The hosts of Weekly Dev Chat are pleased to announce we will be hosting Advent of Code/Cyber. Come join us in real life on December 18 at Strathcona Public Library. We'll be participating in Advent of Code and Advent of Cyber. Bring your laptop and come join the fun!
See here for more details and registration.
I came across this article. I'll jump to the end and quote his conclusion:
Estimates – as defined in the English language – isn’t really the problem here. The problem is when estimates are treated as predictions, deadlines, and used to put pressure on developers who are just trying to do their jobs. Estimates – the way they are used in our industry today – hurts people and reduces the psychological safety in our organisations. I believe we would be better off if we could work in a way that allows developers to be transparent and continuously communicate updated estimates as development progresses.
What do you think? How can estimates be realistic? How are estimates done where you work? Agile, e.g. Story Points, planning poker? Or more formal software costing, e.g. COCOMO, Function Points?
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Zoom link will be posted at 12pm MDT.
The topic for today's (Dec 2, 2025) chat is Third Places (not home or work), specifically for developers and other technologists. Where do you go to interact with other developers? Why do you go there? Why do you not go?
Inspired by the Weekly Dev Chat starting to host more in real-life (IRL) events.
Third Place:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place
We are experimenting with using Luma for registration. Try it out and let us know what you think:
Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Zoom link will be posted at 12pm MDT.
P.S. - The image was created by Claude and is it's second attempt after I asked it to make the first, really boring image, more exciting.
