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The Visibility Trap: What Predatory Media Pitches Reveal About Our Need for Real Community

Too often, "opportunities" are just predatory pitches in disguise. What people are hungry for is real community.

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Software Development Lessons Learned from Video Games: Don’t Forget to Side Quest

One shared lesson I've learned from both software development and video games: don't leave all the small tasks until the very end.

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Mindfulness: A Tool That Can Prevent Deadlocks and Defensiveness

Successful relationships inside or outside of business require a focused effort to build connections. A key to achieving this is mindfulness.

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What Is a Software Designer, and How Can You Become One?

A software designer’s take on how to transition from traditional graphic design to working in software, including necessary hard + soft skills and more.

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How to Manage Cognitive Load as a Developer

When you're juggling features, bugs, code reviews, and meetings, you're just as bottlenecked by time as you are by cognitive load.

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Puzzle Games That Sharpen a Developer’s Mental Modeling Skills

Puzzle games won’t replace the experience you get from real engineering work, but they can sharpen the tools you work with every day.

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How Reality TV Makes Me a Better Designer

Here's how a generalist designer uses reality TV and fantasy football to stay current with design tools, avoid skill decay, and grow.

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Building with LEGOs and Building Software for the Future

I've been thinking about how the expertise I gain from building LEGO models is a lot like how I build software effectively at Atomic Object.

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What I Learned from a Quarter of Intentional Growth

I’ve always believed that growth requires intentionality. Progress does not happen by accident – it takes deliberate effort and focus.

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Tickets to Commits: What IT Work Taught Me About Writing Code

Here are a few ways my experience working in IT has been a superpower as I’ve transitioned into software development.

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Build a System to Learn and Remember Technical Topics as a Developer

Build a personal knowledge system combining Drafts, ChatGPT Study Mode, and Anki to capture, understand, and retain new technical insights.

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From Daunting to Doable: Kill It at Your Next Networking Event with These 5 Hacks

Even the most outgoing extroverts sometimes get sweaty palms at a networking event. But with the right mindset, it can actually be fun.

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