“They’re starting to collaborate without me” — Corber’s Alex Blom
Meet Corber, the CLI that improves the Cordova experience for Ember, React & Vue developers looking to go native.
Scott Dooley
Mar 4, 2019
How do we fix our relationship with data?
How do we fix our relationship with data?
“We are almost all living in a state of constant distraction. In the meantime, our deepest feelings are being flushed out, forced to the…
Doug Ross
Feb 25, 2019
Should developers learn UX?
Should developers learn UX?
A fullstack developer for Mined Minds, Heather Shockney came to coding through a bootcamp after a long career as a writer. Perhaps this is…
Doug Ross
Feb 25, 2019
Keeping a lid on hate
Keeping a lid on hate
Beyond data concerns, expansion goals, or VR technology, there is one major concern on Mark Zuckerberg's mind and that is content…
Doug Ross
Feb 15, 2019
Maintaining mindfulness and physical health at Skills Matter
Maintaining mindfulness and physical health at Skills Matter
Promoting and fostering mental and physical health in our workplaces is a budding practice, but one that needs attention in our societies
Vic Blackshaw
Feb 14, 2019
Why do we celebrate inaccessible design?
Why do we celebrate inaccessible design?
Web designers, UX designers and developers alike have, as a whole, historically underestimated (or not even considered) the opportunities…
Doug Ross
Feb 11, 2019
How do you design for users and not the user? Accessibility talks to spark your imagination
How do you design for users and not the user? Accessibility talks to spark your imagination
In the tech community, there is a growing space in which diverse discussion is being had about the very world tech is shaping. The dearth…
Doug Ross
Feb 8, 2019
Why equality slows down change
Why equality slows down change
We need to reassess the idea that our actions and initiatives should be measured against the concept of equality.
Tiffany Vitti
Feb 6, 2019
Will neurotech have the biggest impact on humans?
Will neurotech have the biggest impact on humans?
If Elon Musk thinks so, then I guess it will…
Doug Ross
Feb 5, 2019
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