{"id":1621,"date":"2019-08-09T12:51:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T19:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2019-08-09T12:51:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T19:51:19","slug":"five-for-friday-august-9-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/five-for-friday-august-9-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Five for Friday &#8211; August 9, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back again for five more things you may or may not find interesting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I received an advance copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/43999078-7-rules-for-positive-productive-change\">7 Rules for Positive, Productive Change<\/a> by Esther Derby, and it&#8217;s fantastic and highly recommended. The book is low of fluff and high on pragmatic advice.<\/li><li>A few weeks ago I had just installed DashLane and was happy with it &#8211; my interest, however, has waned. I initially skipped <a href=\"httpw:\/\/www.lastpass.com\">LastPass<\/a> because it mangled my passwords on import, but I exported\/imported from CSV to get around that problem, and it&#8217;s growing on me.<\/li><li>I came across a <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/better-programming\/when-pair-programming-works-it-works-really-well-heres-why-c51857bbcf0f\">nice article on Pair Programming<\/a> worth sharing (buried in the sea of bad articles on Pair Programming)<\/li><li>Similarly, this story on <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@steven.lemon182\/why-our-team-cancelled-our-move-to-microservices-8fd87898d952\">Why our team cancelled our move to microservices <\/a>is insightful and helpful<\/li><li>I bought a new (used) mountain bike. I hadn&#8217;t upgraded in ~15 years or so, and oh-boy does the new tech make a difference. I&#8217;ve only had it out for a few short rides, but hoping to  put some mileage on it before ski season starts. It&#8217;s a 2016 Occam Orbea &#8211; pic below.<br \/><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbnails-photos.amazon.com\/v1\/thumbnail\/TxmrNQm9QB20BSx6Wd7OuA?viewBox=1735%2C976&amp;ownerId=A2XBVHAISJCLG8\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back again for five more things you may or may not find interesting I received an advance copy of 7 Rules for Positive, Productive Change by Esther Derby, and it&#8217;s fantastic and highly recommended. The book is low of fluff and high on pragmatic advice. 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