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  • So you want to game the system and get promoted?

    A guide to stacking the odds in your favour to get to the next level.

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  • So you want to work remotely?

    Tips and product suggestions for setting up an effective remote workstation.

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  • Building an Accessible Menubar Component Using React

    Create an accessible Menubar based on the WAI-ARIA design pattern for a menubar widget.

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  • So you want to write a Groomโ€™s speech?

    Advice for the groom to help him create a memorable and meaningful wedding speech.

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  • So you want to build a PC?

    An overview of the main hardware components you will need to build a desktop PC.

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  • Multiple Entry Points in Create React App Without Ejecting

    Create multiple entry points without ejecting from the safety net of Create React App.

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  • So you want to WFH?

    Tips maintaining focus and effective communication whilst working from home.

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      Andrew James

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      ajames.dev/social is live ๐Ÿฆ‹
      
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      Andrew James

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      Let's see what all the @atproto/api fuss is about
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      Shaundai Person

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      Iโ€™m learning Java for work, which is amazing for several reasons:
      
      (1) Iโ€™m getting paid to do something I was already doing in my spare time
      
      (2) Iโ€™m getting the opportunity to *apply* the knowledge to actual enterprise projects, which solidifies the new concepts for me
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      lotta clueless frustrating takes about attie
      
      god forbid someone make it easy to make a feed for like "show me posts about tsgo / TypeScript 7" or "show me posts about Go performance", two things i acutally want but do not have the skill to make nor the desire to host
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    15. Andrew James

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      I still enjoy writing some creative code by hand (or touching up AI content), but damn it feels good to have AI deal with all the admin:
      
      - creating worktrees
      - stacked diffs 
      - code reviewer
      - ticket created & populated 
      - resources linked to ticket
      - pr reviewers / ticket subs
      - status updates
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      earlier this month, someone said i was going to fertilize soil, which gave me an idea for a story that i pitched to my editor. check out my mr. porter article on how to dress like a gardener! 
      
      www.mrporter.com/en-us/journa...
      On March 6th, I tweeted: "why is native born unemployment going up when immigration crackdowns are happening? i thought you guys were going to take those jobs"

Someone replied: "Real Brave. WWIII is breaking out but ur kicking working class whites while they're down."

I replied to them: "why are they down? seems like they can go pick up one of those immigrant jobs"

Then someone else replied: "You're not going to be deported. You're going to fertilize soil."

The screenshot shows the last two exchanges
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      I didn't expect ND to hang this well with UConn but prob should have ๐Ÿ‘€ Hidalgo is so fun and a force
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      @schlage.town has the best sweatshirt
      Mephistopheles 
All theory, my friend, is grey,
But green is lifeโ€™s golden tree.
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