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Non-technical communication

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Productivity sieve
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Productivity sieve

#lifehacks #productivity
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Blank spaces : how to deal with nothing in API design
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Blank spaces : how to deal with nothing in API design

#code #development #ux #api
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How to onboard yourself onto a new project
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How to onboard yourself onto a new project

#development #onboarding #requirements
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If you’re not living on the edge, you take up too much room
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If you’re not living on the edge, you take up too much room

#net #development #leadership #programming
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Java without semicolons
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Java without semicolons

#code #development #leadership #programming
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No More Secrets: Using PKCE in OAuth for your JavaScript apps
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No More Secrets: Using PKCE in OAuth for your JavaScript apps

#development #authentication #security #web
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : about me (Q31-40)
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : about me (Q31-40)

#development #leadership #mentor
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Career advice for graduates
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Career advice for graduates

#jobs #career #beginners
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : introspection (Q21-30)
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : introspection (Q21-30)

#development #leadership #mentor
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Has blogging changed my career in a positive way?
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Has blogging changed my career in a positive way?

#blogger #blogging #mentor
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : success (Q11-20)
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : success (Q11-20)

#development #leadership #mentor #professionaldevelopm
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Zettel Lint
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Zettel Lint

#code #zettelkasten #development #markdown
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : failure (Q1-10)
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Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions : failure (Q1-10)

#development #leadership #mentor #professionaldevelopment
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What are you doing now that your future self will thank you for?
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What are you doing now that your future self will thank you for?

#development #lifehacks #quickfix #selfcare
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Things I don’t know as of 2021
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Things I don’t know as of 2021

#development #programming #jobs #mentor
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Litterboxing
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Litterboxing

#development #programming #security #code
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Cloud thinking : Executable documentation.
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Cloud thinking : Executable documentation.

#cloud #development #programming #cloudcomputing
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Modular doesn’t mean interchangeable
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Modular doesn’t mean interchangeable

#development #programming #codecraft #design
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Blank slate
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Blank slate

#development #code #learning #requirements
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For International Women's Day, what have you done this year to support women devs?
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For International Women's Day, what have you done this year to support women devs?

#discuss #shecodedally
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When the old guard are not heroes
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When the old guard are not heroes

#development #agile #diversity #leadership
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Get uncomfortable
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Get uncomfortable

#development #leadership #diversity #codequality
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Cosmosdb and Heterogeneous data
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Cosmosdb and Heterogeneous data

#nosql #cosmosdb #data #azure
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CodeCraftConf 2019 : What is data anyway? (Answers)
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CodeCraftConf 2019 : What is data anyway? (Answers)

#development #codecraftconf #data #guidedconversations
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CodeCraftConf 2019 : What is data anyway? (Questions)
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CodeCraftConf 2019 : What is data anyway? (Questions)

#data #development #codecraftconf #guidedconversations
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Unsuccessful Teams
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Unsuccessful Teams

#development #leadership #code #teams
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Successful teams
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Successful teams

#development #google #leadership #code
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Not being qualified as a graduate
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Not being qualified as a graduate

#development #diversity #jobs
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Your API Sucks – The ‘default’ API : REST and repeat
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Your API Sucks – The ‘default’ API : REST and repeat

#development #api #code #ux
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Thoughts on Global Azure Bootcamp 2019
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Thoughts on Global Azure Bootcamp 2019

#net #cloud #development #azure
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CosmosDb in The Real World : Azure Global Bootcamp 2019 (Glasgow)
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CosmosDb in The Real World : Azure Global Bootcamp 2019 (Glasgow)

#net #azure #data #cosmosdb
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The Dark Mode of usability and accessibility
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The Dark Mode of usability and accessibility

#usability #ux #access #a11y
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I'm craignicol, and I support women devs.
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I'm craignicol, and I support women devs.

#shecodedally
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Leadership by example
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Leadership by example

#development #leadership #teams #techlead
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Live coding during a presentation
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Live coding during a presentation

#code #conferences #presentations #tips
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Inclusion is not a zero sum game
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Inclusion is not a zero sum game

#inclusive #design #diversity #leadership
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Things I don’t know as of 2018
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Things I don’t know as of 2018

#code #development #aboutme #feedback
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2018 in review
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2018 in review

#highlights #review #yearinreview
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Software Development as a Christmas Story
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Software Development as a Christmas Story

#code #development #programming #christmas
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How I approach coding challenges
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How I approach coding challenges

#code #development #programming #adventofcode
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Somebody else’s problem
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Somebody else’s problem

#development #programming #code #codecraft
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This is raw
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This is raw

#code #development #programming #security
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Tribe of Mentors – 11 questions
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Tribe of Mentors – 11 questions

#code #development #leadership #aboutme
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Work hard to make things simple
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Work hard to make things simple

#development #ux #requirements #userexperience
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Embrace bored
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Embrace bored

#development #aboutme #productivity #rabbitholes
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The frustration of confounding expectations
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The frustration of confounding expectations

#development #requirements #userexperience #ux
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CodeCraftConf follow-up : notes on growing a team
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CodeCraftConf follow-up : notes on growing a team

#development #leadership #codecraft #codecraftconf
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Self-testing configuration – the example.config story
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Self-testing configuration – the example.config story

#net #code #aspnet #authentication
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CodeCraftConf 2018 : Successfully Growing A Team
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CodeCraftConf 2018 : Successfully Growing A Team

#development #leadership #codecraft #codecraftconf
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Sometimes the greatest challenge of leadership is making your boss understand what you do all day
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Sometimes the greatest challenge of leadership is making your boss understand what you do all day

#anonymous #development #leadership #frustrating
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Flatter Data
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Flatter Data

#anonymous #development #security #anonymity
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Translations with React, Redux and Asp.Net
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Translations with React, Redux and Asp.Net

#aspnet #react #redux #net
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I’d rather be proved wrong than miss the chance to improve
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I’d rather be proved wrong than miss the chance to improve

#development #leadership #learning #technology
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Debugging Asp.Net Core 2 apps in Azure
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Debugging Asp.Net Core 2 apps in Azure

#net #development #aspnet #azure
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NMandelbrot : running arbitrary code on client
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NMandelbrot : running arbitrary code on client

#development #programming #security #cloud
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Who do you work with?
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Who do you work with?

#development #jobs #teams
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Ethics in technology
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Ethics in technology

#code #data #development #freespeech
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Becoming a technical lead: Trust your team
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Becoming a technical lead: Trust your team

#development #leadership #agile #developers
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Ddd.scot, diversity, and your career
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Ddd.scot, diversity, and your career

#development #coding #dddscot #dddscotland
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