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A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.

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Jan 22 '21

Jan 22: DEV Discovery

Find a DEV post that you think deserves more eyeballs, drop it in the comments. It can be your own, t...

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Jan 21 '21

Jan 20: DEV Daily Discovery

Please make a comment to this thread with a DEV post that you think deserves to be read more broadly....

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Jan 19 '21

Jan 19: DEV Daily Discovery

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Jan 19 '21

Fixing Cumulative Layout Shift

Cumulative layout shift is the term that refers to content that jumps after initial load. Not only i...

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Jan 18 '21

Jan 18: DEV Daily Discovery

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Jan 16 '21

Jan 16: DEV Daily Discovery

Third thread!! Please make a comment to this thread with a DEV post that you think deserves to be...

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Jan 15 '21

Jan 15: DEV Daily Discovery

Hey folks! This is the second post in this daily series. I already missed a day, but still intend to...

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Jan 14 '21

Announcing the CodeNewbie Community

Wait, hasn't the CodeNewbie Community been around for years? Doesn’t the community already gather thr...

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Jan 13 '21

Jan 13: DEV Daily Discovery

Hey folks! I want to try something new. Please make a comment to this thread with a DEV post that y...

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Jan 12 '21

Do you associate music with any fond coding memories?

When I was first getting into software development, I had a thing for The Doors, so I coded to songs...

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Jan 6 '21

DX stands for developer experience

I came across this interaction around the use of the term "DX" in this pull request within the Forem...

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Jan 4 '21

Does your org have a backup plan when your main communication systems go down?

Slack is down right now. I'm curious how folks deal with that situation.

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