2018 in Review (25 mins read).
Looking back at 2018 as a whole - both the positives and negatives, and looking forward to 2019.
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#job
#reader-mail
#capital-one
#java
#appendix
#holiday
#www.jvt.me
#indieweb
#personal
#mental-health
#year-in-review.
Tech and non-tech friends. Please watch The Circle (https://youtu.be/QCOXARv6J9k) for a great look at a not-so-distant future of tech, and the risks if not not kept in check. Very painful to watch as it's so close to reality
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#tech
#indieweb.
Learning at work with an AWS GameDay
A writeup on the DVSA blog of a great day I had attending their AWS Game Day
Recommended read: Learning at work with an AWS GameDay https://dvsadigital.blog.gov.uk/2018/06/26/learning-at-work-with-an-aws-gameday/
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#aws
#aws-game-day
#dvsa.
Moving Events for the Homebrew Website Club: Nottingham to the IndieWeb Events site (2 mins read).
Announcing my decision to move Homebrew Website Club: Nottingham events from my own site to events.indieweb.org.
I will be attending Women in Tech 6th February - What does a Business Psychologist know about Tech? on
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who are you trying to impress with your deadlines?
Recommended read: who are you trying to impress with your deadlines? http://jatins.gitlab.io/me/why-deadline/
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The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones
Recommended read: The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones https://www.benkuhn.net/11
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#communication.
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#licensing.
With the help of https://snarfed.org I've now got https://brid.gy running locally and syndicating RSVPs from my website to Meetup.com - hopefully it'll be live next week for the rest of the #IndieWeb to enjoy https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy/issues/873
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But when it gets right down to it, if permissive open source is free candy, copyleft is a free puppy. If you want a puppy, a free one is great. If you don’t want a puppy, receiving a free one by surprise can be costly and awkward.
Recommended read: Don't Rely on OSI Approval https://writing.kemitchell.com/2019/05/05/Rely-on-OSI.html
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#licensing.
User Stories From The Blokechain
Recommended read: User Stories From The Blokechain https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/01/user-stories-from-the-blokechain/
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From 15,000 database connections to under 100: DigitalOcean's tale of tech debt
Recommended read: From 15,000 database connections to under 100: DigitalOcean's tale of tech debt https://blog.digitalocean.com/from-15-000-database-connections-to-under-100-digitaloceans-tale-of-tech-debt/
It is perfectly OK to only code at work, you can have a life too.
The only problem is that the industry makes folks feel like they need to, which isn't fair for people who don't have time ie who have other commitments like children
Recommended read: It is perfectly OK to only code at work, you can have a life too. https://zeroequalsfalse.com/posts/it-is-ok-to-only-code-at-work/
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Recommended read: Allowlist, not whitelist. Blocklist, not blacklist. Goodbye, wtf. Microsoft scans Chromium code, lops off offensive words https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/03/chromium_microsoft_offensive/