Mat

A backend engineer interested in improving the maintainability of systems. Currently working in Ruby.

Remote Joined on Apr 24, 2018 https://matmoore.github.io/

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Mat

Jun 17

Get linux samba shares to show up in windows again

#troubleshooting #windows

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A list of board games and party games you can play online

What more would you like to know? The list is still available...

Mar 5 '21

Looking for a new job in 2020

Thanks Kayla, I didn't know listings were a thing! I made t...

Jan 6 '20

Do you have a process for naming things?

This reminded me of a talk I saw recently where the present...

Jun 7 '19

IMHO considered harmful

Great post. It made me think of my bad habit of using word...

May 6 '19

Python Programming Challenge

By time limit exceeded I assume you mean they wanted to the...

Apr 28 '19

Have anyone managed to format code in IntelliJ just like Eclipse?

Have you tried adopting a 3rd party set of formatting rules...

Apr 17 '19

How to grow in a developer career despite being introvert?

I think a key point is that introversion is not the same as...

Sep 8 '18

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Apr 18

Please stop using ||= all the time

#ruby #refactoring #readability

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Dec 12 '20

Turn Windows into a usable development environment with WSL

#windows #productivity #docker

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Nov 10 '20

What agile development actually means

#agile #teams #people

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Aug 29 '20

How to make a comfortable face mask

#sewing #covid #hobbies

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Jul 5 '20

How to automatically add stuff to git messages

#productivity #fun

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May 23 '20

Starting my new job in lockdown

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Mar 19 '20

A list of board games and party games you can play online

#coronavirus #fun #games #mentalhealth

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Mar 11 '20

Hiring people with the same ideas as you does not generate new ideas

#recruitment #diversity #career

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Feb 29 '20

A shared calendar for software engineering conferences in the UK

#conferences #learning #python

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Jan 4 '20

Looking for a new job in 2020

#career

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Dec 29 '19

Twitter meme challenge in Python

#data #algorithms #python

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Sep 29 '19

How to review website accessibility (without comprehensive testing)

#a11y #html #testing

6 min read

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Jul 25 '19

I made a tool for debugging character encoding problems

#mojibake #unicode #text #debugging

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Jun 9 '19

How do you approach a legacy technology project?

#discuss #legacy #devops #architecture

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Apr 17 '19

How to manage a huge database schema with Liquibase

#database #oracle #devops

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Mar 8 '19

Making sense of python’s development tools in 2019

#python

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Feb 24 '19

3 lessons for building better AI (from the 2019 Turing talk)

#machinelearning #ethics #ai

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Feb 15 '19

Watching conference talks as a group

#culture #learning #motivation

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Jan 13 '19

What I learned shadowing other developers for a week

#learning #onboarding #culture

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Dec 30 '18

Can you host a read-only API on github pages?

#apis #hosting

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Sep 8 '18

It's ok for things to go wrong

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Aug 31 '18

Using trello to prioritise my time

#productivity #agile #tips

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Get linux samba shares to show up in windows again

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A list of board games and party games you can play online

Looking for a new job in 2020

Do you have a process for naming things?

IMHO considered harmful

Python Programming Challenge

Have anyone managed to format code in IntelliJ just like Eclipse?

How to grow in a developer career despite being introvert?

Please stop using ||= all the time

Turn Windows into a usable development environment with WSL

What agile development actually means

How to make a comfortable face mask

How to automatically add stuff to git messages

Starting my new job in lockdown

A list of board games and party games you can play online

Hiring people with the same ideas as you does not generate new ideas

A shared calendar for software engineering conferences in the UK

Looking for a new job in 2020

Twitter meme challenge in Python

How to review website accessibility (without comprehensive testing)

I made a tool for debugging character encoding problems

How do you approach a legacy technology project?

How to manage a huge database schema with Liquibase

Making sense of python’s development tools in 2019

3 lessons for building better AI (from the 2019 Turing talk)

Watching conference talks as a group

What I learned shadowing other developers for a week

Can you host a read-only API on github pages?

It's ok for things to go wrong

Using trello to prioritise my time