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2nd April 2021 at 08:49

I just got that glorious feeling of opening a physical record—a vinyl. It was Led Zeppelin’s first album. I was a fanatical music collector, once upon a time. I had a CD collection of over 350 albums! Because it got so hard to find an album I wanted to listen to, I bought one of […]

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28th March 2021 at 21:03

I’ve decided that the @hankchizljaw Twitter account is work-only now and I’ll only use and interact with it during work hours.I took a little step away last week because I could feel the burnout apathy twinging again, so took swift action to nip it in the bud. I’ve realised that the lack of separation between […]

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26th March 2021 at 13:28

Imagine if someone said: “You have to be passionate about clearing sewerage drains. You can’t just do it for the money.” Sounds pretty ridiculous, right? So why is tech any different and what makes it so special? It isn’t special and it’s more than acceptable to get your salary and live your life how you […]

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26th March 2021 at 11:17

I’ve just seen someone refer to their job as “boring money internet”. The endless tech “debates” like whether one programming language is actually a programming language or not feel very rooted in “boring money internet” to me. More fun creative internet, please.

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