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The importance of including a social perspective in technology

Prior to starting my new job as a Tech Lead at Worth, I had a couple of weeks of free time. During that time, it was a perfect moment to reflect on a couple of things. One of these things being the various projects that I have worked on. While reflecting on these projects, I became curious about what I liked about the ones that were a success, and what I disliked about the ones that turned out to be a failure. Of course, there’s often not a single reason why a project is either a success or a failure....

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Offering a place to developers new to the field

Many tech organisations are currently searching for new developers. Diving into the requirements for applicants in any given vacancy, it often requires the candidate to have an extensive experience in a language or work experience.  But, what if you don’t have any or little experience. What if you are new to the field, just out of college or a coding bootcamp. In the last six months I got the possibility to develop a starters program for my employer Coolblue. A program that aims to provide a place for developers that just finished a computer science related education or followed a...

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RTL gemist bekijken op Ubuntu 10.10

Als groot liefhebber van Voetbal International vond ik het vrij frustrerend dat ik dit programma niet terug kon kijken via mijn Ubuntu omgeving. Door het hele DRM gebeuren wat Moonlight niet ondersteund was het niet te doen om via rtlgemist.nl de afleveringen te bekijken.

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