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Find yourself fixing the family printer today?🎄
We get hit with tech requests & our folks don’t realize they are most at risk bc they reuse their password everywhere!
Thanks @techcrunch.com @zackwhittaker.bsky.social for chatting about how to help our fam at home 💻
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December 25, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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And that's why @graceful.dev videos always include a text+code version (derived from the script used to make the video, which I write to be understandable in either format)
I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a
December 20, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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I got quite a lot of free time lately, so I figured I'd use it to blog a bit. Hopefully it's worth the effort?

Here's the first one, about some of the optimizations I and others made to ruby/json recently: byroot.github.io/ruby/json/20...
Optimizing Ruby’s JSON, Part 1
I was recently made maintainer of the json gem, and aside from fixing some old bugs, I focused quite a bit on its performance, so that it is now the fastest JSON parser and generator for Ruby on most ...
byroot.github.io
December 17, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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Don't forget to end meetings with "see you next year!"
December 20, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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*How to get a job*

- 5 years ago: 2 interviews, 3h.
- 3 years ago: 3 interviews, 3h.
- Nowadays: 5 interviews, 2 technical tests, checking in dusty grimoires to make sure you didn't sell your soul to the Devil for all eternity.
October 9, 2023 at 6:36 PM
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"Smart" does so much work in American culture. For example, another myth we don't talk about is how people who are intelligent and have technically marketable skills are also too "smart" to get duped by con artists. They are not. Nerds are huge marks tbh.
the foundational myth of the tech industry is that smart people can't be evil
December 23, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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Rest in peace friend. You will be sorely missed.

dev.to/baweaver/noa...
Noah Gibbs: Mentor, Friend, Ally
Content Warning: Death of a Ruby community member I woke up this morning to receive the news, among...
dev.to
December 27, 2024 at 4:34 AM
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Avez-vous apaisé votre culpabilité judéo-chrétienne en bouclant vos donations associatives pour 2024 ?
December 23, 2024 at 8:50 AM