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One of the best things about being a programmer is getting to experiment on all the new things happening in our industry. It's easy to feel overwhelmed! But it's also easy to feel inspired by the crazy creativity out there. Join me in exploring these things.
Copilot, The Good Parts: Efficiency
Jun 12 AI

Copilot, The Good Parts: Efficiency

There are so many opinions about Copilot and AI in general - many of them negative - and it's easy to see why. There are some good parts, however, and I want to explore them....

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Constraints and Logic in Your Database
May 13 Postgres

Constraints and Logic in Your Database

Logic in your database... is that what constraints are? If you're a programmer, yeah, it's logic. If you're a data person, it's heaven....

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👻 Hacking Ghost for Fun and Profit
Feb 12 Fun

👻 Hacking Ghost for Fun and Profit

Back in 2014 I created a course for Pluralsight called Hacking Ghost, which is the...

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Weird Brazil Date Bug with Jon Skeet
Dec 30 Fun

Weird Brazil Date Bug with Jon Skeet

Digging through my archives once again and found this wonderful video with Jon Skeet doing what he loves to do: sleuthing date bugs and answering questions on StackOverflow!...

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Mod and Remainder Are Not The Same
Aug 21 Fun

Mod and Remainder Are Not The Same

A remainder and a modulus look so very similar, but they are not the same thing and worse, are treated differently by different programming languages. Do you know how your language handles mod?...

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