Lessons from the Twitter tech community — Twitter is one of the great communities for programmers. You can get so much free knowledge there if you know where to look. A few days ago, I asked Twitter what the best strategy for getting good at JavaScript was. To my surprise, I got over 250 answers.

Learn to manage your most important asset — time — Programming is all about tradeoffs. Early in your career, you’ll discover you have to find a balance between different priorities — simplicity and performance, execution speed and ease of use, readability, conciseness, etc. The thing that’s rarely mentioned, yet it’s critical for your career, is learning to manage your time…

Lessons from the “Make Good Art speech” — Neil Gaiman is one of my heroes. He’s not only a great writer but also an avid learner and teacher. In his Make Good Art commencement speech, he shared the best tips on creating art with the University of the Arts graduating class. …

Learning to code by yourself is hard, here are some tips to make it easier — Learning to code full-time is a dream for many. Only a few of us can afford to dedicate many months to a long boot camp or studying alone. I was one of the lucky ones. When I quit my job, I had nothing else to do but learn to code…

Unless it's free. Then you pay once. — You're lucky if you want to learn to code. The amount of learning materials is staggering. You can find a course on almost everything you're interested in. Some courses are free, others shockingly expensive. But no matter which one you choose, the highest cost of every course is hidden —…

Knowing CSS well is close to magic. Learn to use its power — I use CSS daily and believe I’m pretty good with it. Still, its power surprises me occasionally. Here’s the list of 5 CSS properties I discovered lately that changed how I write CSS. I hope they may be helpful for you too! 1. Accent color Working with forms is a massive part of…

There are so many languages to choose from. Want to know what to learn first? Bet on JavaScript. — Hello, programmer! Welcome to the world of software development. Great adventures are lying ahead, but also numerous threats. You can learn lots of things, and it can be overwhelming at times. The first dilemma you're going to have is what programming language to learn. There are so many to choose…

The future is already here; it's just not very evenly distributed — Imagine being able to craft a web application to your user needs and preferences. To have colors, contrast, motion, themes adjusted to precisely what the user wants. And imagine doing it with CSS only. Doesn't it sound great? And this is the future. What's even better, you can already do…

Sometimes you can see the company is a lousy fit before you start working there. — Interviews in the software development industry are broken. They're hard, long, and, more often than not, useless. The interview is more stressful and challenging than the job itself. All of that makes many of us forget one critical thing — the interview is not a monologue; it's a conversation. During…