Andrew (he/him)

Got a Ph.D. looking for dark matter, but not finding any. Now I code full-time. Je parle un peu français. dogs > cats

Email

aww@awwsmm.com
Work

Software Development Engineer III at Workday
Location

Dublin, Ireland
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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 9 '19

20 Small Steps to Become a Regex Master

#regex #beginners #tutorial #firstyearincode

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Oct 19 '19

20 Most-Recommended Books for Software Developers

#books #career #beginners

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Aug 18 '19

What I Learned From Bombing An Amazon Coding Assessment

#career #amazon #beginners #interview

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Andrew (he/him)

Jan 13 '19

101 Bash Commands and Tips for Beginners to Experts

#beginners #bash #linux #ubuntu

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Andrew (he/him)

Jun 26

Implementing a Ternary Operator in Scala

#scala #java #functional

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5 Tips for Writing Articles People Will Want to Read

#writing #beginners #tutorial

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Jun 16

#todayilearnedToday I Learned: Pointer Swizzling

#todayilearned #basecs

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Andrew (he/him)

Jun 15

#watercoolerWhat's your most embarrassing coding story?

#watercooler #beginners

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Andrew (he/him)

Jun 9

How Does Liquid Cooling Work?

#computerscience #physics

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Andrew (he/him)

Jun 8

Super Simple Markdown

#markdown #writing #beginners #tutorial

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Andrew (he/him)

Jun 3

#newsCode is Political

#blacklivesmatter #politics #history #news

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Andrew (he/him)

May 29

#showdevI Wrote a BrainF*** Interpreter and REPL in TypeScript!

#esolangs #typescript #npm #showdev

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Andrew (he/him)

May 27

#healthydebateWhy No Modern Programming Language Should Have a 'Character' Data Type

#history #javascript #healthydebate

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Andrew (he/him)

May 26

#healthydebate"The Lean Startup" 10 Years On: Have We Failed?

#books #healthydebate #startup

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Andrew (he/him)

May 17

What Causes Overheating?

#computerscience #physics

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Andrew (he/him)

May 17

But How Does It Really Work? :: Understanding the Physics Behind Concepts in Computing

#computerscience #basecs #datascience #physics

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May 15

#discussWhat's the Best Place to Learn TypeScript?

#typescript #javascript #beginners #discuss

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Andrew (he/him)

May 13

20 Coolest Features of Non-Java JVM Languages

#java #scala #groovy #kotlin

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Andrew (he/him)

May 4

#healthydebateBits of Syntax: String Literals

#design #healthydebate #watercooler

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Andrew (he/him)

Mar 27

#challengeBenchmarking Scala with ScalaMeter, Pt. 2 (Scala DCP #004)

#scala #challenge #beginners #dailycodingproblem

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Andrew (he/him)

Mar 21

#challengeBenchmarking Scala with ScalaMeter, Pt. 1 (Scala DCP #004)

#scala #challenge #beginners #dailycodingproblem

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Andrew (he/him)

Mar 20

#todayilearnedFlatten a Ragged List N Levels Deep in Scala

#scala #functional #beginners #todayilearned

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Andrew (he/him)

Mar 9

#challengeCustom (De)serialization with Scala (Scala DCP #003)

#scala #challenge #beginners #dailycodingproblem

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Andrew (he/him)

Mar 8

#challengeScala Daily Coding Problem #002

#scala #challenge #beginners #dailycodingproblem

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Andrew (he/him)

Mar 6

#challengeScala Daily Coding Problem #001

#scala #challenge #beginners #dailycodingproblem

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Andrew (he/him)

Mar 5

I'm back!

#career #scala

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Andrew (he/him)

Jan 30

#techtalksI'm on a Podcast!

#podcast #career #techtalks

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Andrew (he/him)

Dec 13 '19

Installing and Running Hadoop and Spark on Ubuntu 18

#hadoop #spark #java #scala

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Andrew (he/him)

Dec 5 '19

#watercoolerHumbly Asking for your Help

#watercooler

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Andrew (he/him)

Dec 1 '19

#discussWhat are your must-have Android apps?

#android #discuss #watercooler #healthydebate

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Andrew (he/him)

Dec 1 '19

#watercoolerFound My Old Zune... What Should I Do With It?

#watercooler #zune #discuss

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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 23 '19

#news20 Reasons to Move On from Java 8

#java #news

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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 16 '19

20 Intriguing, Unusual, and Goofy Programming Languages

#design #esolangs

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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 13 '19

#watercoolerWhat have you accomplished this decade?

#watercooler #discuss #career #yearinreview

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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 4 '19

#discussWhy is our source code so boring?

#discuss #design #healthydebate

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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 3 '19

"Haskell for the Front-End" :: Elm vs. PureScript

#requestforpost #elm #haskell #javascript

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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 2 '19

20 Ways to Fight Impostor Syndrome

#career #mentalhealth #firstyearincode #motivation

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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 1 '19

#newsDarwinism in Programming Language Proliferation

#news #discuss #languagetheory

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 28 '19

#todayilearnedConcept of the Day: Homoiconicity

#lisp #java #javascript #todayilearned

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 28 '19

#discussBits of Syntax: Function Application

#discuss #design #healthydebate #watercooler

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 26 '19

Can someone explain Dev.To credits to me?

#meta

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 26 '19

20 Fantastically Bad Predictions Made About Computing and Technology

#history

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 24 '19

#jokesI think Dev's server is down...

#jokes

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 23 '19

#discussUnderrepresented Authors Promotion Thread

#books #discuss #watercooler #healthydebate

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 22 '19

#newsCan we separate the artist from their art? Should we?

#news #watercooler #discuss

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 21 '19

#discussIs anyone else interested in #esolangs?

#esolangs #discuss #watercooler

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 21 '19

#help"Haskell on the JVM" :: Frege vs. Eta

#help #discuss #java #haskell

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 19 '19

Announcing: 20 Lists for 2020

#career #meta #yearinreview

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 14 '19

#discussJava Developers, What's in Your Toolkit?

#java #discuss #android #javascript

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 8 '19

#newsSued for Being Inaccessible

#a11y #news #beginners #webdev

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 5 '19

#showdevA Chrome Omnibox Extension to Search Oracle's Javadoc

#hacktoberfest #javascript #java #showdev

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 2 '19

#challengeJava Daily Coding Problem #008

#java #challenge #beginners #devjournal

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Andrew (he/him)

Sep 27 '19

#newsUnfixable iOS Vulnerability Affects 7 Generations of Devices

#apple #security #news #ios

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Andrew (he/him)

Sep 25 '19

Operator Overloading in R

#r #beginners #syntax #tutorial

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Andrew (he/him)

Sep 24 '19

#discussBits of Syntax: Assignment

#discuss #design #healthydebate #watercooler

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Andrew (he/him)

Sep 19 '19

#showdevFeedback on Small Java Package

#showdev #java #help

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Andrew (he/him)

Sep 7 '19

#challengeJava Daily Coding Problem #007

#java #challenge #beginners #devjournal

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Andrew (he/him)

Aug 10 '19

#challengeJava Daily Coding Problem #006

#java #challenge #beginners #dailycodingproblem

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Andrew (he/him)

Aug 1 '19

#watercoolerBook Review: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014)

#bookreview #watercooler #culture #history

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Andrew (he/him)

Jul 25 '19

#showdevCreate a Dynamic Prompt String in Bash

#bash #shell #showdev #tutorial

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Andrew (he/him)

Jul 19 '19

Book Review: Refactoring UI (2018)

#bookreview #design #ux #ui

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Andrew (he/him)

Jul 18 '19

#discussImaginary Language Features

#languages #discuss #fun #watercooler

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Andrew (he/him)

Jul 15 '19

#newsAlan Turing to Feature on New £50 Note

#news #lgbt #history #turing

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Andrew (he/him)

Jul 8 '19

#showdevBuilding a Raspberry Pi Hadoop / Spark Cluster

#raspberrypi #showdev #hadoop #java

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