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A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.

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Jul 5 '22

What's your best productivity tip?

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Jul 1 '22

Updates on DevDiscuss and DevNews

Many of you here on DEV have come to know and love two of our original podcasts: DevDiscuss and...

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Jun 29 '22

Kids & Coding

The season 9 finale of DevDiscuss is here! Thank you so much for joining us over the past seven...

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Jun 27 '22

Meme Monday! 🥸

Welcome to another Meme Monday post! Today's cover image comes from my favorite submission from last...

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Jun 26 '22

Side Project Sunday! What do you have going on?

Give a quick description of what you're up to and anything else you want to share.

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Jun 22 '22

How the software we build is used maliciously and abusively 🎙

This is an episode of DevDiscuss where we are joined by experts in technology abuse to get into how...

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Jun 20 '22

Meme Monday!?!

Welcome to another Meme Monday post! Today's cover image comes from my favorite submission from last...

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Jun 19 '22

Side Project Sunday! What do you have going on?

Give a quick description of what you're up to and what some recent learnings have been. This series...

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Jun 17 '22

What's the difference between a library and a framework?

This is totally up for debate, so I figured I'd ask.

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Jun 15 '22

CodeLand is special, and I'm not just saying that.

I've been to every CodeLand — well before I was officially involved in it. It's been one of the best...

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Jun 15 '22

SQL Has Evolved a Lot In Order To Meet New Challenges — But The Fundamentals Have Remained 🎙

This episode of DevDiscuss has us joined by Jim Walker of Cockroach Labs to talk about what modern...

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Jun 15 '22

People rarely use complicated git commands on the weekend, and I have the data to prove it.

Preamble: We've been running an experimental project to catalog good evergreen guides on DEV. Some...

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