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A Canadian software developer who thinks he’s funny.

Education

Mount Allison University

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He/him

Work

Co-founder at Forem

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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How do you take the first steps in a daunting and complicated software project?

How do you take the first steps in a daunting and complicated software project?

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What was your win this week?

What was your win this week?

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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I'm building robots

I'm building robots

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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We are donating $2k worth of advertising to the Open Source pledge

We are donating $2k worth of advertising to the Open Source pledge

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AWS S3 appears to be down

AWS S3 appears to be down

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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What was your win this week?

What was your win this week?

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What's the worst codebase you've ever worked in?

What's the worst codebase you've ever worked in?

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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The NFL's Best Kicker is One of Us

The NFL's Best Kicker is One of Us

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Three New Deals Are Live on DEV++ 🎉

Three New Deals Are Live on DEV++ 🎉

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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New DEV++ Deal: 25% Off Scrimba Pro

New DEV++ Deal: 25% Off Scrimba Pro

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Introducing DEV++

Introducing DEV++

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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The Fight Against Low-Quality Automation

The Fight Against Low-Quality Automation

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DEV Search: 20x Latency Reduction By Layering Algolia On Top of Postgres

DEV Search: 20x Latency Reduction By Layering Algolia On Top of Postgres

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Three Pieces of Advice for DEV Challenges

Three Pieces of Advice for DEV Challenges

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Weekly Watercooler Thread

Weekly Watercooler Thread

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Weekly Watercooler Thread

Weekly Watercooler Thread

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Weekly Watercooler Thread

Weekly Watercooler Thread

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Weekly Watercooler Thread

Weekly Watercooler Thread

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Watercooler Wednesday

Watercooler Wednesday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Watercooler Wednesday

Watercooler Wednesday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Without looking it up, do you know what jpeg stands for?

Without looking it up, do you know what jpeg stands for?

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Introducing some awful new DEV tags

Introducing some awful new DEV tags

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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Explaining requestAnimationFrame in 256 characters or fewer

Explaining requestAnimationFrame in 256 characters or fewer

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Meme Monday

Meme Monday

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AI and the Future of Actually Getting a Job

AI and the Future of Actually Getting a Job

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Meme Monday

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