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DynamoDB Keys for Beginners
I have never used DynamoDB before, I am a proper relational database person, but I have recently had to get into a (very simple) No-SQL db setup and there are some things that are quite different to a proper database, namely keys and indexes.
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'Remote Working Review - Month One(ish)'
I started working (almost) full time remote at the start of January. It's been two full months now, thought I'm not sure the first month really counts, so I thought it would be a good time to reflect on how it's going.
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PHP Patterns Part 1 - Repository Pattern
As I do more work at new work, I expect I will come across a few of these patterns that I don't know about. For some reason Software Design Patterns are a trigger for my deeply ingrained Imposter - I find myself regularly having to apologise for my lack of 'proper' …
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Short People Problems
As an exactly average height person, I have always struggled in jobs to find a comfortable way to work. Desks are always too high, chairs are too low, monitors never adjust enough... I've always had to beg for special stuff like foot rests, adjustable chairs, monitor arms etc so that …
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My 'Simple' Life - Morning Routine
I am a big believer in "work smarter not harder", hence why I am a programmer - and a Python programmer at that. If I have to do a job more than once you can guarantee there will be a little script for it somewhere. The same works for real life …
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Things I learnt at FullStack Conf London
Thankfully, not much of the stuff at the conference was new to me - I would be worried for my career if I'd not at least heard about most of this! - but I've been working in Python for so long now I've not given much brain time over to JS for …