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  1. A peek inside my meeting facilitation playbook: co-pilot with me ✈️📕

    No grand claims here, just some learned practical insights and tips. Let’s make our meetings enjoyable and effective, shall we?

    Bethan Ashley
    May 3, 2024
    • Meeting
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  2. Prove Me Wrong (A Reminder to Myself)

    Maybe the real treasure was the mistakes I made along the way.

    Louis Antonopoulos
    October 5, 2022
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    • Debugging
  3. Back to Basics: Boolean Expressions

    Write Boolean expressions using operators instead of if/else for a more readable outcome.

    Joël Quenneville
    June 28, 2021
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    • Ruby
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  4. Back to basics: psql

    The right tool for the right job, right? Well let me introduce you to psql.

    German Velasco
    March 14, 2019
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  5. Basic CSS Selector Syntax Explained Using Cats

    CSS can be tricky. Learn some basic selector syntax with cats!

    Mike Borsare
    October 26, 2015
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  6. It’s Only Color

    Three colors are all you need.

    Mike Borsare
    February 23, 2015
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  7. Back to Basics: Anonymous Functions and Closures

    Anonymous functions and closures are a useful concepts included in most...

    Britt Ballard
    October 10, 2014
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  8. Back to Basics: SOLID

    SOLID is an acronym created by Bob Martin and Michael Feathers that refers to...

    Britt Ballard
    September 3, 2014
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  9. Back to Basics: Regular Expressions

    Regular expressions are a core skill for developers in any language. Revisit the basics with us to master this foundational technique.

    Britt Ballard
    May 12, 2014
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  10. Back to Basics: Writing SQL Queries

    An in-depth overview of INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements, ORDER BY, INNER JOIN, LEFT OUTER JOIN, WHERE, GROUP BY, and HAVING clauses, and topics such as join tables and sub-queries.

    Britt Ballard
    April 21, 2014
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