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

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

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      I made some turkey deli meat for the week. So I assembled it tonight with coleslaw, a Russian dressing, bacon, and Swiss for an awesome sandwich!
      A turkey sandwich on an onion roll with bacon, coleslaw, Swiss cheese, and Russian dressing.
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      Itโ€™s cute how baby seedlings have personalities right out the gate. One of them sprouted the fastest and has been the stretchiest, one of them sprouted the slowest and has been the smallest, one of them is clearly going to be a diva
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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 ๐Ÿ˜Ž
      
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      #75DaysOfMovement
      Strava post of the Etape Loch Ness, awash with PBs
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      I think it would be epic to have a Game of Thrones intro-style map for every large codebase. Soundtrack included.
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      Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. 
      
      Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.
      a man with long hair says put the bunny in front of a danger signAlt: a man with long hair says put the bunny in front of a danger sign

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      Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. 
      
      Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.
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      Flat lay of many baseball caps, pens, a fanny pack, folded tees, a bathing suit, folded bags, a log plushie, sunglasses, stickers, socks, and more company swag.
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