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Episode 016: Blogging is Shipping with Julia Evans
Intro music by Rod Johnson: Prelude in C# minor, commonly known as The Bells of Moscow.
01:07 – Welcome to “Anarcho-Suyndicalist Tech!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
02:03 – Writing Blog Posts: “Blogging is shipping.”
Adam Perry: Baby Steps: Slowly Porting musl to Rust
07:17 – How to Ask Good Questions
Eric Steven Raymond: How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
20:26 – Operations (Ops); Testing in Ops
"There's this exciting thing that happens when you run software, which is that stuff goes wrong in unexpected ways!" @b0rk @greaterthancode
— Jessica Kerr (@jessitron) January 18, 2017
Ryan Kennedy: Fear Driven Development @ OSB 2015
38:42 – Zines & Drawings
Reflections:
Sam: Having concrete strategies for asking question more effectively.
Julia: If something is painful, then do it more often.
Jessica: If asking questions is scary, put some work into the question and then you can ask it with confidence and know you’re not wasting someone’s time.
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Special Guest: Julia Evans.