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Next up wiredferret at #leaddev talking about the 7 righteous fights - so excited!Permalink On twitter.com
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Technical writer - master at assembling technical clues into a narrative whole. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Persistent problems. We have things that we prefer to work on, stages of companies we prefer to work with. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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We get stuck in ruts where we are do the same things over & over again, don't see the emergent consequences. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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If accumulating techncial debt, accumulating compound interest. If don't fix now, later more expensive. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Removed i18n to ship. Couldn't just translate it. Took 5 days to re-hand-code the UI. +2 weeks to fix. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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"You cannot fix it later." - user has very firm ideas about where their cheese is. Will resent moving it. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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1. Localization. 2. Security. 3. Extensibility. 4. Documentation. 5. Affordance. 6. Acceptance. 7. Accessibility. wiredferret #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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"Localisation is what tells your user that they belong here." wiredferret #leaddev #7fights (love this!)Permalink On twitter.com
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Don't hardcode UI elements. No words in logos/images. "Translators who can do graphics are super expensive." wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Bake in extended character support. Human disrepect issue not to be able to use your own name wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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"If humans are using emojis as names, support emoji." wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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In the early stage, nobody cares. Later stop everything and fix it, deal with optics of getting that wrong. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsOn twitter.com
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Security is neither cheap nor easy, alternative is worse. Do common best practises super early on. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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If a human deletes their account, don't just flip a bit and retain all their data. How does your data die? wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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The more data you keep the more threat surface you have. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Don't roll your own auth. You are not going to do better, you will make a monkey jesus. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Stop using the word "secure", imagine there are a pack of rabid lawyers after you. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Extensibility: what makes you sure API is going to be internal forever? If not writing APIs, why aren't you? wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Documentation. Documentation is not state secrets. It's subtle self-promotion. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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People want to see documentation before they buy, do not want to get a sales call. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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"Stop hiding your documentation places where people can't get it." wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Developer onboarding. Want to onboard as fast as possible, but making your existing developers do that work. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Take the time to write down the developer onboarding documentation. You will save money. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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What happens if your one build engineers wins the lottery or leaves the country? Can you cut a build? wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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"Secretive build engineers are bad build engineers." wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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"Release notes are you most important documents." wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Affordance. The subtle clues that tell us how we use something. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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USBs have bad affordance, this is why it takes 3 times to stick them in properly. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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"Just because that's somewhere you think that users should go, that doesn't mean that's where users want it." wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Everything works when you are a developer and you have full permissions. What if you don't? wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Acceptance. Find people who are users. Not marketing because don't seem technical. They are. You're wrong. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Find user. Have them do what do every day. Say nothing. Don't say "that's not how it works", works for them. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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"If you can't hire an expert, become a student." wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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People don't want to be using software, they want to be refining their pictures, or talking to their friends. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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"Software is a tool, not a friend." wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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A11y is a tool, & we are all going to need it. Obviously you should hire an a11y expert. Obviously you won't. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Have you looked at your thing on a non-retina screen? wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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8% of men are colorblind. Almost none of that 8% go into UX development. This is a shame. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Screen readers. Descriptive links. Try hiding your mouse for a week: how miserable is it to use your product? wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Not everyone has the same access to internet. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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"Letting your servers touch the internet is like letting them lick dirty toilets." wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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"Think about how it's going to work if you don't have internet." Lot of world does not have good internet. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Age is coming for you. If you won't do it for other people, consider doing it for your future self. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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I think wiredferret just told us we are all going to die. I feel very mortal now. #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Can't have all 7 fights at once. You will burn out, and piss off your boss. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Write a coding style guide and follow it. Host brown bag lunches to learn. Pair program for best practises. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Ask how much this will cost later. "Money is the root of all business decisions." wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Have a team that looks like your users. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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TL;DR: "Don't build in compounding technical debt that you could trivially avoid." wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com
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Avoid making future self angry. I love that I got credited for past-cate trying to kill future-cate here. wiredferret #leaddev #7fightsPermalink On twitter.com