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Bookmarked https://nelis.boucke.be/post/architectural-katas/ .

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:44 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #architecture.

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Week Notes 20#34 (4 mins read).

What happened in the week of 2020-08-17?

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 22:38 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #week-notes.

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Well Anna Dodson and I had a lovely afternoon at the Arboretum this afternoon - felt a bit like being back to normal, although it was a shame that the rain cut the afternoon short!

Selfie of Anna and Jamie, standing outside in the sunny Arboretum, with people socially distanced at tables and deckchairs A shot of the stage, with socially distanced seating available, and some ominous rainclouds A close-up of the stage with the live accoustic musician

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 21:35 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna .

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Bookmarked https://leaddev.com/remote-inclusion-distributed-engineering-teams .

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 18:20 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #remote-work.

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Bookmarked https://leaddev.com/eliminating-hero-culture-software-engineering-teams .

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 18:00 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna .

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Bookmarked https://leaddev.com/how-simplifying-software-can-save-your-engineering-teams-time .

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 17:42 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #boring-software.

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Bookmarked https://leaddev.com/changing-attitudes-toward-legacy-code .

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 17:28 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #legacy-code.

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Bookmarked https://leaddev.com/living-without-pre-production-environments .

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 16:34 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #software-testing #software-quality #software-development.

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Bookmarked https://landshark.io/2020/08/16/web-by-google.html .

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 12:22 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #web.

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Bookmarked https://macwright.com/2020/08/22/clean-starts-for-the-web.html?s=09 .

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 11:02 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #web #indieweb.

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Generate Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) from XML Schema Definitions with Maven (1 mins read).

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How to generate POJOs really quickly and easily, with no manual work, using the Mojohaus jaxb2-maven-plugin.

Sat, 22 Aug 2020 19:10 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #maven #java #xml.

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Bookmarked https://akrabat.com/ignoring-revisions-with-git-blame/ .

Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:55 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #git.

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Listened to Late Night Linux – Episode 96 by Joe 
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Play Podcast (mp3): Download (Duration: 34:48 — 24.0MB) How a Windows user views desktop Linux, some ask us anything questions, and Félim’s attempts to solve his RSI problem.   Kyle the Windows user …

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:53 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna .

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#Morph is my spirit animal

Black cat lying stretched out on his back, on a red blanket, with his mouth slightly open, asleep

Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:29 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #morph.

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Bookmarked https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/postscript/what-happened-to-the-webmaster/ .

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 21:50 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #web.

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Thanks for those coming to #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham tonight!

Attendees at Homebrew Website club - Anna, Jamie, Louise and James

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:17 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #homebrew-website-club.

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Looking forward to seeing folks tonight at 1730 for #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham! https://events.indieweb.org/2020/08/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-yPtwtlpRRU0p

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:25 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #homebrew-website-club.

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I've just received a (somewhat) surprise present from work for my promotion! Yet another lovely insight into the awesome folks who make #LifeAtCapitalOne special

A brown parcel, wrapped with a blue bow. The parcel itself is quite weighty The inside of the parcel - on the right, a card with celebratory images, and "You're a star!" on it. On the left, a black notebook, embossed with Jamie's initials The inside of the parcel - on the right, a card with a congratulatory message inside it. On the left, a black notebook, embossed with Jamie's initials

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:24 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #capital-one.

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Just blogged: My first experience (last year) with a #SquadHealthcheck as a way to know how your team is doing, and tracking it over time https://www.jvt.me/posts/2020/08/18/squad-healthchecks/

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:01 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #squad-healthcheck.

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My First Experience With Setting a Squad Healthcheck (8 mins read).

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Documenting a squad healthcheck I ran last year, and the good learnings that came out of it.

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:13 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #squad-healthcheck #technical-leadership #leadership.

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Bookmarked https://medium.com/@francoise_93266/the-pinterest-paradox-cupcakes-and-toxicity-57ed6bd76960 .

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 08:48 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion.

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Reminder that it's #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham on Wednesday! I hope to see you there at 1730 for some website stuff! https://events.indieweb.org/2020/08/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-yPtwtlpRRU0p

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:12 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #homebrew-website-club.

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Week Notes 20#33 (5 mins read).

What happened in the week of 2020-08-10?

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 23:10 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #week-notes.

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JWKS-iCal Release v1.2.0: Determine the jwks_uri from Configuration (1 mins read).

Updating jwks-ical to add support for discovering jwks_uri endpoints automagically.

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 20:59 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #jwks #certificates #jwks-ical #calendar.

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Globally Disable TLS Checks with Java for HttpsURLConnection (1 mins read).

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How to disable TLS checks when using HttpsURLConnections in Java.

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 16:03 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #certificates.

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Bookmarked https://ahelwer.ca/post/2020-08-09-home-ergonomics/ .

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 14:37 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #remote-work #battlestations.

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JWKS-iCal Release v1.1.0: Adding Calendar Reminder (1 mins read).

Updating jwks-ical to add support for calendar reminders before the certificate's expiry.

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 11:42 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #jwks #certificates #jwks-ical #calendar.

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Connecting to the Docker Host from a Child Container (2 mins read).

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How to access ports from the host machine when running in a child container.

Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:19 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #docker.

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I will not be attending A Short History of IoT ☕

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Fri, 14 Aug 2020 07:34 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna .

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Bookmarked https://openapi.tools/ .

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:34 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #openapi #swagger.

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Bookmarked https://github.com/stoplightio/prism .

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:28 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #openapi #swagger.

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Bookmarked https://stoplight.io/open-source/spectral/ .

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:09 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #openapi #swagger.

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Bookmarked https://stoplight.io/ .

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:09 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #openapi #swagger.

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Bookmarked https://jitsi.org/blog/introducing-presenter-mode/ .

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 17:30 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #jitsi.

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Bookmarked https://blog.thinkst.com/2020/08/3rd-party-api-key-leaks-and-broker.html .

Not sure how I feel with such a single point of failure, but an interesting idea nonetheless!

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 08:40 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #security.

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Bookmarked https://www.swyx.io/writing/rsi-tips/ .

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 08:37 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna .

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#Morph has been struggling with the heat today, but having a damp tea towel to lie on has helped

Black cat lying on top of a damn DevOpsDays London tea towel, flopped out and enjoying some level of cool

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 21:39 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #morph.

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Bookmarked https://github.com/Shopify/toxiproxy .

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 19:50 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #chaos-engineering.

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Inspiring! This Woman In Tech Printed All the Unsolicited Advice She's Got From People She's Smarter Than and Burned It All

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Sy Brand (@TartanLlama)Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:13 +0000

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:26 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion.

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"Approximately 250" of the best folks I've worked with are looking for work today. While it hurts to see friends lose their jobs, the growing fear of a web wholly controlled by big tech is more uncomfortable. The world needs Mozilla. *You* need Mozilla. Use it or lose it.

Mark Goodwin (@mr_goodwin)Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:50 +0000

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 22:08 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #mozilla.

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Bookmarked http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/6265-Two-PSAs-regarding-IndieAuth .

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:52 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #indieauth.

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You had me worried there, #Gousto, I thought I'd chosen some bad meals!

A screenshot of Jamie's email inbox, showing 6 emails from Gousto titled "Great choices Jamie"

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 18:05 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #gousto.

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Bookmarked https://www.troyhunt.com/sustaining-performance-under-extreme-stress/ .

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:00 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #mental-health #stress.

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Very excited to be hosting Lorna Jane at this week's PHPMiNDS talking all about OpenAPI - hope you can join us to understand some more about how you can better document your APIs! More details are on the PHPMiNDS website, phpminds.org

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:14 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #openapi #phpminds.

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Bookmarked https://drewdevault.com/2020/08/10/How-to-contribute-to-FOSS.html .

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:24 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #open-source.

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I will be attending SpringOne

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Tue, 11 Aug 2020 08:32 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna .

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Bookmarked https://stackoverflow.com/a/35876769 .

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:07 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #google-calendar #calendar.

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Thanks for a great night to all the awesome speakers 🙌🏼

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Thank you to everyone who joined this evening and to all our fantastic lightning speakers 🎉⚡️ you're awesome!!! #TechNott
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Mon, 10 Aug 2020 20:48 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #tech-nottingham.

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Aside from the bustle of the audience, having @MrAndrew presenting slides with wacky arm movements really does make it feel like it's #TechNott again ☺

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 18:48 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #tech-nottingham.

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Bookmarked https://pythonspeed.com/articles/docker-history/ .

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:17 by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #docker.

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