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Moving out of WordPress
After using WordPress as my main blogging and site platform for the last 19+ years, my site is now using Eleventy (11ty). The change is unrelated to the WordPress drama happening with Matt Mullenger,...
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Cornucopia of call for speakers tips
Before even speaking at a conference, you need to be accepted (duh), which mean that you need to submit your talk to the CFP (Call for Proposals). We commonly call those "call for speakers"....
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Awesome Chrome Extensions
I thought it would be useful to list the Chrome extensions I'm currently using as I share some of them every now, and then. So think of this as a GitHub awesome lists, but not community-curated! Here...
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Please read this before receiving feedback from me
When I evaluate or review something for you, no matter that it is (i.e., blog posts, resumes, conference talks, open source projects...), I do it with the goal of helping you or your team. Never doubt...
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3 words for 2023
It's been a couple of years that I'm defining three words instead of a standard resolution. The big difference is that they are guidance, not things I absolutely need to do. One may see this as a lack...
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I'm joining Kubefirst
Today is my first day as a Principal Developer Advocate at Kubefirst, a fully automated open source Kubernetes platform to provide cloud infrastructure management and software delivery in minutes....
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samples of past work
Writing Announcement: 401 & scoped packages for npm Book: Success in Programming published at Apress Documentation: Mindee [efn_note]it was a team effort, but I was responsible for the vision,...
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Cornucopia of public speaking tips
Originally published on Mindee's blog. Speech communication is a soft skill that is important regardless of the job you have. Public speaking is not just for adventurous people looking to participate...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty - #14
It is the kind of thing you do not want to wait until you really need to do it, trust me (CW: depression, suicidal thoughts). It shouldn't be an after thought. It shouldn't be a shameful topic. We...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty - #13
The word ego isn't a bad one in itself: it denotes one's opinion of their own value or importance. There is that non-written rule about it though. We mostly always use it with a negative connotation....
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