Productivity

Mastering Code Quality in Laravel: Pint with Git Hooks and Docker (image by pexels) Introduction As developers, we all know how important clean, consistent code is for maintaining a large-scale Laravel application. Not only does well-formatted code boost readability, but it also ensures team-wide consistency and helps avoid pesky formatting debates during code reviews. Enter Pint, a powerful tool introduced by the Laravel ecosystem to automatically format PHP code according to opinionated best practices. ...

Make Windows Terminal Awesome with ZSH and Oh My ZSH! article photo Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash TL;DR In this guide, we’ll walk you through the installation and configuration of ZSH and Oh My ZSH on Windows, so you can enjoy the power and flexibility of these tools without leaving the comfort of your Windows environment. Table of Contents Introduction Embracing ZSH on Windows Introducing ZSH: The Ultimate Shell Experience Oh My ZSH! ...

post photo by pexels Introduction Often, there is a need to introduce a new developer to the team for a specific project. This on-boarding process is never easy and sometimes tends to be painful for the new member and frustrating for the team, which has to keep working on the already defined tasks without a big impact on their productivity. Of course, this process differs from team to team and is proportional to the seniority level of the new team member, as well as the time they have been working at the company. ...

Photo by John Schnobrich on Unsplash Introduction It’s this strange time of the “Social distancing era”, because of the coronavirus bizarre situation. Regardless of how long this lasts or whatever the world will look like after it ends, it is for sure an interesting time to be alive and trying to make a living through a pandemic. We, as developers, are fortunate enough to be able to still work with little to no severe impacts in our everyday tasks and projects. ...

Introduction A daily stand-up meeting is an essential part of many workplaces these days. Either when following the Scrum methodology or simply when wanting to tighten the bonds between the team members and stakeholders, the performance of the daily stand-up can either make or break your day. Let’s be honest here. Every workplace does their stand-ups differently. But that’s really OK! It’s not another formal, dull meeting that requires you to stick to the procedure. ...

Introduction As software engineers, there is quite often a need to learn a new programming language, framework or library so as to use it in a new project or enhance an existing codebase. Continuous learning is integrated into our workday and often times it requires time after work (evening or weekends) which can turn out to be a dull process and add to an already growing burnout feeling. It is obvious that we always try to optimize this learning process, to have better results. ...