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Andrew James

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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 Groom’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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      Let's see what all the @atproto/api fuss is about
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      The latest posts from my account and others that I follow on Bluesky

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      Age verification?
      I came from TeamSpeak

      Erika Hall

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      Age verification?
      [emits modem noise]
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    14. Katie Mack

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      My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
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    18. doritos neurodivergent tacos

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      there’s such a beauty in the way perfect tides captures 00s nostalgia in these hyperspecific ‘thought that was a me thing’ ways anyway i’m not sure when i swapped to hey but been there
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      4 million and I’ll do it

      Techaro

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      If you can give us 5 million dollars, we'll build a competitor to Discord
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      Need $300 in CashApp to pay a Minneapolis immigrant family’s rent.
      
      $iancoldwater
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    33. Jason Lengstorf

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      deploy building with the commit message, "wip: debugging in produuuuctiooooon 🎶"
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    37. rich harris

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      convincing a room full of fellow nerds to sing a silly song with me remains one of my proudest achievements as an open source dilettante, even if the 'edge' hype aged poorly 😅
      
      reference, for anyone who missed this covid-era phenomenon www.tiktok.com/@nathanevans...
      The Wellerman. #seashanty #sea #shanty #viral #singing #acoustic #pirate #new #original #fyp #foryou #foryoupage #singer #scottishsinger #scottishTikTok video by Nathan Evans
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    41. Sara Joy ☠️

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      Have to say I'm not terribly surprised.
      
      Modern conveniences meant housewives didn't have to work quite so hard any more. Did they work less? No, they joined the workforce.
      
      Emails and computing made paperwork much faster. Could administrators work less? No! But now everything was happening faster!

      Carl Quintanilla

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      HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
      
      hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
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