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Josh Ghent

Hacking away on api's and front ends at Cappfinity by day. Tinkering with servers and contributing to open source by night. I run the LeicesterJS meetup.

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Senior Software Developer at Cappfinity

Setting up LightHouse CI for React in GitHub Actions
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Setting up LightHouse CI for React in GitHub Actions

#githubactions #lighthouseci #react #performance
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Who's looking for open source contributors? (Jan 21st edition)

So the main way is to help out with the API if that is your...

Who's looking for open source contributors? (Jan 21st edition)

Great stuff! Thanks Ankit! Let me know how you get on. Our ...

Who's looking for open source contributors? (Jan 21st edition)

Great stuff! Thanks Ankit! Let me know how you get on. Our ...

Who's looking for open source contributors? (Jan 21st edition)

ESFiddle - esfiddle.net We are in the process of...

Welcome Thread - v1

Hello all, Long time lurker, decided to re-publish my blog...

So, You've Messed Up
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So, You've Messed Up

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Shutdown Routine
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Shutdown Routine

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Resumé Red Flags
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Resumé Red Flags

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My Advice on Become a Software Developer
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My Advice on Become a Software Developer

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Redesigning my Site - Accessibility, Privacy and 100 PSI Scores
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Redesigning my Site - Accessibility, Privacy and 100 PSI Scores

#redesign #gatsby #privacy #performance
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Downloading your Favorite YouTube Playlist Automatically
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Downloading your Favorite YouTube Playlist Automatically

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Building Awesome Application Health Checks
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Building Awesome Application Health Checks

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ATS Resiliency
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ATS Resiliency

#resiliency #serverless #aws #dynamodb
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Rebuilding a Monolith
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Rebuilding a Monolith

#monolith #aws #express #crud
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Re-architecting our PDF Generation
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Re-architecting our PDF Generation

#pdf #puppeteer #aws #serverless
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Preserving Links whilst Migrating Domains with S3
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Preserving Links whilst Migrating Domains with S3

#s3 #aws #domains
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Why Backwards Compatibility is Critical
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Why Backwards Compatibility is Critical

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Sharpening the Saw
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Sharpening the Saw

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Lightning Fast ZSH Performance
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Lightning Fast ZSH Performance

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Personal Infrastructure
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Personal Infrastructure

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How to use Private GitHub Packages on TravisCI
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How to use Private GitHub Packages on TravisCI

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How to Create a Pinned Gist Bot in 10 minutes with GitHub Actions
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How to Create a Pinned Gist Bot in 10 minutes with GitHub Actions

#pinnedgist #automation #githubactions #javascript
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Managing Application Secrets for Terraform across Teams
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Managing Application Secrets for Terraform across Teams

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Monitoring Git Leaks in Travis
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Monitoring Git Leaks in Travis

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Signal vs Noise - Staying Up to Date
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Signal vs Noise - Staying Up to Date

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Resiliency
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Resiliency

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Gatsby or Bust!
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Gatsby or Bust!

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A Guide to Leaving Your Job
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A Guide to Leaving Your Job

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Starting with Why as a Software Developer
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Starting with Why as a Software Developer

#why #career #startwithwhy #serverless
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Architecting the Next Generation of Communication
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Architecting the Next Generation of Communication

#api #pubnub #softwaredevelopment #aws
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Resiliency By Design
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Resiliency By Design

#systemarchitecture #lambda #aws #resilience
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How to Run a Successful Tech Meetup — even if you’re forgetful
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How to Run a Successful Tech Meetup — even if you’re forgetful

#software #events #javascript #leicester
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I don’t know what to say…
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I don’t know what to say…

#opensource #javascript #softwaredevelopment #github
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10 Things I wish I knew before giving my First Tech Talk
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10 Things I wish I knew before giving my First Tech Talk

#lifelessons #publicspeaking #conference #node
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Networking at Tech Meetups
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Networking at Tech Meetups

#networking #friends #meetup #career
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Lessons from Open Source
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Lessons from Open Source

#opensource #softwaredevelopment #programming
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The Art of Good Code Review
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The Art of Good Code Review

#startup #softwaredevelopment #codereview #programming
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Principles of Performance
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Principles of Performance

#webdev #performance #appdevelopment #webperf
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Solve 90% of Google Pagespeed Insights Issues in 30 Minutes
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Solve 90% of Google Pagespeed Insights Issues in 30 Minutes

#softwaredevelopment #google #performance #wordpress
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Understanding PHP hatred
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Understanding PHP hatred

#php #designpatterns #programming #softwarearchitectur
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Beginners Database Design Primer
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Beginners Database Design Primer

#design #softwarearchitectur #database #programming
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How to Attend Your First Programming Meetup
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How to Attend Your First Programming Meetup

#programming #publicspeaking #meetup #networking
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Bulletproof Node — Security Best Practises
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Bulletproof Node — Security Best Practises

#websecurity #programming #node #security
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How to learn a programming language in record time
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How to learn a programming language in record time

#learningtocode #learning #programming #learnprogramming
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What programming language should I learn: or Why it doesn’t matter
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What programming language should I learn: or Why it doesn’t matter

#learn #learntocode #programming #coding
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