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Where Developers Develop through Targeted Capability Training

Go to the profile of Hywel Carver
Hywel Carver
Jun 2, 2021

Developers aren’t rockstars; they’re footballers (and that’s a good thing).

Why software should be…

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Hywel Carver
Apr 12, 2021

Myth: Experience Can’t Be Taught

How I concluded that hiring developers based on ‘experience’ is just…

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Hywel Carver
Mar 3, 2021

Late Binding Variables: It’s a Trap!

A quick overview of a Python feature that can produce surprising…

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Hywel Carver
Feb 10, 2021

A meme of a cat with the tagline ‘engaging warp speed’

Faster React-ions

How to use React.js to improve the performance of your frontend code.

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Dave Millican
Jan 21, 2021

A window into SQL window functions

A glimpse into what can be achieved with window functions, for the uninitiated.

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Hywel Carver
Jan 7, 2021

a meme of The Matrix scene in which Neo realises he knows Kung Fu

I (Don’t) Know Kung Fu

Why traditional ‘fast tracks’ to tech team learning don’t work, and what does…

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Hywel Carver
Jan 7, 2021

Meme from the 1999 film ‘Office Space’ in which a disappointed employee says “I was told there would be biscuits”

I Was Told There Would Be Biscuits

Why traditional training doesn’t work for developers, and how I…

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