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    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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    11. Gergely Orosz

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      Looks like a historic moment: US tariffs will be higher than any time in the last 100 years.
      
      They were only this high in the pre-1900s.
      
      Both the US and the world economy will massively change as a result.
      
      Tech will not be immune to the fallout from this (both the bad - and the new opportunities!)
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      After a full day of arduous labour, I can relax into a night of casual gaming
      4 Patio slabs. Two of them have been power-washed. Two have not.
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    19. Nicole Sullivan

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      Disagree. It’s another shakedown. He’ll take bribes to loosen tariffs

      Building comfort eagle

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      The biggest surprise about all this there seems to be no plan or goal or measure of success possible.
      
      They havnt even cut taxes yet and they're crashing the economy.
      
      Trump is betting his personality cult on a political program that doesnt advance any electoral agenda or his personal power.
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      welp... www.jimmybogard.com/automapper-a...
      Given that InfiniLore is built on MediatR, this will be a fun ride... 
      I see three options
      - Go back to giant service classes 😭
      - Use FastEndpoints mediator 😅
      - Strip out the mediator I was building in AterraEngine and proceed to build out my own 🔥
      AutoMapper and MediatR Going CommercialYes, another one of "those posts". But tl;dr: In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of my OSS projects, I will be commercializing AutoMapper and MediatR. I did not post this on April 1st f...
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    30. Tim Culpan

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      Thomas Friedman saw only what Beijing wanted him to see. 
      
      It wasn’t the future.
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    34. Sarah Drasner

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      Watch Kyle Simpson (author of You Don’t Know JS) deep dive on local first premises- not just data but privacy, performance, and apps acting as installed and remaining persistently, updating automatically (IWAs)
      Kyle on stage with a slide that goes through local first manifesto- no spinners, work not trapped on the device, network is optional, seamless collaboration, the Long Now, security and privacy by default, retain ultimate ownership
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