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Hello Shopify! šŸŽ‰
Today, I’m absolutely thrilled to start a new job at Shopify as Technical Advisor to the CEO.

Preparing for my next role šŸ§‘ā€šŸ’»
Now that I’ve wrapped up my time at Microsoft, my attention is shifting towards my next job and getting ready for it.

The cost of startup cloud credits šŸš€
Credits are tempting and who doesn’t like free? They do, however, come with a cost that might hurt later if you’re not paying attention up front.

Hello UltraFine 4K šŸ–„
Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t have a baby version of their Pro Display XDR, so I did the next best thing I could and picked up the LG UltraFine 24" 4K

Entirely predictable, yet sad šŸ™ˆ
I’d have a lot more sympathy for McConnell’s argument if he was backing up that speech by actually doing something to bring some other process to bear.

The case of aaaabbbcca 🧩
Implicit in a recent pointer to a code puzzle was the fact that a test-driven approach would be perfect. So, I dove in.

Leaving Microsoft šŸ‘‹
After over five years at Microsoft, February 28th is my last day. It’s bittersweet to be departing now, but I’m so looking forward to what’s next.

Now building with Next.js šŸ§‘ā€šŸ«
I’ve rebuilt my website with Next.js and found it to be more interesting than I expected. Much more interesting.

Code interviews and ego fails 🤦
You can have worked for decades in software development, and still be tripped up by a code interview.

How do I work best? šŸ§‘ā€šŸ’»
I’ve been asking some basic questions of myself lately, including how do I like to work and what I’m looking for when thinking about what to do next.