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How and Why I’m Improving My Developer Vocabulary

Since I've started actively trying to improve my developer vocabulary, I've seen benefits that extend beyond mentoring other developers.

Gage Vander Clay Software Consultant & Developer. Member of Cell One in the Atomic Accelerator program. Avid distro hopper. Premature optimizer.

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Growing as Makers • Apr 27

Crucial Conversations: In the Heat of it – What to Keep in Mind When Dialogue Isn’t Easy

In part one of this series on Crucial Conversations, we prepared. Next, here's how to keep the conversation real and respectful.

Extracurricular Activities • Apr 23

Bringing Your Raspberry Pi on the Road: A Portable Pi Setup Guide

With this Portable Pi Guide, you'll make your Raspberry Pi travel-ready using Tailscale and your phone’s hotspot — no extra gear needed.

Growing as Makers • Apr 13

Do the Interesting Work

Interesting work sticks. Lessons learned while genuinely engaged are retained longer, bolstering competence for future challenges.

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Pictured is a hand with a pen writing in a notebook, illustrating a point "Retake Your Pen" from the article Crucial Conversations: In the Heat of It

Growing as Makers

Crucial Conversations: In the Heat of it – What to Keep in Mind When Dialogue Isn’t Easy

In part one of this series on Crucial Conversations, we prepared. Next, here's how to keep the conversation real and respectful.

Three developers look over a problem on the computer. Jake Silas says: Do the Interesting Work

Growing as Makers

Do the Interesting Work

Interesting work sticks. Lessons learned while genuinely engaged are retained longer, bolstering competence for future challenges.

Working Ahead of the Curve: How Developers Become Consultants

Growing as Makers

Working Ahead of the Curve: How Developers Become Consultants

Discover how developers can increase their impact by adopting a consultant mindset and turning small insights into project successes.

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Bringing Your Raspberry Pi on the Road: A Portable Pi Setup Guide

Build a Joke-Telling Chatbot with LangGraph and Streamlit

Extracurricular Activities

Build a Joke-Telling Chatbot with LangGraph and Streamlit

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Extracurricular Activities

How to Run the Pterodactyl Game Panel Behind Tailscale

Building a Game with AI: A 30-Minute Experiment

Extracurricular Activities

Building a Game with AI: A 30-Minute Experiment

Transform Technical Reading into Podcasts with NotebookLM

Extracurricular Activities

Transform Technical Reading into Podcasts with NotebookLM

Learn how I created AI-generated podcasts based on technical sources with NotebookLM, a free, experimental project.

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