About us
We are a community of software developers who are passionate about honing their craft, getting better every day and learning new techniques, tools or languages. We get together regularly, in our Coders Monthly nights and organise other events such as Lean Poker, Global Day of Coderetreat or SoCraTes Day. Come around, join us!
For more, see https://codersonly.org
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Software Craft Study Group: Alan Turing - Computing Machinery and Intelligence
·OnlineOnlineJoin our next session of the Software Craft Study Group to discuss the famous paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" by Alan Turing. You can prepare for the session by listening to the corresponding podcast episode by Felienne Hermans & Hanna Schraffenberger: https://rss.com/podcasts/computer-science-off-course/3007484/ and / or you can check out the paper yourself: https://courses.cs.umbc.edu/471/papers/turing.pdf
Please do at least one of those before the meeting. We will present a very short introduction to the topic, but that works better as a reminder than a replacement for studying the topic yourself. The main focus of the meeting is a free discussion where everyone can participate.
What is the Software Craft Study Group about?
We want to take advantage of all the great content on Software Engineering available out there and learn from it to become better at our craft. These meetings give us an excuse to actually study these resources and a chance to ask each other questions for clarification as well as share our own experiences. It is also a great place to meet people.
We meet remotely, so you can join from anywhere! And don't hesitate to join if you are just starting your programming journey, as long as you are interested in the weekly topic this is the right place for you.
If you would like to keep the discussion going outside the meetings, join our Discord channel on the Coders Only server: https://discord.gg/QjxgPbF7Cu.
You can also suggest new topics for upcoming discussions or vote for existing suggestions in the topic-suggestions channel: https://discord.gg/WdgXGNxCUR
We also have a collection of links from previous discussions. If you have a link you shared or mentioned in a previous session, feel free to add it there.
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Study Group: The Psychology of Software Teams, Chapter 1
·OnlineOnlineJoin us for the first session of our new study group, where we'll be reading and discussing Dr. Cat Hicks' book The Psychology of Software Teams.
We're starting at the beginning, with Chapter 1: The Brains and Hearts That Build the World.This is an informal book club: we meet to share our thoughts, questions, and half-formed reactions to what we've read. Everyone is welcome, whatever your relationship to the software engineering world and however long you've been in it. The only preparation needed is reading the chapter for that session.
We'll shape the group and its format together, taking inspiration from the book club guide the author put together herself: https://catharsisinsight.com/book-club-guideWant to go deeper?
For Chapter 1, Cat recommends two pieces of companion material:- Her posit::conf(2025) keynote — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-bMX_l3nkk
- A short, practical IEEE Software paper on the four sociocognitive factors behind the LABS model for resilient teams — https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10491133
Reflection prompts
The guide includes two "Try it" prompts for this chapter. Sit with them for a few minutes before the session if you can.- Think of one moment at work where your emotional state visibly shaped your technical output (a good day or a bad one). What would it have looked like for your team to account for that? Make an if-then plan (“if I have a bad day, then I will…”) to take care of yourself on a bad day.
- Think of a moment where you’ve seen a technical person or team successfully make their work more “visible and valued.” What barriers did they face in doing so? Is there any wisdom they would pass along to others? If you are that person, what advice would you give your younger self? To make it tangible, write down one concrete piece of advice, or even a whole letter, to your younger self.
— from Dr. Cat Hicks' book club guide: https://catharsisinsight.com/book-club-guide
About the series
The current plan is to have one session per chapter and meet every other week, giving everyone plenty of time to prepare. We also have a discord channel to keep the discussion going between the meetings: https://discord.gg/FApmy7zYknSee you there!
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