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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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      i've been reflecting a lot lately on how so much of getting better as a developer doesn't show up in your commit history. it takes months and has no real PR/ artifact to show for it until one day you just... notice you got better at something.
      
      wrote a post on it: sarahgerrard.me/posts/slow-p...
      The Slow Parts of Getting Better - Sarah GerrardMost of the growth that matters as a developer happens slowly and invisibly — building mental models, learning to articulate what you know, getting better at reasoning about tradeoffs. This post is ab...
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    11. taylor desseyn

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      did not know this. mexican doritos are WAYYYYY better than american doritos
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    15. Andrew James

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      Wee man turns one tomorrow. Figured it was time for his first set of wheels
      A tricycle designed for toddlers. Animals with balloons sit in the background
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    19. Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫

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      I don’t think this is going to happen because SF oligarchs will put the kibosh on it but it would be very funny if they tried

      Chris Geidner

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      Following in Noem's footsteps, Mullin makes customs threat:
      
      “If they’re a sanctuary city, should they really be processing customs into their city?”
      
      wfin.com/fox-politica...
      Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the federal government could stop processing customs at airports in sanctuary cities as a way to pressure them on immigration enforcement.

Such a move could effectively lock out global travelers from major cities like New York, New Orleans and Philadelphia, placing a damper on incoming commerce and economic benefits that could directly affect those cities’ business environments and tax bases.

Mullin told “Special Report” that as sanctuary cities refuse to cooperate with DHS to enforce immigration law, the agency may need to consider that when providing services to those cities.

“This one area we may take a look at is some of these cities have international airports,” he said. “If they’re a sanctuary city, should they really be processing customs into their city?”
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      The ballroom is obvs an expression of Trump's vainglory. But importantly, it serves as a way to flatter donors in our new Gilded Age. Relationship btw this company and gov, as staged through the ballroom, offers a telling glimpse into how this space will be used to trade access & influence in future
      New York Times headline reads: "White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project

ArcelorMittal, a European steel maker, is donating tens of millions of dollars of foreign steel for President Trump’s new ballroom."
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      I live in a world of half-unpacked moving boxes now
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