Hello human,
You just landed on my profile and probably don't have time to read the dozens of posts and hundreds of comments I've written here. I've hesitated in doing a list of my "greatest hits", since it doesn't exactly feel humble. On the other hand having to read the articles "latest first" seems a waste of time, so here is a personal selection of things I've written here.
Kotlin, Android, Gradle
I've written a lot about Kotlin and will probably continue to do so since it's my default language for everything. If you are getting started, you may find this interesting:
How to learn Kotlin: browser vs IDE, books vs tutorials, for newbies and Java devs
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Dec 15 '19
And if you know Kotlin but want to level up, read this:
How to become Effective with Kotlin? Answers from Marcin Moskala
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Feb 7 '20
This article about Gradle was also very popular
How Kotlin makes editing your Gradle build less frustrating
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Oct 12 '18
I insist on pointing out that Kotlin and Android are not the same thing
And the reason for that is that I've had a bad experience learning Android at the start of my career - I recovered since, thanks you for asking.
Android's billion-dollar mistake(s)
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Sep 25 '19
Careers
We developers tend to obsess over the little things, but it's good to take many steps back and think about the big picture. And what could be more important than your own career? I have written this and plan to write more about it:
She was parenting two girls, nevertheless #shecoded and lead a team - Interview with Julie Vandenabeele-Orzea
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Mar 8 '20
From marketing to backend developer in one year - the story of Adele Carpenter
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Feb 16 '20
Permanent stress? No, thanks
I think we are making it way to hard on ourselves. Can I elaborate? Sure
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Refactor your assumptions
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Jan 7 '20
42 things you MUST stop obsessing about if you want to become a good $PERSON
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Jan 12 '20
What are the worst programming languages that nobody should learn?
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Jan 8 '20
Trying to follow all best practices will not help you
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Sep 27 '19
Of course there are some good reasons to be stressed. In march 2020, we were in a global pandemy for example. But even then, please try to refactor the energy that makes you stressed into something meaningful to you
How do we stay sane and connected to others in a scary world?
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Mar 16 '20
Open-Source
This weird article is a personal favorite and I keep thinking about it often
Contributing to open-source is like dancing Tango
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Oct 11 '19
I have my own open-source project
Better dependency management in Android Studio 3.5 with Gradle buildSrcVersions
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Aug 21 '19
Discussions
I've found dev.to to be a great place to start discussions. Thank you very much to those who contributed here:
How do you stay focused in a distracted world?
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Nov 26 '19
What are your favorite analogies to explain programming?
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Nov 8 '19
We are all standing up. Does it actually work?
Jean-Michel π΅π»ββοΈ Fayard γ» Sep 9 '19
Ask me a question!
This is a standing invitation:
if you want to talk software, I want to talk with you.
I used to be very shy and afraid of annoying people by contacting them. That turns out unhelpful. I was alone and made bad choices. If my career has learnt me something is that you really donβt want to stay alone.
You can send an email here:
Top comments (2)
So much great content! Nice work π
Thank you. It was not really planned to be honest, I had no idea what I was doing when i wrote my first post.