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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’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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      Starting Margo's Got Money Troubles while extremely pregnant is a fun move 😆👏🏻
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      ah,,,there she is
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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 😎
      
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      #75DaysOfMovement
      Strava post of the Etape Loch Ness, awash with PBs
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      "If the current element’s font-family declaration contains only one value, and that value is not currently available, the browser falls back to its default for that element, and not to an inheritable font-family from somewhere higher up."
      
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      font-family Doesn’t Fall Back the Way You Think – CSS WizardryA quick but important reminder that font-family declarations don’t inherit fallback stacks the way many developers assume.
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      I’m desperately in need of some queer 🏳️‍🌈 joy / black ✊🏾 joy / female 👩‍🦰 joy content. Can you recommend movies or shows? 
      
      Seeing people loving and being loved feeds me. Ordinary life & stories that don’t center trauma and otherness feed me
      
      Shoot me your best recs? Especially anything not American
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