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Read Black Mirror - technology ethics and can it be used for wrong?

Black Mirror - technology ethics and can it be used for wrong?

Nearly every technology that has been developed has been used for both good and bad. Developments that look like they could have a massive impact on civilization have usually also spun off a side …

Read Antilibrary - should I finish the book I am reading?

Antilibrary - should I finish the book I am reading?

I read a lot of books and once I start reading a book I normally finish it. This article proposes that it may be more valuable to have a bunch of books that are unread. Not sure I completely buy in to …

Read Setting up Github SSH

Setting up Github SSH

Just a reminder of the starting point for setting up SSH with Github so I don’t have to keep looking for it each time.

Read Git - what to do when it goes wrong

Git - what to do when it goes wrong

This has a great summary of what to do when things go wrong when using Git. Added here so I know where to look in moments of panic.

Read Sometimes to learn you also need to do

Sometimes to learn you also need to do

I am back on the learning Scala trail and it is clear that just reading books and articles or watching videos won’t cut it. It needs to be hands-on coding.

Read Scala + Sbt + Docker quickly

Scala + Sbt + Docker quickly

I am currently starting to learn Scala (to add to a myriad of other languages I have programmed in over my career). We are also in the process of “dockerizing” our application. So I wanted …

Read Abandoning the baggage of Agile

Abandoning the baggage of Agile

I have worked with various flavours of “Agile” over numerous years. These have ranged from the very formal where everything is done by the book to more ad-hoc versions where different …

Read Abolish performance reviews

Abolish performance reviews

I have never been a fan of performance reviews. It may have been down to the way they were implemented at the places I worked however they never seemed to achieve what they were set out to do. The …

Read Travel the world with the geographic game - GeoGuessr

Travel the world with the geographic game - GeoGuessr

This is a very simple idea for a quiz. It drops you in a random place somewhere in the world and you use Google StreetView to work out where it is. If you are lucky you end up in a town or city, …