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    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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    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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      Stretching off before the #EtapeCaledonia tomorrow morning. 
      
      85 miles. Sub-5 target. Let’s go!
      A pint of Guinness on a pub table sat alongside a river
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      I can say the server reacted to my component
      
      ya know
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    15. Brian

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      A fantasy series I read in college ended with the universe being divided, and everyone in it getting the choice to keep living in a universe with magic or one without.
      
      That series was not very good but anyway, I want that same choice except with AI.
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      Didn’t quite make the sub-5 target, but picked up plenty of PBs along the way! 🥇
      Etape Caledonia 2026
Distance: 136.72km
Time: 5h 24m
Elevation: 1431m

      Andrew James

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      Stretching off before the #EtapeCaledonia tomorrow morning. 
      
      85 miles. Sub-5 target. Let’s go!
      A pint of Guinness on a pub table sat alongside a river
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      I want to say PS2, but it was actually a GameBoy Color. I did love playing on it, but I feel like a PlayStation kid at heart

      Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️

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      Name your first videogame console.
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    33. Shaundai Person

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      Someone saw a post that I wrote about how inauthentic AI messages are
      
      and sent me an inauthentic message written by AI that opens with a reference to said post, asking for my business 🥀
      Al and Authenticity Struggles
Hey Shaundai,
I saw your post about feeling let down by Al and how it's just weights and biases pretending to understand. It's so real, I've been there too. Thanks for sharing such an honest take.
From what I've seen, the depth of your work feels like the kind of insight that belongs in a book - not for attention, but as something others in the field can learn from and return to.
This might be totally out of the blue, but have you started working on a book?
I help product professionals and other leaders turn their content into finished, credible books that reflect their real voice.
Is that a direction you're moving toward now?
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      What a fun evening with my babes.
      Have a great weekend, y’all! ❤️
      Partial selfie of woman in baseball cap obscuring part of her face, and a bathing suit.
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