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  • Is it time to step back and look at the greater design?

    PyBites Team

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    **The  official Pybites T-Shirt** This week we talk about an important topic: how to prevent yourself as a programmer from getting into tunnel vision when coding.  We have a nice practical example we’ll share how we hit this last week (and many times more for that matter) in one of our solutions and also relate it to similar experience people go through when working with us.  You have to take a step back from time to time (“creating space”) to think about the bigger picture design. We hope it helps you and prepares you better when you hit this issue…

  • The gift of time

    PyBites Team

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    Listen now: In this episode we talk about the gift of time.  Are you intentional in how you spend time with people?  We talk about several advantages, why it’s so important for your career, personal growth and life / well being.  And the best thing: it takes relatively little effort and time if you know how to manage it well productivity wise.  Enjoy and ping us if you have preferred topics you want to hear us discuss on our podcast – thanks! Books mentioned:Made to StickTest-Driven Development with Python Pybites Podcast reading list:https://pybitesbooks.com/lists/pybites-podcastJoin our Slack here:https://pybit.es/community/Dedicated podcast channel:https://pybites.slack.com/archives/CMQ796HQQ More information about our PDM…

  • How to stay motivated and beat procrastination

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    Listen now: Whether you like it or not we are emotional species so you have to manage your motivation, it’s not a given! In this week’s podcast we feature two segments from our productivity course: motivation and procrastination. We teach you various techniques to keep your motivation high: – Desire breathes motivation. – Go back to your goals regularly. – Visualise your future self. – Get an accountability partner. – Respect your bio (sleep, diet, exercise). – Work with people that are one or two steps ahead of you. Then we talk about the Procrastination monster that ruins that good…

  • The hidden cost of pursuing a higher salary

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    Listen now: This week we talk about a “taboo” topic: the pursuit of chasing the bigger paycheque. We reflect on the (hidden) cost of this and what to take into consideration. As usual, we also share some cool wins and books we’re reading.  Join our Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/pybites– Live training coming in a few weeks … What we’re reading: Create Space, Blockchain Revolution,  Refactoring 2nd ed, Brief Answers to the Big Questions(Here is a complete reading list of all books we’ve mentioned on the podcast) And a special shout-out to Brian Okken‘s Python Testing with pytest, Second Edition which we reviewed and thoroughly enjoyed. Great work Brian! Thanks for…

  • Learn by building, how we built our own collaboration tool in Django

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    Listen now: In this episode we tell the story about Pybites CMS, our new powertool we use to better streamline our business. We tell why we built it, how it was an opportunity for Julian to brush up his coding skills, how we applied the PDM philosophy of learning by building, scratching your own itch. Join our Facebook group here (live training coming soon!): https://www.facebook.com/groups/pybites And if you want to take your Python and dev skills to the next level, check out our PDM coaching program here:https://pybit.es/catalogue/the-pdm-program/ We could not find the mentioned article about shipping fast, but we certainly have…

  • How to achieve more deep work

    Bob Belderbos

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    Listen now: How much deep work do you get done on a typical work day? In our case, we thought plenty. It turns out that lately it’s been less and less. As the authors of Practical Productivity with PyBites this came as quite a shock! But as you’ll learn in this episode, productivity is insidious. You can be well on track with your goals, focus and habits, but then gradually, things start to slide, and before you know it you’re completely off-track. In this episode we talk about how we became aware of this and provide you with some tips to help you…