Compassionate Coding: Showing Care Between the Keyboard and the Chair
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Argues that measurable gains follow from humane practices claims include reduced stress and better collaboration a cited local stat shows 43% say mental health negatively impacts productivity offers concrete practices like clearer variable names and rewriting abrasive feedback into constructive suggestions demonstrates compassionate code reviews with a before and after review example warns against tabs versus spaces binary thinking and revives problem between keyboard and chair to insist on user testing boundary setting and scheduled breaks as tools that actually improve code maintenance and team resilience
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Human connection matters
- 3:32Compassion in tech
- 6:24What compassion means
- 8:10Self-compassion for devs
- 11:58Compassion in code reviews
- 15:09Avoiding binary thinking
- 17:57Compassion for users
- 23:36Ethics in tech design
- 27:54Aligning values with work
- 30:19Ego versus humility
- 33:27Small acts of kindness
