Build and Learn Performance review season, OpenAPI, Twilio, and calendar app
Feb 19, 2024
38:13
In this episode of Build and Learn you'll hear CJ and Colin discuss the following:
- CJ's weekend project of installing new kitchen cabinets. They share the DIY process of customizing and installing inexpensive cabinets from Lowe's.
- Running and training tips, including focusing on "zone two" aerobic base training. Colin shares his goals to rebuild his running foundation and get faster this year.
- How performance reviews work at their companies, the process of self-reviews and peer feedback, and how 5:15s "five fifteens" help document accomplishments.
- CJ is building API documentation using OpenAPI spec and integrating Twilio APIs into his product. He realized he needed both Twilio's legacy and modern APIs.
- Colin is working on a Google Calendar integration for Discord, allowing users to schedule meetings in Discord voice channels. He discusses the challenges with Discord's permanent voice channel URLs.
- Interviewing and pair programming with candidates using Tuple. They wish for ephemeral URLs to avoid overlaps.
- Strategies for ramping up on and understanding a new codebase, like tracing the flow of a request. An LLM tool for summarizing codebases could be useful.
- Encouragement to get outdoors, avoid burnout, and "touch grass"!