What happened last week - Issue #4

This week: wasting time, design for Open Source, headless Statamic, maintaining an Open Source project and more.

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What happened last week

It was a very fun week. I had the pleasure to do a webinar with Fran Agulto. I really learn a lot from him. Can't wait until we'll work on something together.

Also, I started working on my small side project. I'm trying to decide on the domain name right now.

And last, but not least - my wife is helping me a bit with a redesign of my blog and the branding.

Interesting links

Why you should never feel guilty about “wasting time”. — www.jason.af

Jason Lengstorf wrote a really fantastic article about "wasting time". I won't spoil too much - just go there and read it.

And I fully agree with him - we go through life doing stupid things from time to time, but it's all about our capability to learn from those.

Open Source Redesigned — dev.to

Amazing talk between Tomer Barnea and Alex Barashkov about designing Open Source projects.

It's really difficult not only to find the designers but also to fit the into the flow.

The Theater Kid Takes on Software with Chloe Condon, Senior Developer Advocate at Google — www.youtube.com

Another amazing episode of The Dev Morning Show (at night). I really enjoyed Chloe's history about how she got into tech. Also, the taxidermy part was... intriguing.

How to build a static site using Statamic as headless CMS — buddy.works

I wrote an article showing how to use Statamic as a headless CMS. While writing I was amazed at how simple it is to use it as a data source. Really powerful stuff.

Breaking apart the monolith — github.com

Maintaining an Open Source project isn't easy. Very often it can become more of a burden. Shawn Wang explains how to change it.

Automate your tests with Cypress and TestRail — boxblinkracer.com

If you are interested in automated testing then reading Christian's blog is a great place to learn a lot. His latest article about Cypress and TestRail is 🔥

And how was your week? Did you learn something interesting? Don’t hesitate to press the reply button and share your thoughts.

Cheers,

Maciek