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Productive struggle vs AI slop
Productive struggle vs AI slop is quite the topic these days. On one hand we have to do the hard, boring, frustrating work. Do it long enough to learn the whole lot, reshape skills, gain confidence. Opposition of escaping to quick fixes with or without AI. When used in conjuction with AI, we should still keep the struggle but without the pointless friction. That way more energy and cognitive power goes into craft and progress, long-term growth… instead of refactoring some legacy code and working over things that should not be that hard in the first place. What is productive struggle? Productive struggle is the time and space where a…
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97 Things Every Data Engineer Should Know – book review
97 Things Every Data Engineer Should Know review will be a positive one. This style of books is currently my favorite. Might get another one from the series 🙂 It is bits and pieces of knowledge You can digest easily. Scattered across multiple disciplines teachings are of a principle design. Book is technologically agnostic, meaning rules, law, principles and methodologies presented You can use with any framework or system. It is like the design principles. Great read, would recommend. 97 lessons to pick from The book is all about best practices, system design, queues, asynchronouse communication and many more. You can easily read it day by day when You “meditate”…
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Universal Principles of Design: Third Edition
Universal Principles of Design: Third Edition OverviewThe Universal Principles of Design, Updated and Expanded Third Edition is a comprehensive design reference book authored by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler.Original was released on February 7, 2023, the third edition expands its predecessors by 75 new entries, bringing the total to 200 principles, laws, and guidelines essential for effective design across various disciplines. It serves as a guide for anyone looking to enhance their understanding of design principles that can be applied universally in professional and private life. If You want to learn more for free go HERE !! https://principles.design/ Why should care ? Overall the book Universal Principles of Design: Third…
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Learning by writing essays
Learning by writing essays is a very old technique. First you gather all the information about a given subject and then You write essays about given topics. It can be a powerful educational tool which will enhance learning and comprehension. By process of researching and composing essays, You can deepen understanding and develop essential skills. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249738752_The_Origins_of_Writing_in_the_Disciplines Personly this is how i learned photography, first consume the knowledge, read, watch, listen and then write a blog post ! Worked like a charm and was easy to do cause of small bits and pieces of the topics i have chosen to write about. There is no need to make it ‘big’. You…
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Feynman technique
The Feynman Technique is a powerful learning method developed by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. It emphasizes deep understanding through teaching, simplification, and systematic review. Here’s a detailed overview of its four key steps: Steps of the Feynman Technique Benefits of the Feynman Technique Summary Kinda pair programming or other knowledge sharing session. In a day to day work as a developer You might use the Feynman Technique to transform the learning process into an interactive experience. Discussion is highly encouraged ! ( As always ) This technique emphasizes that true understanding comes from the ability to explain concepts in simple terms, or just simply enough. This makes it applicable…
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Effective Programming in Scala course by Coursera. Simple review.
Effective Programming in Scala course by Coursera is one of the official learning paths, described on https://www.scala-lang.org/, one can take to learn and dive into scala language. The main outcome is that You should definetly try it but there is always some “but”. Main things to do Lectures During the course You will watch short and very neat and straight down to the point lectures. This is always a given in every course. If i remember my long hours and the university i wonder how did i endure all that and why everything was so convoluted. Here we get everything short and sweet. Coursera time frame Somethimes it might feel…
