Mihnea Simian

Mihnea Simian @mihneasim

About: Writing mostly about the journey of a Chapter Lead: leading a team of 9 development engineers in 5 squads for 5yrs+ Before this, I was myself an individual contributor, skilled in Python and Frontend.

Location:
Bucharest, Romania
Joined:
Jul 10, 2022

Mihnea Simian
articles - 15 total

How I changed a team meeting ritual so that I can grow

Leaders evolve alongside their team's growth. The more the team adopts behaviours from their leader,...

Learn More 0 0Apr 2 '24

Leading Remote: How to Handle Instant Messaging Distractions

There's an undeniable surge in services trying to improve communication inside organizations, once...

Learn More 0 0Jan 31 '24

Rapidly boost code review efficiency for sizeable distributed teams

Not surprisingly, there's already a lot of literature on what makes a good Code Review - also known...

Learn More 0 0Jan 20 '24

Revojs: How a Local Conference in 🇷🇴 Romania turned into a Networking Gold Mine

Two large frontend events are happening in Romania each year, and one of them is revojs in Timisoara,...

Learn More 0 0Dec 11 '23

Hyrum's law in modern frontend

The best professional books for you are the books that are revealing situational problems that you...

Learn More 4 0May 30 '23

What are some obscure technologies you once learnt and don't expect to use them again?

And what still stuck with you after that experience? What unique facts do you still remember? I...

Learn More 7 2May 24 '23

Your last read before your next great idea of an app using OpenAI APIs

Sooner rather than later, you will face the fact that you'll want to experiment with building a...

Learn More 1 0May 7 '23

Cracked: Why Will's JavaScript The Hard Parts class is so efficient

I've watched Will Sentance's class JavaScript, The Hard Parts v2, and I liked it - without knowing...

Learn More 2 0Apr 20 '23

Accessibility 101

Summary of Introduction to Web Accessibility as taught by W3Cx

Learn More 0 0Mar 7 '23

Image rendering 101. Ultimate raster-vector battle: PNG vs SVG

I was having a discussion with one of my colleagues on the decision of using SVG format instead of...

Learn More 5 0Oct 29 '22

npm list and npm explain explained

Long long time ago, when I used to do Rapid App Development using Python, my package manager of...

Learn More 4 0Oct 17 '22

How my Frontend skills helped me pass my sailing test

This year I decided to pick up sailing classes and get the skipper license, for leisure sailing, and...

Learn More 4 0Aug 15 '22

I've led a Frontend Chapter for three years and this is the idea I'm most proud of

A chapter is different than a squad or a team, especially when it comes to collaboration channels and...

Learn More 11 0Jul 19 '22

I once tried not to use date-fns

In one of my team's Pull Requests I noticed date-fns being added as dependency for our components...

Learn More 3 0Jul 18 '22

Should a Chapter Lead have Chapter members in their squad?

Having a chapter member in your own squad means you will be sharing scrum ceremonies, backlog and...

Learn More 0 0Jul 10 '22