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What was your win this week?

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Looking back on your week -- what was something you're proud of?

All wins count -- big or small πŸŽ‰

Examples of 'wins' include:

  • Getting a promotion!
  • Starting a new project
  • Fixing a tricky bug
  • Cleaning your house...or whatever else that may spark joy πŸ˜„

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Happy Friday!

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Chris Achard

I signed up for dev.to and wrote a post! It's been a long time coming.... :)

Here's the post: dev.to/chrisachard/use-react-hooks...

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Marlon Decosta

I also wrote my first dev.to post this week. Your post was great!

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Chris Achard

Thanks!

Yours looks great too - (and a lot more complex than mine! πŸ˜‚)

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Marlon Decosta

Just means I have a greater chance of botching it and finding myself looking a tad bit goofy. Poor planning on my part. πŸ€£πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

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Ben Halpern

Congrats!

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Juneau Lim

Sweet. hope to see yours again and again!🌟

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Chris Achard

Thanks!

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Jess Lee

This week, I...felt like I got some good synchronous work done with @ben & @peter . Also this tweet :D

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Ben Halpern

πŸ’ͺ

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Dinorah Tovar • Edited

It was my last day at my job, even when I will miss my teams, I'm happy to start a new chapter, to learn new things and especially to get to know more people

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Juneau Lim

It sounds like a mixed feeling. I've only left workplaces when there is nothing to miss about anymore, so I can't easily imagine your feeling, but it must be really complexed.
Hope all the best for your future!

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Michael Tharrington • Edited

Went to Asheville over the weekend and visited the Moog factory... it's like Willy Wonka's factory but with synths. The front store area has a bunch of instruments with headphones plugged into each one, so you can easily jam out in your own little world!

I was grooving pretty hard on the theremin and probably looked pretty ridiculous. πŸ˜€

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Ben Halpern

I was home in Halifax attending the wedding of one of my longtime friends Bradley (in the purple blazer below) and it was a really great time!

I've known him since we were about 11 and we went to the same high school and college, so it was a reunion of folks I've known from all different contexts. That pic includes on high school friend and one college friend. πŸ˜„

And then I got to get back to work and feel pretty refreshed. It's been a while since I've been super "available" for small coding tasks, so I was happy to make a few solid bug fixes like this one:

Fix mention notification to mention proper user #3721

What type of PR is this? (check all applicable)

  • [ ] Refactor
  • [ ] Feature
  • [x] Bug Fix
  • [ ] Documentation Update

Description

The bug was introduced here: github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/...

Fixes #3718

Good week πŸ˜„

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Chris Achard

Oh neat! I'm adding that to my reading list for sure. Do you know of any other similar books?

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Dor Shinar • Edited

I've launched my own blog πŸ₯³πŸ₯³
dorshinar.me

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Tyler V. (he/him)

Looks awesome! πŸŽ‰

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Dor Shinar

Thank you very much!

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Juneau Lim • Edited

Wow, you made me a bit guilty. was (one of) my to-do list for summer but not sure if I can make it. Should stop being idle and have to do whatsoever. anyways, Congrats with yours!πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰

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Dor Shinar

Just do it! There are great starters for Gatsby and the community is awesome!

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Christophe El-Khoury

I love how the dark theme is your default! I'd buy you a beer just for that!

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Dor Shinar

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Yeah I really love dark theme. In the article I've published I said I'm all "dark mode ALL THE THINGS".

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Christophe El-Khoury

Including my heart

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Dan Silcox • Edited

Signed up to do my first tech talk at a work organised meet up! Also I’m now on holiday for 2 weeks πŸ‘β˜€οΈβ˜€οΈ

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Chris Achard

Nice! Giving talks can be nerve wracking - but you'll almost always learn something; plus you get to share you knowledge with others which is always cool. Good luck!

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Dan Silcox

Thanks! Yes I’ve done a bit of public speaking before just never in a tech setting. I suspect I’ll be fighting the old imposter syndrome more and more in the build up but hey you’ve got to push through these things sometimes and just β€˜ship it’ sometimes!

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Chris Achard

Yep :) Good ol' imposter syndrome...

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Nick Taylor

Good luck on your talk!

You got this

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Dan Silcox

Thanks!

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Nick Taylor • Edited

I automated updating dependencies for my site. πŸ”₯ πŸ’ͺ🏻

And of course I wrote a post about it. πŸ˜‰

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Glenn Carremans

This week I found out that 2 of my colleagues indirectly joined the company because of me 😳

PROUD I DID THAT

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Deepak Singh

I run a software development studio. For last year my accounting was more like management accounting without giving me much details on anything specific. I took this week to fix that.
Now I have signed with an online accounting platform and all my accounting is now pro style. My CA can understand it and I don't need an accountant to take care of it.

It's a big win for me. I can see my updated financial statements everyday.