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Intro
Understanding how Blockchain worksNews/Links
- OpenAI Five
- Microsoft Acquires GitHub
- Families earning $117,000 now qualify as "low income" in California's Bay Area
- 5 React Practice Projects
Book of the Show
- Jason:
- Critical Play: Radical Game Design
- https://amzn.to/2Kw04XN
- Patrick:
- Name of the Wind
- https://amzn.to/2tWyXKR
Tool of the Show
- Jason: Visual Studio Code https://code.visualstudio.com/
- Patrick: Github https://github.com/
Technical Arguments (1:00:26)
- Making progress vs “Doing it Right”
- Adding/Reclaiming Technical Debt
- Delivering on time
- When/how to optimize
- Language Arguments
- Which language to use
- Tabs vs Spaces
- Style
- IDE/Text Editor
- How to make technical arguments
- Reflect on why you want X
- What alternatives/substitutes exist? What compromises?
- Do not force an argument to complete in a single session
- In between sessions, reflect on what has changed
- Pick your battles