Michael Tharrington (he/him)

I'm a friendly non-developer from NC who enjoys playing music/making noise, eating veggies, and hanging out with my best friend/wife + our 3 cats. (he/him)

North Carolina Joined on Oct 24, 2017

Education

BFA in Creative Writing

Work

Community Manager at DEV

Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Sep 16

#discussAny recommendations for a chair to pair with a standing desk?

#discuss #help

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#newsNvidia Acquires Arm

#news #nvidia #hardware

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Aug 18

#newsRust Announces Plans to Form a Foundation

#news #rust #mozilla

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Aug 11

#newsMozilla Changing = Lots of Layoffs

#news #mozilla #firefox

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Aug 6

#newsStack Overflow Raised $85 Million to Invest in Teams

#news #stackoverflow

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Jul 29

#newsZuckerberg, Cook, Bezos, & Pichai Testify before US House Judiciary Committee (Live Now)

#news

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Jul 29

#newsRoblox Making Bank Means More Money for Devs

#news #gamedev

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Jul 16

#newsLinux Commits to Inclusive Language

#news #linux

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Michael Tharrington (he/him) for The DEV Team

Jul 15

#newsWant to help cover #news on DEV?

#news #meta #writing #programming

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

May 4

#watercoolerTrying to decide which Star Wars to watch tonight...

#watercooler

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Apr 22

#watercoolerGot any tips for folks looking to live Earth consciously?

#watercooler #opensource #discuss #earthday

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Apr 22

#watercoolerAny conservation foundations or initiatives that you'd recommend others look into?

#watercooler #opensource #discuss #earthday

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Mar 13

I'm Michael, and I support self-identifying women & non-binary devs.

#shecodedally

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Feb 22

#discussGames to teach programming to a 9-year-old?

#discuss #watercooler

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Michael Tharrington (he/him) for The DEV Team

Nov 28 '19

A Big Thanks to All DEV Mods

#gratitude #meta

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Nov 5 '19

#discussText classification tools for fighting spam

#meta #discuss

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Oct 31 '19

#watercoolerShare your favorite Halloween tunes!

#watercooler #halloween

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Michael Tharrington (he/him) for The DEV Team

Sep 16 '19

The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

#icymi

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Michael Tharrington (he/him) for The DEV Team

Sep 9 '19

The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

#icymi

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Michael Tharrington (he/him) for The DEV Team

Jul 1 '19

The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

#icymi

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Jun 28 '19

#discussWhat was your win this week?

#discuss #weeklyretro

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Michael Tharrington (he/him) for The DEV Team

Jun 24 '19

The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

#icymi

2 min read

Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Jun 21 '19

#discussWhat was your win this week?

#discuss #weeklyretro

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Jun 10 '19

#discussHave you ever fought back against a task on the basics of ethics?

#discuss #ethics #career

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Mar 13 '19

Rails 4.2.11.1, 5.0.7.2, 5.1.6.2, 5.2.2.1, and 6.0.0.beta3 have been released with important security fixes.

#rails #ruby

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Jan 21 '19

a barely capable shell user

#beginners #terminal #commandline

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Jan 9 '19

happy to be on the DEV team!

#meta #career #personalnews

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Jan 3 '19

baby steps...

#beginners #python #raspberrypi

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Dec 28 '18

a helpful repo on community management & moderation

#githunt #opensource

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Dec 17 '18

#newsClojure 1.10 released

#news #clojure

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

Dec 12 '18

#discussthe other 10% of my job is...

#discuss #fun

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Michael Tharrington (he/him)

#discussAny recommendations for a chair to pair with a standing desk?

Recent Comments

#newsNvidia Acquires Arm

#newsRust Announces Plans to Form a Foundation

#newsMozilla Changing = Lots of Layoffs

#newsStack Overflow Raised $85 Million to Invest in Teams

#newsZuckerberg, Cook, Bezos, & Pichai Testify before US House Judiciary Committee (Live Now)

#newsRoblox Making Bank Means More Money for Devs

#newsLinux Commits to Inclusive Language

#newsWant to help cover #news on DEV?

#watercoolerTrying to decide which Star Wars to watch tonight...

#watercoolerGot any tips for folks looking to live Earth consciously?

#watercoolerAny conservation foundations or initiatives that you'd recommend others look into?

I'm Michael, and I support self-identifying women & non-binary devs.

#discussGames to teach programming to a 9-year-old?

A Big Thanks to All DEV Mods

#discussText classification tools for fighting spam

#watercoolerShare your favorite Halloween tunes!

The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

#discussWhat was your win this week?

The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

#discussWhat was your win this week?

#discussHave you ever fought back against a task on the basics of ethics?

Rails 4.2.11.1, 5.0.7.2, 5.1.6.2, 5.2.2.1, and 6.0.0.beta3 have been released with important security fixes.

a barely capable shell user

happy to be on the DEV team!

baby steps...

a helpful repo on community management & moderation

#newsClojure 1.10 released

#discussthe other 10% of my job is...

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