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Jean-Michel Fayard 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧🇪🇸🇨🇴

Laziness, Impatience and Hubris

Location Berlin, Germany Joined Joined on  Email address jmfayard@gmail.com Personal website https://jmfayard.dev/ github website twitter website

Education

ENSIMAG + Universität Karlsruhe (TH)

Work

Kotlin, Backend, Open Source maintainer, Technical Writing

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20+ Lessons I've Learned Writing on DEV for 4 Years
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20+ Lessons I've Learned Writing on DEV for 4 Years

#writing #beginners #career #meta
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💥 Best of #explainlikeimfive
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💥 Best of #explainlikeimfive

#explainlikeimfive #bestofdev #beginners
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“What is your current salary?” is a red flag that you don’t want to work here
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“What is your current salary?” is a red flag that you don’t want to work here

#career #beginners #hiring
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How to learn Kotlin: browser vs IDE, books vs tutorials, for newbies and Java devs
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How to learn Kotlin: browser vs IDE, books vs tutorials, for newbies and Java devs

#beginners #kotlin #career #android
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Android's billion-dollar mistake(s)
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Android's billion-dollar mistake(s)

#android #kotlin
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What are your best tips for getting a first developer job?
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What are your best tips for getting a first developer job?

#help #career #beginners #discuss
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git is not the end of history
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git is not the end of history

#healthydebate #git #github #watercooler
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Why do you Have Too Many Tabs Opened? An almost imaginary conversation with my 5 years old nephew
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Why do you Have Too Many Tabs Opened? An almost imaginary conversation with my 5 years old nephew

#watercooler #productivity #tutorial
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Bitcoin Blockchain Bullshit?
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Bitcoin Blockchain Bullshit?

#watercooler #healthydebate #blockchain #bitcoin
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Twitter - My Advice is To Give Up
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Twitter - My Advice is To Give Up

#healthydebate #mentalhealth
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Salary: Why "Do Your Own Research" is terrible advice
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Salary: Why "Do Your Own Research" is terrible advice

#healthydebate #career #money
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Can beginners make a simple but meaningful contribution? Some unconventional advice #hacktoberfest
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Can beginners make a simple but meaningful contribution? Some unconventional advice #hacktoberfest

#beginners #opensource #hacktoberfest #github
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What are your Favorite Authors, on Which Topics, and Why?
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What are your Favorite Authors, on Which Topics, and Why?

#discuss #writing #watercooler #gratitude
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Forem as hybrid blog+mailing-list, substack style?
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Forem as hybrid blog+mailing-list, substack style?

#discuss #meta #forem #writing
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What are the best tools/concepts to shoot yourself in the foot again and again?
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What are the best tools/concepts to shoot yourself in the foot again and again?

#discuss #watercooler #programming #community
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The Hardest Problem in Computer Science: How do You Wait While Compiling?
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The Hardest Problem in Computer Science: How do You Wait While Compiling?

#watercooler #discuss #programming
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Is Git Great? #healthydebate
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Is Git Great? #healthydebate

#healthydebate #git #discuss #github
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GitHub Actions: a New Hope in YAML Programming Wasteland
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GitHub Actions: a New Hope in YAML Programming Wasteland

#showdev #kotlin #github #news
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Wisdom of the DEV crowd 🗣
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Wisdom of the DEV crowd 🗣

#watercooler #learning #bestofdev #meta
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What are your best tips for starting well in a new job?
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What are your best tips for starting well in a new job?

#discuss #career #help
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What are your best reads of the week?
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What are your best reads of the week?

#discuss #watercooler
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Kotlin monthly wrap-up: July 2021
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Kotlin monthly wrap-up: July 2021

#kotlin #android #bestofdev #top7
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How to Write a Command-Line Tool with Kotlin Multiplatform
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How to Write a Command-Line Tool with Kotlin Multiplatform

#showdev #kotlin #productivity
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Practice what's new in Java
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Practice what's new in Java

#showdev #java
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Kotlin monthly wrap up - June 2021
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Kotlin monthly wrap up - June 2021

#android #kotlin #bestofdev #top7
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Blockchain and the bitcoin are new and useful
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Blockchain and the bitcoin are new and useful

#healthydebate #blockchain #bitcoin
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What keeps you motivated to write?
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What keeps you motivated to write?

#discuss #writing #watercooler
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How to build a GraphQL Gateway with Spring Boot and Kotlin
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How to build a GraphQL Gateway with Spring Boot and Kotlin

#tutorial #kotlin #graphql #serverless
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Kotlin monthly wrap up - May 2021
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Kotlin monthly wrap up - May 2021

#kotlin #bestofdev #android
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Unit test your learning 💡
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Unit test your learning 💡

#javascript #beginners #career #programming
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De Java à Kotlin en 20 minutes
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De Java à Kotlin en 20 minutes

#french #kotlin #java #beginners
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DEV.to internal search is... bad?
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DEV.to internal search is... bad?

#discuss #meta #healthydebate
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Is it worth it to cross-post on Medium in 2021?
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Is it worth it to cross-post on Medium in 2021?

#watercooler #meta #writing #healthydebate
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From Java to Kotlin in 20 minutes ⚡️
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From Java to Kotlin in 20 minutes ⚡️

#java #kotlin #android #beginners
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Use Twitter to say Thank You!
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Use Twitter to say Thank You!

#watercooler #gratitude #mentalhealth
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15 Command Line Tools which Spark Joy in Your Terminal
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15 Command Line Tools which Spark Joy in Your Terminal

#productivity #linux #beginners #bash
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What are your favorite articles from 2020? #bestofdev
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What are your favorite articles from 2020? #bestofdev

#discuss #bestofdev #gratitude #writing
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Which principles would your Hippocratic Oath for programming contain?
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Which principles would your Hippocratic Oath for programming contain?

#discuss #watercooler
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NPM libraries: which are the good ones?
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NPM libraries: which are the good ones?

#help #javascript #discuss
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⚡️ 7 quick actionable tips for your job search
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⚡️ 7 quick actionable tips for your job search

#career #beginners
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Comment apprendre Kotlin? IDE et navigateur, livres et tutoriels, débutants et dev Java
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Comment apprendre Kotlin? IDE et navigateur, livres et tutoriels, débutants et dev Java

#french #kotlin #beginners
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Do you Read your Reading List?
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Do you Read your Reading List?

#discuss #watercooler
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What are your biggest frustrations in the hiring process?
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What are your biggest frustrations in the hiring process?

#discuss #career #hiring
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Q: What is your salary expectation? A: I don't have one, make me an offer!
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Q: What is your salary expectation? A: I don't have one, make me an offer!

#healthydebate #career #beginners #hiring
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Best cafés to meet cool people in Berlin
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Best cafés to meet cool people in Berlin

#berlin #coffee #career
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Contribute to the Kotlin Libraries Playground for #hacktoberfest
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Contribute to the Kotlin Libraries Playground for #hacktoberfest

#showdev #hacktoberfest #kotlin #android
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How do I setup GitHub Actions for my Gradle or Android project?
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How do I setup GitHub Actions for my Gradle or Android project?

#actionshackathon #tutorial #kotlin #android
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Personal update
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Personal update

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How do we stay sane and connected to others in a scary world?
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How do we stay sane and connected to others in a scary world?

#discuss #mentalhealth #watercooler
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Yes, you should write that first post!
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Yes, you should write that first post!

#firstpost #motivation #beginners #writing
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She was parenting two girls, nevertheless #shecoded and lead a team - Interview with Julie Vandenabeele-Orzea
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She was parenting two girls, nevertheless #shecoded and lead a team - Interview with Julie Vandenabeele-Orzea

#shecoded #career #motivation
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Things I've been writing on dev.to
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Things I've been writing on dev.to

#bestofdev #pinned
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From marketing to backend developer in one year - the story of Adele Carpenter
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From marketing to backend developer in one year - the story of Adele Carpenter

#career #beginners #kotlin
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How to become Effective with Kotlin? Answers from Marcin Moskala
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How to become Effective with Kotlin? Answers from Marcin Moskala

#kotlin #career #android #books
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Good things I've read recently here
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Good things I've read recently here

#bestofdev #gratitude
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42 things you MUST stop obsessing about if you want to become a good $PERSON
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42 things you MUST stop obsessing about if you want to become a good $PERSON

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What are the worst programming languages that nobody should learn?
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What are the worst programming languages that nobody should learn?

#discuss #watercooler #career
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Are you feeling overwhelmed? Refactor your assumptions
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Are you feeling overwhelmed? Refactor your assumptions

#kotlin #career #motivation #mentalhealth
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How and why I gave up the MacBook Pro... for the iMac 27"
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How and why I gave up the MacBook Pro... for the iMac 27"

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How do you come up with a good title/cover image/twitt?
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How do you come up with a good title/cover image/twitt?

#help #writing
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What do you want to let go in 2020?
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What do you want to let go in 2020?

#discuss #watercooler
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#KotlinConf 2019 - interviews coming
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#KotlinConf 2019 - interviews coming

#kotlin #kotlinconf
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How do you stay focused in a distracted world?
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How do you stay focused in a distracted world?

#discuss #watercooler
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Help me choose what I should write next
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Help me choose what I should write next

#watercooler #motivation #meta
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Learning programming on a Chromebook?
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Learning programming on a Chromebook?

#discuss #chromebook
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