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What makes a Senior Developer? Abstract Classes

A SeniorDeveloper knows how to write DRY code and will combine common pieces together into generic or abstract solutions, with then smaller implementation classes on top to define the individual differences.

How so? Watch and Learn! 🙌

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Book Review: Shape Up

The second book for our #speakingsoftwarebookbridge project was Shape Up, by Ryan Singer. It’s a refreshing look at the Software Delivery Process that is sure to inspire, and hopefully accelerate your feature output!

It’s so mind-boggling simple and beautiful that you have to marvel at how it’s not more widely known and adopted…

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Book Review: Code that fits in your Head

The first book for our #speakingsoftwarebookbridge project was "Code That Fits in Your Head: Heuristics for Software Engineering" by Mark Seemann. Coming in at a hefty 400 pages; it’s no bedtime read! However, it is an invaluable book to have on your shelf - preferably always within arms’ reach of your computer…

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LLM Adventures 01

Like everyone else in the world, I wanted to dive deeper in Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative Pretrained Transformers (GPTs), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The hype around this topic is crazy right now!

ChatGPT provided some good fun in my first forays, but it just wasn't scratching the itch. I hate "magic", and always want to know what's happening under the hood. I wanted to *run* this stuff, not just use it…

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