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Are Gen Z less technical?
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Are Gen Z less technical?

#code #development #leadership #generations
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Name your problems
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Name your problems

#code #development #programming #software
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The conscious machine
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The conscious machine

#ai #ethics
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Why is CSS hard?
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Why is CSS hard?

#code #development #codecraft #design
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If it hurts, stop doing it: the wrong process
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If it hurts, stop doing it: the wrong process

#leadership #agile #development #frustrating
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If you truly want people to be creative and innovative, take them off the clock
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If you truly want people to be creative and innovative, take them off the clock

#leadership #timeout #agile #codecraft
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Mise en place architecture
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Mise en place architecture

#development #programming #architecture #codecraft
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You need a manifesto
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You need a manifesto

#code #development #programming #codecraft
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If it hurts, stop doing it : the wrong tool
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If it hurts, stop doing it : the wrong tool

#development #leadership #agile #management
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Stop working when you’re ill
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Stop working when you’re ill

#leadership #ethics #management #codequality
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The uncrackable back door : The intersection of mathematics, AI, politics and ethics
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The uncrackable back door : The intersection of mathematics, AI, politics and ethics

#data #freespeech #programming #security
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Thinking outside the box: the difference between constraints and perceptions
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Thinking outside the box: the difference between constraints and perceptions

#development #quickfix #ux #codecraft
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Processes upon processes: the JIRA trap
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Processes upon processes: the JIRA trap

#development #leadership #programming #agile
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Journaling for technologists
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Journaling for technologists

#development #quickfix #agile #codecraft
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2022 reflections
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2022 reflections

#ai #ethics #reflections #yearinreview
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Dear technical lead
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Dear technical lead

#development #leadership #leader #mentor
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I'm Craig and I pledge to help #BreakTheBias in 2022!
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I'm Craig and I pledge to help #BreakTheBias in 2022!

#shecodedally
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In the beginning… was the conversation
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In the beginning… was the conversation

#development #programming #ux #agile
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Don’t be a speed shaver
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Don’t be a speed shaver

#development #programming #codecraft #management
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No one thinks like you
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No one thinks like you

#development #leadership #codecraft #requirements
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Managing across distances
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Managing across distances

#leadership #development #mentor #agile
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How to make mistakes
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How to make mistakes

#development #leadership #agile #mentor
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Ideas for a second coding project
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Ideas for a second coding project

#programming #beginners #mentor
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“He never did that to me”
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“He never did that to me”

#leadership #inclusion #teams
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How to debug
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How to debug

#beginners #programming #mentor
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No politics at work
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No politics at work

#career #leadership #inclusion #politics
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return Task vs return await Task
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return Task vs return await Task

#dotnet #csharp #coding #programming
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Be passionate about something that isn’t your job
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Be passionate about something that isn’t your job

#development #leadership #lifehacks #productivity
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Non-technical communication
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Non-technical communication

#development #requirements #teams
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Productivity sieve
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Productivity sieve

#lifehacks #productivity
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Blank spaces : how to deal with nothing in API design
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Blank spaces : how to deal with nothing in API design

#code #development #ux #api
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How to onboard yourself onto a new project
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How to onboard yourself onto a new project

#development #onboarding #requirements
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If you’re not living on the edge, you take up too much room
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If you’re not living on the edge, you take up too much room

#net #development #leadership #programming
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Java without semicolons
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Java without semicolons

#code #development #leadership #programming
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No More Secrets: Using PKCE in OAuth for your JavaScript apps
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No More Secrets: Using PKCE in OAuth for your JavaScript apps

#development #authentication #security #web
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : about me (Q31-40)
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : about me (Q31-40)

#development #leadership #mentor
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Career advice for graduates
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Career advice for graduates

#jobs #career #beginners
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : introspection (Q21-30)
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : introspection (Q21-30)

#development #leadership #mentor
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Has blogging changed my career in a positive way?
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Has blogging changed my career in a positive way?

#blogger #blogging #mentor
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : success (Q11-20)
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : success (Q11-20)

#development #leadership #mentor #professionaldevelopm
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Zettel Lint
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Zettel Lint

#code #zettelkasten #development #markdown
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : failure (Q1-10)
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : failure (Q1-10)

#development #leadership #mentor #professionaldevelopment
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What are you doing now that your future self will thank you for?
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What are you doing now that your future self will thank you for?

#development #lifehacks #quickfix #selfcare
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Things I don’t know as of 2021
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Things I don’t know as of 2021

#development #programming #jobs #mentor
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Litterboxing
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Litterboxing

#development #programming #security #code
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Cloud thinking : Executable documentation.
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Cloud thinking : Executable documentation.

#cloud #development #programming #cloudcomputing
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Modular doesn’t mean interchangeable
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Modular doesn’t mean interchangeable

#development #programming #codecraft #design
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Blank slate
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Blank slate

#development #code #learning #requirements
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For International Women's Day, what have you done this year to support women devs?
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For International Women's Day, what have you done this year to support women devs?

#discuss #shecodedally
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When the old guard are not heroes
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When the old guard are not heroes

#development #agile #diversity #leadership
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Get uncomfortable
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Get uncomfortable

#development #leadership #diversity #codequality
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Cosmosdb and Heterogeneous data
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Cosmosdb and Heterogeneous data

#nosql #cosmosdb #data #azure
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CodeCraftConf 2019 : What is data anyway? (Answers)
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CodeCraftConf 2019 : What is data anyway? (Answers)

#development #codecraftconf #data #guidedconversations
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CodeCraftConf 2019 : What is data anyway? (Questions)
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CodeCraftConf 2019 : What is data anyway? (Questions)

#data #development #codecraftconf #guidedconversations
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Unsuccessful Teams
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Unsuccessful Teams

#development #leadership #code #teams
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Successful teams
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Successful teams

#development #google #leadership #code
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Not being qualified as a graduate
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Not being qualified as a graduate

#development #diversity #jobs
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Your API Sucks – The ‘default’ API : REST and repeat
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Your API Sucks – The ‘default’ API : REST and repeat

#development #api #code #ux
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Thoughts on Global Azure Bootcamp 2019
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Thoughts on Global Azure Bootcamp 2019

#net #cloud #development #azure
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CosmosDb in The Real World : Azure Global Bootcamp 2019 (Glasgow)
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CosmosDb in The Real World : Azure Global Bootcamp 2019 (Glasgow)

#net #azure #data #cosmosdb
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