Common Code Review Pitfalls for Managers and How to Deal with Them
Learn how to avoid common code review pitfalls that engineering managers face.
Hone your team’s code reviews at the Git Pull Request level.
Robert Prehn
Revelry Alumni
About Robert Prehn
Get Hired at Revelry: Why Your Community Contributions Matter
We look for three things. We want a cover letter that shows that you’ve done your research and are applying with intention. We want a résumé. That’s just par for the course. But third, and perhaps most importantly, we want to see your community contribution.
8 Super Simple Steps to Launch an App with Kubernetes API
Anything you can do from the Kubernetes command-line interface (kubectl), you can do through the Kubernetes API. Here’s how to build an app in 8 steps.
Here’s Why We Do Case Interviews for Software Engineers
Technical interviews are broken. We do case interviews in order to take candidates from hearing the scenario, to asking clarifying questions, to giving broad opinions and concepts, to specific architecture and programming tasks.
Why We Care So Much About Sprint Commitments (and we hope you will too)
Sometimes, clients even say “but I don’t care about the commitment.” Firstly, I question whether that is true deep down. It’s hard for me to imagine someone paying a significant amount of money to have a problem solved,and then not caring when that solution ships, or even which parts of the solution ship in which order.
Toward a Humane and Democratic Workplace: The Semco Story
Maverick is a far more interesting read than the average business book. I heartily recommend it to anyone who wants to make their work place more energetic, effective, fair, and most of all, humane.
Why Coding Without If-Statements Can Help Make Better Code
Coding without if-statements is one method for learning other ways to structure your code. That doesn’t mean never use if-statements. Being careful with conditional logic makes better code. Here’s why.
Welcome to the Engineering Team: Jason Pollentier is a Natural Creator
Jason says, “Revelry has always been on my radar as a company that works for the community and hires amazing people.”
As a team member, I want better user stories …
Here’s a template for writing a user story that helps you imagine that you’re the user, so that you can think about how you would want to use the system. The template is a tool to prevent you from retreating back into the developer’s perspective.
Getting Things Done (GTD) with the Multi-Inbox Sweep
My History with Getting Things Done I’d like to share a technique I use to keep organized and reduce my anxiety about my todo…