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Feb 21

10 Proven Techniques for More Effective Code Reviews

Introduction Any engineer will tell you performing code reviews is as normal as breathing air in the tech world. Code reviews are integral to the software development lifecycle by ensuring quality, standards, team collaboration, knowledge sharing and learning. As much as we know that code reviews are mandatory, the jury is…

Programming

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10 Proven Techniques for More Effective Code Reviews
10 Proven Techniques for More Effective Code Reviews
Programming

7 min read


Feb 13

4 Tips for Properly Using the Return Statement in Your Code

The return statement is an often overlooked programming paradigm. It allows you to specify a value to be returned by a function and signals the end of its execution. Using this statement properly can ensure your code runs smoothly and may prevent unexpected bugs. …

JavaScript

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4 Tips for Properly Using the Return Statement in Your Code
4 Tips for Properly Using the Return Statement in Your Code
JavaScript

3 min read


Feb 7

Waking Up Early: A Crash Course for Software Engineers

Introduction Let’s rewind the clock to the 27th of March, 2020. A year that changed a lot about life as COVID descended upon each and everyone one of us. That day, a Friday, was the first day of the hard lockdown in South Africa. …

Careers

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Waking Up Early: A Crash Course for Software Engineers
Waking Up Early: A Crash Course for Software Engineers
Careers

5 min read


Jan 22

4 Surprising Benefits of Intermittent Fasting for Software Engineers

Introduction I spent the last few months of 2022 integrating intermittent fasting into my daily routine. Fasting has gained popularity over recent years as a way to improve health and well-being. In essence, it’s a behavioural pattern that requires individuals to only eat for specific “windows” during the day. …

Health

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4 Surprising Benefits of Intermittent Fasting for Software Engineers
4 Surprising Benefits of Intermittent Fasting for Software Engineers
Health

4 min read


Jan 20

How to Motivate and Inspire Individual Contributors

Introduction Individual Contributors play an essential role within a development team and organisation. Engineering managers are in charge of leading and managing Individual Contributors to successful outcomes while ensuring workplace happiness. …

Management

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How to Motivate and Inspire Individual Contributors
How to Motivate and Inspire Individual Contributors
Management

4 min read


Dec 31, 2020

5 Values That Surfing Will Teach You About Life

I’ve always thought surfing is a reflection of who you are ~ Kelly Slater It’s 6AM and I’m sitting on a deck, over looking some of the best waves in Southern Africa. The graceful swell of the oceans pulse looks slow and infinite. …

Life

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5 Values That Surfing Will Teach You About Life
5 Values That Surfing Will Teach You About Life
Life

5 min read


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·Aug 8, 2019

What’s It Like to Live With Synesthesia

It’s a colorful life — I have to admit that this is the first time I’ve ever written about, or publically acknowledged, that I am part of a very select group of humans that would consider themselves [on varying degrees] a synesthete. My very first experience of synesthesia was quite profound. I was lying down…

Self

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What’s It Like to Live With Synesthesia
What’s It Like to Live With Synesthesia
Self

5 min read


May 19, 2019

How to own life and business as a Solopreneur

Choosing and developing a career path is hard. Everyone, unless you’re one of those lucky humans who happened to be in the right place, at the right time, with the right product, will spend a lot of time developing and nurturing a career path. Thirty years ago, the world was…

Freelancing

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How to own life and business as a Solopreneur
How to own life and business as a Solopreneur
Freelancing

16 min read


Jan 2, 2019

Little Big Changes You Can Make To Your Life In Order to Help Anxiety

I think we’ve all established that anxiety has become a rather big problem in our modern day world. As humankind swiftly moves ahead towards cramming more “stuff” into a day people are ever so surely being left in the proverbial dust. The other day, I read a post that implied…

Mental Health

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Little Big Changes You Can Make To Your Life In Order to Help Anxiety
Little Big Changes You Can Make To Your Life In Order to Help Anxiety
Mental Health

8 min read


Oct 11, 2018

An Introduction to React

So, you wanna learn React? Its quite a daunting idea isn't it? No matter what background you come from, React has positioned itself at the forefront of a major paradigm shift within the context of Web 2.0. The days of jQuery are over, the days of brittle frameworks are numbered. …

JavaScript

8 min read

An Introduction to React
An Introduction to React
JavaScript

8 min read

Daine Mawer

Daine Mawer

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Associate Director of Front-end Engineering at 10up.com | Writer | Traveller | Surfer

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