sgawlik

I’d suggest chest since the head will be wobbly and needs support early on. I used the ergo baby carrier which supports the head when you’re chest to chest with the baby. Later you can turn the baby around when the neck muscles are developed. Also, no worries: she’ll let you know what her status is and she won’t forego too many meals :) I’d also recommend multiple carrying contraptions like the solly if you can muscle memorize how to wrap it. You’ll figure out what works best for you and you have a backup if your primary is involved in a diaper accident.

When you're looking at an unfamiliar C code base for the first time, how do you approach it? Which files do you look for? Which tools to you open up immediately?

I like the distinction between pioneer, settler, and city planner when thinking of the people working on new products. To me, it’s more about the lifecycle of a product as opposed to putting people into boxes.

I feel like I know what business/code trade-offs I should make depending on which of those characters I’m currently playing. I also know what type of flexibility I should build into the product early on and which best practices can wait until market fit has been found.

I wouldn’t want to take a city planner into the wilderness (sewers and squares before we know if anyone wants to even live here, lots of high quality code that has no users). And I also wouldn’t want to be a mayor having pioneers running my subway/water system (bandaid fixes, poor long-term decisions, spaghetti code)

But I agree with you overall that people can adopt these roles based on context and aren’t limited by them