Side projects have played a huge role in my career, friendships, and quality of life. I’ve just launched a free email course titled, “5 Side Project Mistakes Developers Make.” It’s a week’s worth of lessons, one per day, full of stories, tips, and advice for planning, executing, and shipping side projects.
I’ve managed to ship 10+ side projects over the last few years while working a full-time job. While an email course can only scratch the surface of the lessons I've learned along the way, I’m think it provides value for anyone struggling to ship their projects. I hope you check it out, and I'd love your feedback.
This was far enough in the past that code reviews and "Don't deploy on Friday" weren't necessarily taken as standard practice at a lot of companies yet. But yes, we all learned :-)
Amen. I don't know about firing, but I'd definitely be having a conversation about proper mentorship. We hire juniors because they show promise, but need to learn. Being snarky and shutting them down doesn't just hurt the individual dev – it hurts the entire company.
I wanted to drop by and announce that Draftly, my brand-new Dribbble client for Apple TV, has officially been released.
I love Dribbble. I may not be much of a designer – more a “design-minded engineer” – but hardly a day goes by where I can’t be found browsing the latest and greatest from designers all over the world. It’s a constant source of inspiration for me.
My goal was to create a Dribbble client that feels at home on Apple TV. Draftly omits unnecessary features and cluttered interfaces to keep the focus where it should be: browsing the best Dribbble has to offer, right from your couch. Here’s some of the highlights:
- Large, beautiful images and animated GIF support
- Sections dedicated to Popular, Recent, Animated, and Debut Shots
- Top Shelf support: browse Popular Shots right from the home screen
- Full-screen mode, for when you need to see every detail
- Detail views, showing off the Shot description, likes, tags, and more
- Team & user profile views
It’s a solid v1, but I’m far from done. I have a ton of features in mind for future updates. But I’m super proud of this first release and I’d love to know what you all think. The best part? Draftly is completely free.