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whatrocks

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About whatrocks

engineering at https://folio.co | writing at https://charlieharrington.com

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    Yes, yes! I got really into the Voyager-inspiration vibes for a while and wrote this little short story about a secret "Voyager 3" mission - thought you might enjoy it: https://f52…

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    Folio | Backend / Product Engineers | REMOTE (US) | Full-time | https://folio.co Hotel procurement's a $400B industry still running on spreadsheets and phone calls (and faxes!). We…

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    Comment #46606489

    Neat - what are you doing with SSH at Mocha?

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    Folio | Multiple Roles | REMOTE (US) | Full-time | https://folio.co Hotel procurement is a $400B industry still running on spreadsheets and phone calls. We're bringing world-class …

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    Somewhat similar to my answer (borrowed from children's publisher Klutz Press): "Create wonderful things, be good, have fun" https://charlieharrington.com/create-wonderful-things-b…

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    I think about this book ALL the time. It was way more terrifying than calming to me. But still absolutely love it / haunted by it.

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    Love this book. I did a short interview with the author Brian Dear about his writing tools + process a while back. Perhaps my favorite anecdote is that he started working on this b…

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    I wrote a short story about AR + "Golden Compass"-style daemons a few years ago. Feels like we're inching closer: https://f52.charlieharrington.com/stories/the-correctives/

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    My friend Oz has a few resources here that many have found helpful (me included!) * https://teachyourselfcs.com - book list and open course suggestions * https://csprimer.com - Oz'…

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    The memories! I once wrote a short story once about the “other” last Blockbuster - a place where your VHS videos might just let you truly relive your past, at some great cost, of c…

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    Comment #40890063

    It’s more CS education and learning focused, but my friend Oz and I have been doing the CS Primer Show for the last year. Had a brief hiatus for more family time, but we’ll be back…

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    Discovering Piet is a special moment of awe and confusion and wonder. Mine was captured in this chat with my friend Oz in our Computer Science podcast “The CS Primer Show”: https:/…

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    Sucker for any news about the voyage of the Golden Record (almost but not quite a CS Lewis title)! For fun, I wrote a short story two years ago about a top-secret "Voyager 3" missi…

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