DEV Community: Kasper Mróz

Do your own research 🔍

Kasper Mróz — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 21:04:21 +0000

Hi there! This post is just expressing a thought that popped into my mind after spending some time browsing through DEV. The philosophy behind it is simple - question everything you read on the Internet.

The abundance of information 🤯

There is so much content for us to consume. I've been a member of DEV for just about a week and I couldn't be happier about it. I see many great, valuable posts everyday. However, I've also seen some posts that were completely not true.

The source of truth 🤔

Personally, whenever I write about something which I didn't entirely make up (unlike this post), I like to include sources. Not only does it give credit for actual authors, but also it provides people with a shortcut for validating everything they've just read - and even more! Isn't that great? I encourage each one of our awesome posters to do exactly the same thing. It will only increase your credibility!

We're all learning 🤓

Please keep this one in mind. Learning is the inherent part of our job, something all of us have to do constantly in order to remain relevant. I'll speak for myself here - I'm not an expert on many things I'd love to master. Yet. If I post about something, I have just enough understanding of it that I can confidently share it with everyone. In case anyone questions it in the comments, I should have enough knowledge to freely discuss about it. But it doesn't make anything I write an undisputed truth.

Keep on being nice! 🤗

If you ever see someone who is incorrect - don't be a jerk! I haven't seen any inappropriate behaviour on DEV, and it makes me super proud of being a part of the community. All the comments pointing out mistakes were kept in a friendly tone, rather than attacking authors. And we should put extra effort to keep it up! 🔥

Wrap up 🎗

There's plenty of information available for everyone. Whenever you read something related to a subject yet unknown to you, make sure to double check it - for instance, see the official React docs after reading a blog post about hooks. 🪝

Thanks for reading! I know that doing research for your own is probably obvious for most of the people here. However, a short reminder doesn't hurt!

🚧 The Einstellung Effect 🚧

Kasper Mróz — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 21:01:19 +0000

Hello everyone, welcome to my very first blog post! I hope it will provide you some value, and what's more important, a bit of reflection. 🧠

Today I'll briefly cover the Einstellung effect, something I recently discovered while progressing Learn how to Learn course by dr Barbara Oakley.

What does it mean? 🤔

The German word Einstellung can be loosely translated as mindset or attitude. In terms of problem solving, it means to create sort of an automated state of mind. 🤖 This can be useful, especially when we want to master a repetitive manual task - see this takoyaki master. In case of a software engineer however, it can sometimes make our life harder!

Why does it matter? 🤷

The Einstellung can be also referenced as a problem solving set. It determines our predisposition to handle given problem in specific way, often ignoring better or more appropriate solutions. Think of a last time when you solved an issue that you found relatively easy, maybe even trivial - depending on your experience it can be related to implementation, design or architecture. You didn't give it much thought, did you? Yeah, and neither did I!

Our brains have this amazing superpower to create neural patterns, kind of paths that our mind follows step by step after initial thought. It takes time and repetition to create such patterns, otherwise they faint and disappear. When we learn something new and keep repeating this thing over and over, it strengthens our neural pattern and leads us to automaticity - this is exactly what Einstellung is all about.

How can we prevent it from affecting us? 🛡

The best way to make sure we don't fall for our mind's traps is stopping for a while and simply asking yourself a question - is this really the best way to do it? Try a different approach from time to time, always keep doing your research. Look for current state-of-art solutions, compare it with yours. Simply put, give it another thought!

Wrap up 🎗

Today we learned about The Einstellung, a of mechanised way of thinking. We discovered how this negative effect of previous experience can influence our problem solving effects, and how to handle falling for it!

Thank you for reading! 🙇

Consider giving me a feedback on how to improve in writing, I will be grateful for life. 🙏
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Let's make some connections!

Kasper Mróz — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:51:01 +0000

Hi there! 👋
Hope everyone's having a great day. I've recently watched a great interview with @cassidoo , in which she emphasised the importance of making connections. I'm new here, I really don't know anyone, and I'd love to change it!

My name's Kasper, I've just turned 23. I'm a Full Stack Developer @ Ringier Axel Springer Polska (media&tech company). I live and work full time in Poland. I also do university on the weekends, Bachelor in Computer Science. Currently trying to make it all work together and looking for ways to grow as a Software Engineer 🚀

If anyone is interested in sharing their story and making new connections, please DM me or leave a comment, I'd love to reach out to you! 😁

What's "flaky" in terms of tech?

Kasper Mróz — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 09:07:38 +0000

I've heard this term couple of times and know it has a negative meaning, but I'd appreciate if someone could explain it to me with some details (example would be fantastic 🙏).