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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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      Let's see what all the @atproto/api fuss is about
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      I’ll be in London on May 19.
      
      Looks like I’m free in the evening. Let me know if you’d like to meet / catch up!

      AG Grid

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      London 🇬🇧 Let’s meet!
      
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      Event poster: 'Beyond The Prompt' by AG Grid × Bryntum, May 19th, IET London, UK.
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      These videos *get me cackling* 😆🤌🏻

      The Cocky One

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      These ribs took all day. 😁
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      Etape Loch Ness 2026
      
      Used Claude to help me rethink my training and fuelling strategy and knocked 20 minutes off my PB 😎
      
      strava.app.link/wxDhgILBE2b
      
      #75DaysOfMovement
      Strava post of the Etape Loch Ness, awash with PBs
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      Absolutely required watching. This shit is vile, and the companies running them are rotten to the core

      Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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      Here’s last night’s story about AI chatbots, how their flaws can be hazardous to the public, and why “literal shit on a stick” is probably a bad business idea. No matter what ChatGPT tells you. https://youtu.be/Ykvf3MunGf8
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      Wonder Man is a show so far up its own ass that it can't see daylight.
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      trying to not ragequit genki but man the whole "university student" theme is so tiresome. i don't care how to say "second year student" or which "university" these characters are from. fake ass concepts. and where's the dropout representation
      table with schools (arizona, sakura univ, seoul univ, u of london) and majors (japanese, history, computer, business)
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      My cat who will be 15 on Friday managed to make his great escape after trying to get out the door for months and I found him in the yard fiendishly eating dandelions. I tried to bring him back in and he ran back out again straight to the dandelions? Happy birthday Ash, you absolute weirdo
      a fluffy black cat peeking out of a cat bed that looks like a rainbow
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