Give Your To-Do's Context
When capturing to-do’s, be sure to include enough information that your future self isn’t confused.
Hi, I’m Chip. I’m a Front End Developer living in the Washington D.C. area, currently working at PBS. My background is in design, so I approach development with a designer’s eye.
Blog Posts
Say What the Impact is when Reporting Issues
When reporting an issue, make it clear what the impact is.
Firefighting 101: How to Manage Breakages
A playbook for tech managers in dealing with significant outages.
How to Deal With Large Pieces of Technical Debt
The smaller the individual pieces of work, the greater the chance that a large piece of technical debt will be addressed.
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Make Your Request Clear
On improving your communication by making request clear and obvious, and not assuming the other person will figure it out.
Analytics events, HTML classes, and protecting against refactoring
A way to protect analytics events against refactors and unintentinal breakage - analyics classes in your HTML.
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How We Removed jQuery from a large app
How we went about removing jQuery from a large application that had depended on it for many years.