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ELI5: The role of Discrete Mathematics in programmatic problem solving

ELI5: The role of Discrete Mathematics in programmatic problem solving

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Cinderella and the Glass Structural Pattern - A Design Patterns Intro

Cinderella and the Glass Structural Pattern - A Design Patterns Intro

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Explain This Unsigned Int Meme Like I'm Five

Explain This Unsigned Int Meme Like I'm Five

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How many people are working on my SharePoint site?

How many people are working on my SharePoint site?

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Explain Node.js like I'm five.

Explain Node.js like I'm five.

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Function vs Object

Function vs Object

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Functional VS Object-Oriented Programming

Functional VS Object-Oriented Programming

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Javascript madness - perfect square

Javascript madness - perfect square

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Function, procedure, method, operator...

Function, procedure, method, operator...

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I spent an entire Saturday trying to understand .reduce()

I spent an entire Saturday trying to understand .reduce()

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Why does two small for-loops run faster than a big one ?

Why does two small for-loops run faster than a big one ?

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How does python handles " in a string when \ is not provided?

How does python handles " in a string when \ is not provided?

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Demystify Functions

Demystify Functions

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Explain Service Containers in laravel like i am Five

Explain Service Containers in laravel like i am Five

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Kid's To-Do: Redux

Kid's To-Do: Redux

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The Development vs Production Environments

The Development vs Production Environments

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Using the Switch Statement with Logical Operators

Using the Switch Statement with Logical Operators

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ELI5: What the heck is Kubernetes?

ELI5: What the heck is Kubernetes?

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Explain The Pros & Cons of OSS Like I'm Five

Explain The Pros & Cons of OSS Like I'm Five

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Selectors in Redux

Selectors in Redux

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JVM architecture in a nutshell

JVM architecture in a nutshell

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currentColor (a CSS variable before CSS variables were cool)

currentColor (a CSS variable before CSS variables were cool)

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Middleware Logging in Redux

Middleware Logging in Redux

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Explain python classmethod and abstractmethod like I am five

Explain python classmethod and abstractmethod like I am five

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Sophisticated Connection to Redux State

Sophisticated Connection to Redux State

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I want to build a Job portal, what tools should i use?

I want to build a Job portal, what tools should i use?

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Advanced Reducers in Redux

Advanced Reducers in Redux

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What parsers and 2 year olds have in common. 🚼

What parsers and 2 year olds have in common. 🚼

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Advanced Actions in Redux

Advanced Actions in Redux

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Basics in Redux

Basics in Redux

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dev.wtf - developer's reference

dev.wtf - developer's reference

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What is quantum computing?

What is quantum computing?

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What's the use of if __name__ == '__main__': in Python?

What's the use of if __name__ == '__main__': in Python?

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Provider Pattern

Provider Pattern

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Debugging - you’re doing it wrong. 10 techniques to find a bug in your code

Debugging - you’re doing it wrong. 10 techniques to find a bug in your code

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Single Responsibility Principle for Dummies

Single Responsibility Principle for Dummies

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Snow White and the Seven Behavioral Patterns - A Design Patterns Intro

Snow White and the Seven Behavioral Patterns - A Design Patterns Intro

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Programming interactive (rotatable) 3D cube

Programming interactive (rotatable) 3D cube

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Explain Reflection Like I'm Five

Explain Reflection Like I'm Five

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How does this alphabetical-sorting function work?

How does this alphabetical-sorting function work?

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JavaScript - Map & Filter

JavaScript - Map & Filter

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Fediverse || Mastodon instances ??

Fediverse || Mastodon instances ??

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OOP vs FP

OOP vs FP

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Explain to me Like I'm 5: Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Explain to me Like I'm 5: Content Delivery Network (CDN)

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ELI5: Why self-host a compiler?

ELI5: Why self-host a compiler?

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Not a Function

Not a Function

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Linux 101 - the king of operating systems 👑

Linux 101 - the king of operating systems 👑

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Explain How I Secure my First Web-Application Like I Am Five

Explain How I Secure my First Web-Application Like I Am Five

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Please school me on cross-posting from my blog!

Please school me on cross-posting from my blog!

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A Metaphorical Introduction to Functional JavaScript

A Metaphorical Introduction to Functional JavaScript

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JavaScript 101: Arrow Functions

JavaScript 101: Arrow Functions

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Clean architecture - Your approach

Clean architecture - Your approach

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The Array Iterators Cheatsheet (JavaScript)

The Array Iterators Cheatsheet (JavaScript)

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Moving in Vim

Moving in Vim

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Explain like I'm five what is monorepo

Explain like I'm five what is monorepo

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Explain use of concurrency Like I'm Five

Explain use of concurrency Like I'm Five

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Unidirectional Data Flow

Unidirectional Data Flow

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Explain Redis Like I'm Five

Explain Redis Like I'm Five

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Explain CI/CD like I'm five.

Explain CI/CD like I'm five.

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Goldilocks and the Three Behavioral Patterns - A Design Patterns Intro

Goldilocks and the Three Behavioral Patterns - A Design Patterns Intro

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