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Speedrunning A Failed Business original ↗

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Software Engineer Dystopia or Hegemony original ↗

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2025

I have a book for that original ↗

19 Dec 2025

Defend your codebase against AI comments original ↗

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The Slow Path to Everything original ↗

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The Deployment Constraint: Speed, Safety, and Automation original ↗

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2024

Why 5 Whys isn't enough original ↗

29 Dec 2024

Convincing or Instructing original ↗

26 Dec 2024

Managing Expectations original ↗

14 Dec 2024

2023

Stop saying Tech Debt original ↗

23 Jul 2023

2022

What are your engineering culture values?original ↗

20 Nov 2022

2021

Hiring advice for bootcamp graduates original ↗

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Manager README 2021 original ↗

20 Jul 2021

Corporate values as memes original ↗

14 Feb 2021

2020

Ready to start original ↗

27 Dec 2020

Plateau original ↗

26 Dec 2020

Move outwards from the core original ↗

25 Dec 2020

Warming up and down original ↗

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Ratio of lifts original ↗

5 Dec 2020

Basis of strength original ↗

29 Nov 2020

Technique is key original ↗

28 Nov 2020

Compound lifts original ↗

22 Nov 2020

Why getting strong is hard – Part III original ↗

12 Nov 2020

Why getting strong is hard – Part II original ↗

1 Nov 2020

Why getting strong is hard – Part I original ↗

31 Oct 2020

Food original ↗

20 Oct 2020

Get strong first original ↗

10 Oct 2020

Preparation for training original ↗

28 Sept 2020

Increase calories original ↗

21 Sept 2020

The body as an engine original ↗

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Fitness types original ↗

13 Sept 2020

Systems not goals original ↗

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Body image original ↗

29 Jan 2020

Motivation original ↗

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Stress original ↗

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2019

Training original ↗

18 Nov 2019

Measure the right thing original ↗

14 Nov 2019

Question everything original ↗

21 Jul 2019

Sacrifice and Results original ↗

30 Jun 2019

Change for life original ↗

25 Jun 2019

Snake oil selling better than ever original ↗

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2018

Manager README original ↗

29 Oct 2018

2017

Are you joining a good engineering team?original ↗

23 Jul 2017

How much coding should a manager do?original ↗

2 Jul 2017

Are you happy?original ↗

25 Jun 2017

2016

How I became a data scientist original ↗

26 Aug 2016

Insurance against LeftPad level events original ↗

3 Jun 2016

Breaking into the opinionated, disjointed world of web development original ↗

12 Mar 2016

Caveats original ↗

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The inner cycle original ↗

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Cycles: the introduction original ↗

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Never, EVER, push to master original ↗

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review with status, diff and log original ↗

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add and remove (rm), checkout and reset original ↗

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checkout this branch original ↗

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push and pull original ↗

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init, clone and origin original ↗

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Backup as often as you like original ↗

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Power of the server in your client original ↗

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For those not yet using git original ↗

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Converting XML to JSON original ↗

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Before you learn to program original ↗

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Death By A Million Cuts original ↗

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Confusing Christmas with Halloween original ↗

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How Not To Do a Hackathon original ↗

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The 10 Types of People original ↗

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Counting Like A Computer original ↗

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Helping a stranger (and why you should understand NP-complete)original ↗

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Computer Science in Plain English original ↗

18 Sept 2013

Fantasy Football Team Selector 2013-14 original ↗

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The Future of Education original ↗

27 Jul 2013

Expert or Generalist?original ↗

24 Jun 2013

Curiosity Killed The Productivity original ↗

8 May 2013

Designing your wedding ring with 13 year old code original ↗

13 Apr 2013

XML Serialisation original ↗

11 Mar 2013

Idea A Day original ↗

27 Feb 2013

The Difference Between Mean and Median original ↗

20 Jan 2013

From Idea to Launch: A Website Dissection original ↗

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2012

What's New? Music original ↗

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Becoming a Web Developer original ↗

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Failure and Unfair Comparisons original ↗

16 Oct 2012

Fantasy Football League Team Selector 2012-13 original ↗

7 Aug 2012

One year in...original ↗

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Modular WPF Interfaces original ↗

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Barrier To Entry original ↗

17 Jun 2012

How I lost, and regained, my coding mojo original ↗

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New Music - Part I original ↗

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