I want to do work that matters, and what matters more than making geographic data accessible to humans? Working at Development Seed is a continuation of the journey I started as a Geography student 20 years ago and left about two years ago to try something different.
I‘m happy to be wrangling latitudes and longitudes and making maps again.
I published release 1.1.0 of netlify-plugin-html-validate. The only notable change is the upgrade of html-validate from 4.6 to 4.10.1, which makes available several changes, most notably two new features:
.htmlvalidateignore, you can now exclude files from being validated..htmlvalidate.json, you can configure html-validate using .htmlvalidate.js, which enables comments and better interoperability between sharable and regular config files.Note: This release is not yet available in Netlify’s plugin directory, while Netlify’s engineers are working on a solution to support breaking changes in plugins. You can add the latest release to your build using file-based plugin configuration.
‘Embrace the grind’ is one of the best pieces of advice you can give to early-career software developers.
Successful developers are rarely the ones who know every architecture or design pattern, every last detail of a programming language, or every JavaScript framework currently en vogue. Great developers work through complex problems that require several iterations to solve. They go spelunking into complex code they didn’t write to understand the root of a nasty bug or spend days breaking down a significant feature into small deliverables so that each stage adds value. It requires grit and determination. Earlier in my career, this looked like magic, but it got easier over the years; it’s a skill you develop.