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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!

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      having the opportunity to feign surprise and drop this line would give me a kind of high no drug could reproduce

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      TRUMP: I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody
      
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      intuitively of course OF COURSE you expect pixel on the bg going from 0 to 255 but i didnt expect it to look that pretty just like that
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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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      life goal: attend the inevitable Angine de Poitrine x Clowncore concert
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      Got this sweet DTF St. Louis commemorative cup from Target.
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      the hardest part of building a moat that no one tells you about?
      
      it’s the pH balance
      
      otherwise you end up with an algae bloom and the water looks all green and gross
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