Visiting a new office called "De haven".
My buddies Hidde & Jordi started working from a new office in Amsterdam which they call "De Haven", translated from Dutch to "The Harbor"
"The Harbor: A place where we ship new releases."
It's a mindset we like to use, and we aim as a group to ship at least one update per day (must admit: we don't always succeed). "A ship is leaving!" is what we would post in our iMessage group.
Niels and I decided to give them a proper gift, quoting another value: "Remmen is Angst', translating to:
“Ship fast; pushing the break equals fear.” Also known as:
"Learn by shipping"
The point I want to send across is two things:
- These values bring motivation. Speaking for myself, I'm actually learning by shipping and aiming to get that ship out of the harbor to learn fast.
- Having a group of like-minded developers around you boosts your energy. We only worked from "De Haven" for two hours, but it gave me much energy for my weekly SwiftLee day.
Enjoy this week's SwiftLee Weekly!
