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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 • Mar 30

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.

Extracurricular Activities • Mar 28

Build a Joke-Telling Chatbot with LangGraph and Streamlit

Let's explore how to build an interactive joke-telling chatbot - including a setup and punchline - using LangGraph, LangChain, and Streamlit.

Growing as Makers • Mar 27

Junior Devs: Avoid These Pitfalls with LLMs

Junior developers need to use LLMs differently than senior ones. Here's why and what I have been trying instead.

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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.

Junior Devs: Avoid These Pitfalls with LLMs

Growing as Makers

Junior Devs: Avoid These Pitfalls with LLMs

Junior developers need to use LLMs differently than senior ones. Here's why and what I have been trying instead.

The Secrets to Being an Effective Mentor and Mentee

Growing as Makers

The Secrets to Being an Effective Mentor and Mentee

Great mentorship is a two-way street. In strong mentorship relationships, both mentor and mentee engage with intentionality and trust.

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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

Run Code-server via LinuxServer.io’s Docker Image on TrueNAS Scale

Extracurricular Activities

How I Run Code-server via LinuxServer.io’s Docker Image on TrueNAS Scale

This is my 15th post documenting images I use at home. This time's topic: how I am running Code-server on my TrueNAS Scale instance.

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