Our community is now beginning a series of coding challenges to encourage active participation from members. Use these challenges to refresh or develop your knowledge of various programming languages.
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Using GPG keys on GitHub: Creating and updating expired keys
What is a GPG key and why use it? GPG or Gnu Privacy Guard is a cryptography implementation used to secure the transfer of data between two locations. GPG encryption techniques use libraries from the Open Pretty Good Privacy (OpenPGP) standard. GPG keys Encryption techniques like GPG ensures data can […]
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“Done is better than perfect”: The implications in software development
Done is better than perfect is a motto popularised by Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. In her book Lean In, she stated this as a way to ‘let go of unattainable standards’. How can we as developers use the key message behind this motto to our advantage? The nature of […]
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Aspiring Software Engineers: 7 Attitudes to strive for to increase your chance of success
The ability to code and develop functioning programs is a skill that has its many challenges and at the same time many rewards. These challenges will come well before the reward and without the right approach, it may become too easy to find yourself feeling defeated too soon. Inspiring software […]
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8 Essential & Fundamental Embedded Software Engineer Skills
Attention embedded engineers! We’d like to invite you to sign up to EmbeddedHub.io, an exciting new space just for embedded engineers. Sign up early to be a part of the journey🚀 The role of an embedded software engineer involves writing code for systems with hardware and software components. Such systems […]
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How to quickly recover when you have no motivation to code
As a programmer, the activity of coding is of course essential to making progress in your practice or in getting work done and implementing projects. However, sometimes you have no motivation to code and you may feel it’s taking more and more effort each time to open that code editor. […]
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5 Powerful ways to combat programmer imposter syndrome
Have you ever felt doubt or inadequacy in your skills and capabilities as a programmer? If so you may be experiencing imposter syndrome. The effects of imposter syndrome can lead to thoughts of feeling like a fraud and questioning our ability to complete a project or do your job. Experiencing […]
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5 Simple and effective organisation tips for developers
Being a developer is a lot more than your ability to write code. Along with having technical skills also comes the requirement to manage yourself, be organised and structured in how you approach your tasks. There are some simple and effective organisation tips for developers that will improve your ability […]
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10 Invaluable things I would tell myself when I was new to coding – if I had a time machine
I’ve recently come across a couple of “things I would I knew” style articles of people expressing what they wish they knew when they started on a journey of learning something new. It’s fascinating to hear the thoughts of people who are now years into their journey and reflecting back […]
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9 Indispensable Rules for Debugging Software and Hardware (Book review)
Attention embedded engineers! We’d like to invite you to sign up to EmbeddedHub.io, an exciting new space just for embedded engineers. Sign up early to be a part of the journey🚀 This article will give a quick overview of the book titled: “The 9 Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the […]
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