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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 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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      Andrew James

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      This kind of thing is what I hoped Starmer / Rayner would bring to British politics. Fingers crossed for Burnham. 
      
      Small acts like this are how you win the popular vote.

      Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

      mayor.nyc.gov
      This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City.โ€จโ€จThis was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
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    14. RoxyRodBeck

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      The boat steroids worked!
      Baby boy had been cleared! ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ
      Gotta keep an eye on his oxygen saturation but omgggggg. โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
      Thank you for the well wishes. ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿซถ
      
      (He checks the pulsox on his own and gets excited when heโ€™s in the high 90s.)
      Young box checking his oxygen saturation and smiling
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    18. taylor desseyn

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      the best resumes do two things at once:
      
      1. make sense to a recruiter (who isnt that smart usually) in 10 seconds
      2. hold up technically with a hiring manager
      
      its a tough tough balance
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      Finally got around to tweaking my webcam & key lights whilst the wee man was sleeping. 
      
      Now I just need someone that is handy with lighting to tell me everywhere Iโ€™m going wrong. 
      
      Feedback welcomed!
      Webcam side-view shot of a person. The shot is poorly framed and lit
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    26. Andrew Henninger

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      Me too, pot... Me too.
      A broken clay planter pot with a tree growing out of the top. The broken planter is held together with rope and duct tape.
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    30. dan

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      look closely at behavior after 0:07, that's The Dream(tm) from SPA world: instant jump to new page header, the rest streams in
      
      without a normalized data store on the client or manual wiring!

      Aurora Scharff

      aurorascharff.no
      Building SPA-like experiences with Next.js (3)
      
      With Partial Prefetching, you can tap a link and the page arrives with its content already there.
      
      Live demo, source code, and docs below โ†“
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    37. Chris Coyier

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      background: conic-gradient(
          from 0 at 0 0,
          white,
          red
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      kinda weirdly perfectly chill 3D look. codepen.io/editor/chris...
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