“Making Hard Things Easy” by Julia Evans (Strange Loop 2023)
youtube.comI've been a fan of Julia Evans, for what seems like ages, because of all her blog posts.
This is the first time I'm seeing a video of hers and I feel I've become an even bigger fan now!
What an amazing, incredible, human being! I don't think I've ever listened to a technical talk and smiled all the way through it!
Thank you, Julia, for reminding that this feeling of joy is one of the main reasons a lot of us are here.
And thank you, Slackwise, for posting this and sharing that joy on HN.
While writing this comment, I was also reminded about one of the main reasons of Matz's for inventing Ruby!
Thanks, and I agree! I was there for the talk and Julia was absolutely electric. When Alex Miller introduced her, he said he wanted someone who makes him happy when they're on stage, and he was right to have chosen Julia!
My heartburn about "share what tools you're using to reduce cognitive load" <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30YWsGDr8mA&t=560> is that in my experience being a tool evangelist is exceptionally hard over the Internet because tooling seems to be a very, very personal thing and suggestions to just try a different tool are met with resistance
I would guess that trick may be contextually dependent upon "when asked for help ... THEN share ..."
As always. Julia rocks.