Does Not Compute

09: A Trip Down Memory Lane

Episode Summary

In episode 9 of Does Not Compute, Sean and Paul talk about how having empathy toward clients can help you stay motivated on long running projects, a few install tips for installing SSL on your servers, and how choosing convention over configuration can lead to greater productivity for you and your team.

Episode Notes

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Things Mentioned

• How do you stay motivated on projects that run long?
  • Having empathy towards the client helps the most. That and being clear while managing expectations on both sides. Most of the time, this thing you’re building is something they care about, just people have different ways of communicating that.
  • Empathy is key
  • Sometimes, The Better You Program, The Worse You Communicate
• @ryandlf on asked twitter: “Maybe a couple more words on SSL in a future show? What's really required etc.”
  • How To Create a SSL Certificate on Apache for Ubuntu 14.04
  • Heroku SSL Guides
  • Dead simple SSL certificate installes
• The Image Replacement Museum
• Convention Over Configuration
• The Cost of (Javascript) Frameworks