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16 Sep 2023
10 AI tools that I am currently using and you will find useful too
Boost your productivity with these amazing tools! 🚀💻Whether you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, or just someone who wants to stay organized, these tools can help you streamline your tasks and save time👇🧵
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1 Jan 2024
Linux is a popular operating system with SysAdmins and devs.
And @beaucarnes created 2 in-depth beginner courses for you – here's the first one.
In it, he goes through the major distro families and gives you an in-depth overview of how to use Linux.
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Excellent list , a wealth of knowledge in this list
31 Dec 2023
9 books I want to read in 2024:
📘The Software Engineer’s Guidebook by @GergelyOrosz - From what I’ve had time to read so far it’s a great book and an incredibly useful guide to a career in software engineering.
📓Tidy First by @KentBeck - I’ve enjoyed reading the Tidy First newsletter a lot this year.
📙Show Your Work by @austinkleon - I think I could do more to build Coding Challenges in public creating a better, shorter feedback loop. And like software engineering writing and building Coding Challenges will benefit from shorter feedback loops.
📘Smart Brevity by Roy Schwartz, Mike Allen, and Jim VandeHei - Jordan Cutler has recommended this several times and I’m always keen to improve my writing.
📖 Atomic Habbits by @JamesClear - I’ve made writing and posting on LinkedIn a habit in 2023 now I’m looking to build more useful habits.
📕The Mom Test by @robfitz - Back to those feedback loops! I need to talk to more people about Coding Challenges and this seems like a good read to maximise the return on my time.
📙Obviously Awesome by @aprildunford - Everyone should learn to sell and a key part of good sales is positioning. I’ve watched April Dunford demonstrate her expertise in several great talks on YouTube, now I want to read the book.
📒The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan - It’s easy to get distracted, so I’m intending to read this and ensure I’m being productive and focusing in the One Thing I need to.
📓Learning Go: An Idiomatic Approach to Real-world Go Programming by @jonbodner - A project based approach to learning Go, what’s not to like?
What are you looking forward to reading and why?
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31 Dec 2023
Prediction: 2024 will feel like a breakthrough year in terms of AI capability, safety, and general positivity about its potential impact. In the longer term, it'll look like just one more year on an exponential that can make everyone's lives better than anyone's today.
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16 Dec 2023
If you are a Software or Systems Engineer looking to advance in your career, here are 13 newsletters you must start reading during the holidays.
1) System Design Newsletter by @systemdesign42 - Complex systems very easily explained.
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2) ByteSizeDesgn by @alexcancode - Great resource for learning how Big Tech companies operate.
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3) The Developing Dev by @ryanlpeterman - Fills the gaps for engineers who don’t have dedicated mentorship.
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4) Techlead Mentor by Raviraj Achar - Stories and learnings by a Meta Staff Engineer
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5) Tech World With Milan by @milan_milanovic - Technical deep dives and leadership
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6) Refactoring by @lucaronin - From software development to working with people, all explained in a easily digestible way.
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7) The Caring Techie by @ironmissy - Many great articles about Tech Leadership and leading with empathy and care
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8) Coding Challenges by @johncrickett - The name says everything.
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9) Engineering Leadership by @gregorojstersek - All things Engineering Leadership related.
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10) High Growth Engineer by Jordan Cutler - Actionable advice for software engineers to grow faster in their careers.
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11) Creator Economy by @petergyang - Not strictly focused on engineering, but it teaches you to adopt a product-minded approach.
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12) The Pragmatic Engineer by @GergelyOrosz - Not much to say here: it's easily one of the most well-known and best-written engineering newsletters.
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13) Alex Ewerlöf Notes by @alexewerlof - Technical leadership, SRE and much more.
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C# 12 is now available and is part of #dotNET 8, the latest #VisualStudio, or #VSCode’s C# Dev Kit. This @KathleenDollard blog post has all the details you need to know to take advantage of the new release. msft.it/6018iGY3j
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19 Nov 2023
If you are a young software engineer, just remember this:
Underpromise and overdeliver.
Thank me later.
#Career
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13 Nov 2023
If you're new to working with computers, then this course is for you.
It teaches computer basics for absolute beginners.
You'll learn about key computer parts, how to setup your machine and connect to the internet, how to secure it, and much more.
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12 Nov 2023
For the next week only, I’m removing the paywall on my data engineering interview articles.
I wrote four in depth articles on passing the following four big tech interviews:
- data structures and algos
- data modeling
- data architecture
- SQL
Link in bio since Elon would downrank!
#dataengineering
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11 Nov 2023
FastAPI is a high-performance web framework for building Python APIs.
APIs are useful because they help software programs exchange information.
In this handbook @cultist_dev walks you through developing, testing, & deploying APIs with FastAPI MongoDB.
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8 Nov 2023
Software Architecture Principles From 5 Leading Experts ➡️ youtu.be/SYtkbv8LNv0
#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture
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3 Nov 2023
Do you think you need microservice architecture?
- Shopify doesn't need it
- StackOverflow doesn't you need it
- Basecamp doesn't need it
Think twice!
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26 Oct 2023
What are the standout qualities of the programming language, Python? And what are its limitations?
Let's take a look ➡️ youtu.be/Jad9uSMIS-I
#SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering
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26 Oct 2023
Great
28 Aug 2023
Very proud of my team! Announcing the release of the new Foundational C# Certification in collaboration with @freeCodeCamp. The cert is completely free, globally available, and includes a full 35-hour C# course on Microsoft Learn. Get started at msft.it/60199TYZv it’s FREE!
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25 Oct 2023
The Most Popular Programming Language In The World ➡️ youtu.be/Jad9uSMIS-I
#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment
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25 Oct 2023
📅 Tonight 7pm (UK)
The Most Popular Programming Language In The World
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22 Oct 2023
When you're coding in Python, you may need to install packages and dependencies.
But doing this one by one can be tedious - which is where a requirements.txt file comes in.
In this guide, @HeritageAlabi1 shows you how to create & use this helpful file.
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22 Oct 2023
Great explanation
21 Oct 2023
A lot of us misunderstand how merging works in Pandas! 🐼
These 4 images clearly explain SQL flavoured merging!
Check this out 👇
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21 Oct 2023
The SEC has proposed a new “predictive data analytics” (PDA) rule that would severely curb financial services firms from using technology to serve customers. @RobinhoodApp has voiced opposition, and I strongly stand behind it. This would have a major impact on investors. (1/7)
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21 Oct 2023
The best possible way to introduce ( and if need be disable ) features
21 Oct 2023
What is a developer's worst nightmare?
You get an alert on Friday that the feature you just released crashed the system.
Now, you have to scramble for hours to fix the issue.
But it doesn't have to be like this.
You can use feature flags to control which features are enabled.
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