Craig Nicol (he/him)

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Apr 22

Dear technical lead

#development #leadership #leader #mentor

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No one thinks like you

Just to follow up, this appeared in my feed today : what it m...

Nov 13 '21

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Finally got some time to add structure to my notes so I can p...

Sep 17 '21

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Jan 29 '21

Explain "Code Smells" like I'm five

It's something that's not broken, but looks like it could be....

Jan 21 '21

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Finally managed to get a blog post published after a long gap...

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Mar 3

I'm Craig and I pledge to help #BreakTheBias in 2022!

#shecodedally

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Jan 11

In the beginning… was the conversation

#development #programming #ux #agile

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Jan 7

Don’t be a speed shaver

#development #programming #codecraft #management

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Nov 12 '21

No one thinks like you

#development #leadership #codecraft #requirements

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 24 '21

Managing across distances

#leadership #development #mentor #agile

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 21 '21

How to make mistakes

#development #leadership #agile #mentor

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 17 '21

Ideas for a second coding project

#programming #beginners #mentor

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 14 '21

“He never did that to me”

#leadership #inclusion #teams

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Sep 10 '21

How to debug

#beginners #programming #mentor

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Sep 7 '21

No politics at work

#career #leadership #inclusion #politics

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 3 '21

return Task vs return await Task

#dotnet #csharp #coding #programming

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Jun 25 '21

Be passionate about something that isn’t your job

#development #leadership #lifehacks #productivity

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Apr 30 '21

Non-technical communication

#development #requirements #teams

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Apr 27 '21

Productivity sieve

#lifehacks #productivity

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Apr 23 '21

Blank spaces : how to deal with nothing in API design

#code #development #ux #api

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Apr 20 '21

How to onboard yourself onto a new project

#development #onboarding #requirements

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Apr 16 '21

If you’re not living on the edge, you take up too much room

#net #development #leadership #programming

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Apr 13 '21

Java without semicolons

#code #development #leadership #programming

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Apr 7 '21

No More Secrets: Using PKCE in OAuth for your JavaScript apps

#development #authentication #security #web

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Feb 2 '21

Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : about me (Q31-40)

#development #leadership #mentor

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Jan 29 '21

Career advice for graduates

#jobs #career #beginners

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Jan 26 '21

Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : introspection (Q21-30)

#development #leadership #mentor

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Jan 22 '21

Has blogging changed my career in a positive way?

#blogger #blogging #mentor

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Jan 19 '21

Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : success (Q11-20)

#development #leadership #mentor #professionaldevelopm

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Jan 15 '21

Zettel Lint

#code #zettelkasten #development #markdown

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Jan 12 '21

Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : failure (Q1-10)

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Jan 8 '21

What are you doing now that your future self will thank you for?

#development #lifehacks #quickfix #selfcare

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Jan 5 '21

Things I don’t know as of 2021

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 15 '20

Litterboxing

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 4 '20

Cloud thinking : Executable documentation.

#cloud #development #programming #cloudcomputing

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 1 '20

Modular doesn’t mean interchangeable

#development #programming #codecraft #design

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Apr 14 '20

Blank slate

#development #code #learning #requirements

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Mar 8 '20

For International Women's Day, what have you done this year to support women devs?

#discuss #shecodedally

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Mar 8 '20

When the old guard are not heroes

#development #agile #diversity #leadership

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Oct 29 '19

Get uncomfortable

#development #leadership #diversity #codequality

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 27 '19

Cosmosdb and Heterogeneous data

#nosql #cosmosdb #data #azure

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 24 '19

CodeCraftConf 2019 : What is data anyway? (Answers)

#development #codecraftconf #data #guidedconversations

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 20 '19

CodeCraftConf 2019 : What is data anyway? (Questions)

#data #development #codecraftconf #guidedconversations

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 17 '19

Unsuccessful Teams

#development #leadership #code #teams

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 10 '19

Successful teams

#development #google #leadership #code

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Sep 6 '19

Not being qualified as a graduate

#development #diversity #jobs

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Jul 5 '19

Your API Sucks – The ‘default’ API : REST and repeat

#development #api #code #ux

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craignicol

May 1 '19

Thoughts on Global Azure Bootcamp 2019

#net #cloud #development #azure

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Apr 27 '19

CosmosDb in The Real World : Azure Global Bootcamp 2019 (Glasgow)

#net #azure #data #cosmosdb

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Apr 15 '19

The Dark Mode of usability and accessibility

#usability #ux #access #a11y

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Mar 8 '19

I'm craignicol, and I support women devs.

#shecodedally

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craignicol

Feb 22 '19

Leadership by example

#development #leadership #teams #techlead

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Jan 15 '19

Live coding during a presentation

#code #conferences #presentations #tips

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Jan 11 '19

Inclusion is not a zero sum game

#inclusive #design #diversity #leadership

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Jan 8 '19

Things I don’t know as of 2018

#code #development #aboutme #feedback

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Jan 4 '19

2018 in review

#highlights #review #yearinreview

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Dec 21 '18

Software Development as a Christmas Story

#code #development #programming #christmas

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Dec 19 '18

How I approach coding challenges

#code #development #programming #adventofcode

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Dec 14 '18

Somebody else’s problem

#development #programming #code #codecraft

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Dec 11 '18

This is raw

#code #development #programming #security

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Dec 7 '18

Tribe of Mentors – 11 questions

#code #development #leadership #aboutme

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Dec 4 '18

Work hard to make things simple

#development #ux #requirements #userexperience

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Nov 30 '18

Embrace bored

#development #aboutme #productivity #rabbitholes

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

Nov 27 '18

The frustration of confounding expectations

#development #requirements #userexperience #ux

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