Musings
PHP internals and the battle for Ukraine
...when world affairs and programming collide.
Read more ▶Should technical tests FizzBuzz off? Some thoughts on interview practice.
How can we improve hiring processes? Challenging the coding challenge.
Read more ▶The Second Worst Job I Ever Had
Memories of mad metrics and myopic targets.
Read more ▶Feel like a fraud? It's more common than you think!
Confident or con artist? Coping with imposter syndrome.
Read more ▶Communication as a programmer
If we want to be better programmers, we must also learn to be better humans.
Read more ▶Holy hackamole, bots are a problem!
Why I'm glad I hardened my server before launching this blog.
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The difference between failure and success isn't whether you make mistakes, it's whether you learn from them.
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Recalling the time I turned down a job offer because the company's interview technique sucked.
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Recalling the time I was rejected on the basis of a tech test...for the strangest reason!
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Why type hinting an array as a parameter or return type is an anti-pattern and should be avoided.
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Leveraging the power of JSON and RDBMS for a combined SQL/NoSQL approach.
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