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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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      PSA: Today's Day 4️⃣ of the Black Friday sale.
      
      This is the lowest you can get the course for and it's for a limited time—next year's sales won't be the same. 
      
      Price goes back up on December 4th. ⏳
      
      🔗 practical-accessibility.today 
      
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      The Practical Accessibility CourseA get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who want to start creating more accessible Web user interfaces and digital products today

      Sara Soueidan

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      📣 Hear hear! The biggest savings on the Practical Accessibility course start *today*—for a limited time only. 
      
      Starting today, you can get the course for 30% off — that's $279 instead of $399. The discounted price excludes sales tax that may be applied depending on where you are buying from.
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      Y'all I got my first sale to a random person on the Internet! Though accidentally gave them free shipping because apparently that was the default setting 📦
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      Old cyanotypes revisited 24
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    22. Josh W. Comeau

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      ✨ I just published a new post, and it’s all about one of the most mind-blowing new CSS features: subgrid.
      
      Honestly, when I first heard about subgrid, I figured it’d be a convenient little utility. I had no idea it would solve one of the most longstanding issues I’ve had with CSS. 😮
      
      Check it out:
      Brand New Layouts with CSS Subgrid • Josh W. ComeauSubgrid allows us to extend a grid template down through the DOM tree, so that deeply-nested elements can participate in the same grid layout. At first glance, I thought this would be a helpful conven...
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      There was apparently an absolute dogshit adaptation; and this is one of the most jabbing Wikipedia sentences I’ve ever read.
      These major plot changes were explained at the film's panel, which involved Anthony Russo stating that they did find the original material as "fascinating" and compared their experience to adapting it as similar to the Marvel films. But he also stated that it was difficult for them to understand the story and felt that the world was not shown enough in the graphic novel, which caused the idea of developing it into a two-hour film as challenging. This led to them using the artwork as inspiration to make an entirely new story that featured the usage of 1990s aesthetics and the plot addition of robotic animatronics developing artificial intelligence, which involved them campaigning for equal rights in a retro-futuristic society

      Thomas Cannon

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      Reading Simon Stålenhag’s “The Electric State” in 2025 is much more compelling on the narrative side than I anticipated, while also making my stomach slowly lurch.
      
      www.simonstalenhag.se/es.html
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      Feeling a little presumptuous on this Saturday evening.
      
      I hope you’re all having a lovely weekend!
      Selfie of a woman sitting in her car with a baseball cap that says “America’s sweetheart.”
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      what could the whisker app possibly contain that makes it 103 MB
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