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Joined March 2013
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Let’s all dream more in 2023 🚀
Ambition shaming is very common today. Here's why having a dream, goals, and a clear vision is an amazing thing:
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A hilarious and poignant treatise on the realities of being a software engineer. "given choice between complexity or one on one against t-rex, grug take t-rex: at least grug see t-rex" Perfect treat for a Friday coffee break. grugbrain.dev/ #devs #tech #devslife
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Read 👇 to learn more about @CloudNativeFdn free training on how to make ethics a part of your software development process. trib.al/Yh4WSbi
I am proud to announce, a new Sorting algorithm! reddit.com/r/programmerhumor…
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Bug fixing inspiration for Saturday pet projects
Happy Friday! Here are some https cats, we all deserve it: http.cat/
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I’m willing to hold you accountable for lying about climate change for 30 years when you secretly knew the entire time that fossil fuels emissions would destroy our planet 😇
📊 What are you willing to change to help reduce emissions? #EnergyDebate
23%💨 Offset emissions
7%✈️ Stop flying
26%🚗 Buy electric vehicle
45%⚡️ Renewable electricity
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[a task takes more than 5 minutes] programmers: can this be automated? Is it worth the time? A useful chart:
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What a wonderfully humorous introduction to AWS by expeditedsecurity.com/aws-in… : "So, EVERY S3 client participates in the polite fiction that a forward slash means that Oh Boy! there’s a folder here, even when there’s really not one." #SundayLearning
Which JavaScript / front-end performance book did you learn the most from? The more advanced, the better...
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What's the easiest backend/database as a service that you know of for side projects? I'm not looking for a giant client-side library (like firebase). Just endpoints I can hit for CRUD and user auth.
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What service have you found best for logging and tracking errors in production? (Please ❤️ replies you agree with instead of adding duplicate tweets)
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I’ve been working as a software engineer for 10 years 🎂 Man, does time fly! Here’s a list of ten honest takes on the job and the industry. ⬇️
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A guy on reddit reversed engineered #TikTok Here’s what he found on the data it collects on you It’s far worse than just stealing what’s on your clipboard:
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Q: When I was 4, my sister was 2. I am now 44. How old is my sister? Programmer: 44 - (4 - 2) = 42 Tester:
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Some good news! @Google is announcing that they will finally stop funding climate change deniers. agreenergoogle.com #AGreenerGoogle
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A few weeks ago @j_f_green took me on a data engineering adventure and we had quite some fun experimenting with how memory efficient are different python data representations. He recently wrote an in-depth blog post about it, which you should definitely check out!
New blog post: Exploring the memory footprint of different python data representations. friendly.engineering/python-…
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New accessibility feature in @ChromeDevTools: simulate vision deficiencies, including blurred vision & various types of color blindness. 🔥 Find out how people with vision deficiencies experience your web app, and resolve contrast issues you didn’t even know you had!
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