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Second Brain
Your mind is for having ideas, but without a second brain, those ideas fade into memory.
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Don’t Be Ashamed to Say "I Don’t Know"
These three words that made us immediately trust her more than anyone else before: I don’t know.
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Keeping a Mistake Journal
Research suggests that reflecting on errors is one of the most effective ways to reinforce learning.
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Don’t Forget About Your Mental Health
Taking care of our minds isn’t optional: it’s a critical part of the process to keep growing over time.
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10 Rules I Learned About Technical Writing
Empathy matters: Just because something is simple for you doesn’t mean it’s simple for your reader.
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The XY Problem
The XY problem is a common communication pitfall where someone is asking about an attempted solution (Y) instead of the actual problem they’re trying to…
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Lateral Thinking
It’s better to generate some ideas, even if some don’t work, than to have no ideas because you’re afraid of being wrong.
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Survivor Bias
Survivor bias is the tendency to focus on entities that have successfully passed a selection process while neglecting those that didn’t.
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Streetlight Effect
Developers may focus on easily visible issues, such as syntax or styling, but miss more important problems, such as potential edge cases, logic issues…
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Confirmation Bias
Actively seek contradictory information: When we make an assumption, we should make a conscious effort to look for pieces of evidence that can challenge…
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Cognitive Biases
As software engineers, we must be aware of these cognitive biases and recognize that they can lead us to make incorrect decisions; understanding this…
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