64: Habits for Hackers - a podcast by Ben Orenstein and Derrick Reimer

Derrick shipped Level’s Daily Digest feature, which includes a summary of unread/read posts, sampling of posts/replies, and call to action. Also, thanks to Derrick killing it on Twitter, Art of Product’s social media presence is now legit!Branding and awareness of Ben’s Tuple pair programming tool has garnered interest from well-known companies. So, it’s time to set a deadline for Tuple’s alpha.
Today’s Topics Include:Ups and downs of building a feature
Good Brain Hacking: Know yourself and have a strategy; try something from your toolbox to change your perspectiveBen designed the Habits for Hackers course; the experience was 50% amazing and 50% arduous - getting better at design through a trial-and-error method
Ben’s Design Tips: Copy existing things, read design tweets and watch refactoring UI videos from Steve Schoger, and have friends who will tell you when something isn’t goodYour success is a lagging indicator of your habits; Ben wants to be held accountable for practicing good development/work habits
Links and resources:Art of Product on Twitter (https://twitter.com/artofproductpod)
Derrick Reimer (http://www.derrickreimer.com) WebsiteDerrick Reimer on Twitter (https://twitter.com/derrickreimer)
Ben Orenstein (http://www.benorenstein.com/) WebsiteBen Orenstein on Twitter (https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en)
Level (https://level.app/)Level Manifesto (https://level.app/manifesto)
The Level Journal (https://leveljournal.com/)Tuple (https://tuple.app/)
Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide (https://tuple.app/pair-programming-guide)Habits for Hackers (https://www.habitsforhackers.com/)
Postmark (https://postmarkapp.com/)Ruby on Rails (https://rubyonrails.org/)
GitHub (https://github.com/)Elixir (https://elixir-lang.org/)
Tailwind (https://www.tailwindapp.com/)Steve Schoger (https://www.steveschoger.com/)
Steve Schoger’s Refactoring UI (https://refactoringui.com/)Adam Wathan (https://adamwathan.me/)
Sketch (https://www.sketchapp.com/)The Bike Shed (http://bikeshed.fm/)
Atomic Habits (https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits)

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