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๐ It works on my machine
September 2, 2023
Hello Hello! "Whatโs the difference between a teacher and a train?A teacher says, 'Spit out that gum!' and a train says, 'Chew! Chew!'" ๐คฃ source: Scout Life...
๐ฉ A Tech Profile from OpenAI
August 27, 2023
Hello Hello! "Rest in peace, boiling water.You will be mist." ๐คฃ source: UPJOKE Today I bring to you file versioning, a tech profile, and an inspirational...
๐ฝ Backup Anxiety
August 19, 2023
Hello Hello! "- What would be a good backup name for a baby boy? - Justin Case"๐คฃ source: JokoJokes Today I bring to you an event, backup, and ChatGPT in...
๐ท Becoming a "Product Manager"
August 12, 2023
Hello Hello! "- What's the scary dessert that keeps coming back?- Boo! meringue"๐คฃ source: UPJOKE It is good to be back. Did you miss me?๐. Today I bring to...
โ COMP123 - Bonus 3
July 4, 2023
Hello Hello! This is your third bonus. This is a bit more challanging as it requires the content of week #6 about File IO. Read carefully. PROBLEM Create a...
๐ Software Engineers & ADHD
June 18, 2023
Hello Hello! "I was on the beach and got hit by a massive wave of cake. It was a tiramisu nami."๐คฃ source: Here's a Joke Today I bring to you an event, code...
COMP123: Bonus GitHub Link
June 12, 2023
Hello Hello! There seems to be some confusion from some students when submitted their bonus. I asked for YOUR GitHub link, not mine! The image I posted in...
โ COMP123 - Bonus 2
June 5, 2023
Hello Hello! This is your second bonus. Read carefully. PROBLEM Create a C# console-based project, a class representing a Plane, and implement the following...
๐ง A look at React
June 4, 2023
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ source: Spring Chicken Today I bring to you malware, content writing, and React. The Dangers of Google's new .ZIP Domains (TLD)โฃ๏ธ TL;DR; Be...
๐ค Tech Salaries Growth
May 21, 2023
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ source: Saying Images Today I bring to you a hackathon, an interface, and tech salary growth. Appwrite Hackathon๐ค Appwrite is a company who...
โ COMP123 - Bonus 1
May 15, 2023
Hello Hello! This is your first bonus. Read carefully. PROBLEM Write a C# console program that: 1 - In the Main() method it reads in a list of integers from...
๐ค๏ธ Bill Gates
May 6, 2023
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ source: Wandering Wagars Today I bring to you another event, an interview, and work opportunities for students. Event: Microsoft...
๐ฎ A positive future for AI and Coders
April 29, 2023
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ source: css-tricks.com Today I bring to you an event, a bit of history, and a positive future for AI and Coders. Event: Google I/O๐ Google I/O...
๐ Work Opportunities
April 16, 2023
Hello Hello! "0, 1, 2, 3... Real programmers count from 0." ๐คฃ source: Hongkiat Today I bring to you a job opportunity, help to code, and blogging as a way to...
๐ Are you Rust'ed?
April 8, 2023
Hello Hello! "Why did the Easter egg hide? Because it was a little chicken!" ๐คฃ source: One Line Fun I hope you are enjoying the long weekend! Today I bring...
๐ Happy April Fools!
April 1, 2023
Hello Hello! "Today's the day to propose. If they say yes, great. If they say no, just say: 'April Fools!'" ๐คฃ source: Yahoo Life Today I bring games, and...
๐๏ธ Coding with your Eyes
March 25, 2023
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ by Lokajit Tikayatray Today I bring to you a video about accessibility in coding, how software developers are evaluated, and working with...
๐ค 1-1 Meetings
March 19, 2023
Hello Hello! "Why did the programmer get cold?Because she left her Windows open!" ๐คฃ source: ChatGPT Today I bring to you how to write good documentation, how...
๐๏ธ Tech Bank Collapsing
March 12, 2023
Hello Hello! "Three SQL databases walked into a NoSQL bar. A little while later they walked out. Why?Because they couldnโt find a table." ๐คฃ source: SEO...
๐ Debugging Stories
February 26, 2023
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ source: The CoderPedia Today I bring to you functional programming, debugging stories, and another story about getting a first job as a dev....
๐ The 10-10-10 Rule
February 19, 2023
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ source: Bored Panda Today I bring to you a few descriptions about ChatGPT, a new dev career option, and a rule to help you making better...
โ COMP123 - Bonus 3
February 17, 2023
Hello Hello! This is your third bonus. This is a bit more challanging as it requires the content of week #6 about File IO. Read carefully. PROBLEM Create a...
๐ธ Quitting a $450,000 job
February 11, 2023
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ by Chukwuebuka Sunday Today I bring to you a story, an event, and what to do if you are felling burned out. Why I Quit a $450,000 Engineering...
๐ Event: What is bad code?
January 28, 2023
Hello Hello! "Q: Tell me a coding joke about headless CMS""A: Why did the headless CMS have trouble sleeping? Because it couldn't REST!"๐คฃ source: ChatGPT...
๐ฃ๏ธ Prompt Programming - Talking to AI
January 21, 2023
Hello Hello! "My favorite computer based band is the Black IPs."๐คฃ source: Puns And One-liners Today I bring to you a hiring event, learning to talk AI, and...
๐ Boost your career
January 14, 2023
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ by Jason McLead Today I bring to you a recording of my presentation about career in tech, a book review, and access to Stack Overflow in...
๐คฏ Deep work
January 7, 2023
Hello Hello! "Question: Why did the programmer quit her job?Answer: Because she didn't get arrays."๐คฃ source: DevDojo Today I bring to you links about...
๐ฏ Set actionable goals
December 31, 2022
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ by parthrvikani Today I bring to you links about career, how to create a tree view with CSS and how to set action-driven goals for 2023. What...
๐ค ChatGPT - The robots are taking over
December 24, 2022
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ source: ChatGPT Today I bring to you links about a revolutionary AI tool, taking smart notes, and coding puzzles to help you with job...
โ๏ธ Note taking by hand
December 17, 2022
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ source: Martin Cote Today I bring to you links about procrastination, data structure and how writing by hand can improve your learning. Why...
๐ธ Coding for kids
December 11, 2022
Hello Hello! "Q: How do methods break up? A: They stop calling each other!" ๐คฃ source: Murat Purรง Today I bring to you error etiquette, coding for kids and...
๐ฃ Coding in a war zone
December 3, 2022
Hello Hello! "Q: What's the object-oriented way to become wealthy? A: Inheritance" ๐คฃ source: Hongkiat.com Welcome to December ๐ฅถ! Today I'm bringing you what...
๐ฆฅ Lazy can be good
November 26, 2022
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ source: MokeyUser.com Today I'm bringing to you a way to be more productive, a way to improve user experience with image loading and some good...
๐งณ Tech Layoffs - What can you do about it?
November 19, 2022
Hello Hello! "I was feeling bad about my code, so I went outside and take a run.And then I realized my code isn't the only thing that can't run." ๐คฃ by...
๐ The Prestige of Big Tech Companies
November 12, 2022
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ (thanks to Eduardo Mendonca) - source: Know Your Meme Today I'm showcasing a great conversation about changing jobs, a course on an app that...
๐ฆ Job Hopping
November 7, 2022
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ source: Reader's Digest Today I'm bringing to you an article about a person who loves to help, a spooky tool and a question: "Are we...
๐ฆ Dracula UI
October 29, 2022
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ - from my student Khaled - thank you! Today I'm bringing to you an event around front-end development, coding inspiration and CSS tricks to...
โพ๏ธ Programming is everything
October 22, 2022
Hello Hello! ๐คฃ - from my student Khaled - thank you! Today I'm bringing to you an event around front-end development, coding inspiration and CSS tricks to...
๐ค An Intro to Data Science
October 15, 2022
Hello Hello! "Security is like an ๐ง onion; it has many layers and makes us cry!" ๐คฃ - source: Stack Overflow Today I'm bringing to you an event around VS...
๐คฒ Understanding Open Source
October 8, 2022
Hello Hello! "I know I did okay on today programming test.... Well ...because my teacher gave me C++" ๐คฃ - source: Haider Imtiaz Today I'm bringing to you an...
๐ Choosing a Font
October 1, 2022
Hello Hello! "When I wrote this code, only God & I understood what it did. Now... Only God knows." ๐คฃ - by Lokajit Tikayatray No coding today again, but...
๐ Learning How To Learn
September 24, 2022
Hello Hello! "How did the developer become so poor? They run out of cache" ๐คฃ Today I don't bring any tech in particular, but a bit of learning, an event and...
๐งน Writing better code automatically
September 17, 2022
Hello Hello! "Why do Java programmers have to wear glasses? Because they can't C#" - Thanks to one of my students for this joke! ๐คฃ Ethereum has merged this...
๐ฎ Now what? Web 3.0?
September 8, 2022
Hello Hello! Today I have two articles and a video for you. All three are focused on technical topics. What the hell is Web 3.0?Web 3.0 is here, most likely...
๐ Getting your first Dev job
September 1, 2022
Hello Hello! Today I have 3 articles for you. Yes, a lot of reading, but they are worth it. I have a design, a technical and a career article: Choosing the...
๐ Tools to help you keep growing in your tech career
August 25, 2022
Hello Hello! This week I'm bringing two links to help with your tech career planning and one to an event (which is about to happen ๐). The Developer Skills...
๐ฅ it's not all roses in Tech
August 18, 2022
Hello Hello! I'm a very positive person but sometimes we have to discuss things that are not that good. In today's newsletter you will find an article about...
๐จ Is coding an art?
August 11, 2022
Hello Hello! I'm super excited to write the first newsletter! My goal will usually be to bring things that can inspire you (no practical use ๐คช), can help you...
๐๏ธ Microsoft MAUI Event
August 8, 2022
Hello Hello! I decided to send the first email already cause it is relevant for tomorrow Tuesday August 9th. Microsoft has an online event tomorrow starting...