Originally published on Typeshare There is nothing more humiliating than publishing a code review only to receive nonconstructive feedback. “Why didn’t you…” “This is wrong…” “This won’t work…” These types of comments are toxic. Toxicity negatively impacts team morale and creates a hostile work environment. But there’s an antidote to counteract the toxicity. Empathy. Here are some ideas to help you become The Empathetic Code Reviewer: Communicate Positive Intent Directives and criticisms produce one-way conversations.

Originally published on Typeshare That’s a lie. I still have Twitter installed on my phone. But I promise you I restrict my Twitter usage to 30 - 60 minutes a day. Social media was my addiction in 2021. Last December, I decided to become an active creator and not a passive consumer. Here are my reasons for (mostly) abandoning social media: Constant Distraction “Unlock me Mauricio,” my phone said. “Browse Reddit for five minutes.

Originally published on Typeshare Inspired by David Perell’s newsletter, I wanted to share the things I learned this week. The learnings aren’t about a specific topic. It’s more of a random mess of things I learned this week. Things I thought were cool, and I hope you find them cool as well. Notion I learned of Notion through the Ship 30 for 30 community. I saw references to Notion templates and links, and naturally I was curious.

Python, like most programming languages, has built-in numeric data types. Integers and floats are the two common numeric types in Python. Python supports other types of numbers such as Decimal, Fraction, and complex numbers. But in this mini-tutorial, we’ll focus on learning about integers and floats. Number values help us represent all kinds of information. Numbers can be data from a visualization, the score in a video game, web application data, and so on.

In 2021, I spent an absurd amount of time consuming “junk content.” “Junk content” is information we feed our brains that has no beneficial value. On average, I would spend 1-3 hours every day watching a TV series on Netflix, HBO Max, or Disney+. If I wasn’t watching TV, then I was browsing Reddit or watching YouTube videos on my phone. I didn’t feel guilty doing this until the end of 2021.