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i know i disappeared, but i’m in the trenches of the seasonal sads, will be back soon!
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i know i disappeared, but i’m in the trenches of the seasonal sads, will be back soon!
There's this course called the Missing Semester (https://missing.csail.mit.edu/) that teaches you the practical stuff like using the CLI, shell scripting, Git, Vim, etc. It was created for CS students who apparently don't learn these things in class. But as a biochemistry/microbiology major turned bioinformatician, I need the CS course instead!
Trying to do a career change into a predominantly academic and NGO driven field in an ongoing pandemic which means I don’t want to work in an office, and in a country in which I’m not fluent in the native language, is certainly a decision I have made
This was such a great episode, there's some excellent learnings about building products, shipping awesome stuff, and just some great vibes
This week on The Changelog we’re talking with Nadia Odunayo, founder of StoryGraph. Nadia started out as a one woman dev and product team — she’s had to adjust and maneuver along way to becoming the Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads. We talk about the importance of customer research, the iterative nature of customer...

Between and I took 8635 steps.
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Finally started a task I intended to start about ten months ago. I’m cured now right
I've got a lot of web dev content in my feed reader and that's cool but every once in a while someone posts something completely unrelated to tech and I AM HERE FOR IT! Don't be afraid to write about your hobbies, music, movies, life. I love to read that. 💜
ADHD is like 50% not working, 50% working frantically to make up for the not working part, 50% thinking about the work I should be doing (but not actually working), and 50% not sleeping (but trying to).
It's time to write a conference talk, so I think it's appropriate to spend several hours building a new slide deck template.
fuck i love blogs. if i had nothing but time i would just read blogs all day.
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have been wondering why my cat has gotten so heavy over the past month and 😩 she figured out how to dispense food from the feeder on her own
Content warning: alienating re: Apple
Mat Ryer, principal engineer at Grafana Labs and host of the Go Time podcast, shares what he's learned from more than a dozen years of writing HTTP services in Go.

Mat Ryer, principal engineer at Grafana Labs and host of the Go Time podcast, shares what he's learned from more than a dozen years of writing HTTP services in Go.

Mat Ryer has been writing Go since r59—a pre `1.0` release—and has been building HTTP APIs and services in Go for the past eight years. He shares his experience and insights.

Buffer is an intuitive social media management platform trusted by brands, businesses, agencies, and individuals to help drive social media results.

See a transparent list of the Buffer team’s salaries, along with Buffer’s salary formula and overall approach to compensation.

Between and I took 6006 steps.
Assortment of technology startup infrastructure recommendations
For the people who have been reading my blog for a while now, you may recognise the title… Yep, my monthly reflection is back! Or well at least, this is my attempt for a comeback. The last ti…

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i often wish i had the confidence of my fellow mediocre white dudes
Attached: 1 image "The wrong Amazon is burning" Sticker spotted in Anchorage, Alaska

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My therapist just said I have a “skill issue” and then I had to explain why I was laughing and once again had to explain annoying gamer culture

Content warning: Domestic violence / suicide
OH: the collective noun for a group of software engineers is a “merge conflict”
Attached: 4 images You have to pay for the advanced version of Gemini, but they throw in the teachable moments for free.

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Oh so now I have to remember to use a whole NEW set of pronouns? What's next, memorizing everyone's individual name out the billions of possible names???
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flight attendant: IS THERE AN ENGINEER ON BOARD engineer: i'm an engineer flight attendant: haha nerrrrrrd
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Between and I took 5174 steps.
I get that white guys have absolutely no reason to have to understand that their experience is not everyone’s considering the entire planet is catered to their perspective, but it is 2024 and the rest of us are very tired.
I will be attending
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Try these simple swaps for practicing more direct communication ❌ “I don’t know about this” ❌ “I’m not sure about this” ❌ “I don’t love this” ✅ “I hate this” ❌ 👍🏻 ✅ “I hate you” Follow me for more top tips 🕶️
You wouldn’t put a mask on your face to protect yourselves but you will walk around with that ridiculous Apple headset 🤦🏼♀️
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