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GraphQL is not OData

 GraphQL is not OData

For a couple years, I’ve observed scores of developers making ill-informed claims about GraphQL. People have claimed that GraphQL allows the client to demand sorting, paging, and filtering from the server. People have claimed that GraphQL can result in execution of arbitrary queries or joins.

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Apple iPad Pro review 2018: the fastest iPad is still an iPad

 Apple iPad Pro review 2018: the fastest iPad is still an iPad

Apple introduced the new iPad Pro with a spectacular series of statistics that made laptops seem like old news.

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CSS Frameworks Or CSS Grid: What Should I Use For My Project?

 CSS Frameworks Or CSS Grid: What Should I Use For My Project?

Upgrade your inbox and get our editors’ picks twice a month.

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Macho Anti-Patterns

 Macho Anti-Patterns

Indulge me in an analogy: Imagine you’re at a pool party. There’s laughter, splashing, someone’s tossing around a beach ball. And then this idyllic scene is pierced by shrieks of horror. The once-happy swimmers are swarming out of the pool, their faces contorted in disgust. There are tears.

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Small engineering team as a competitive advantage

 Small engineering team as a competitive advantage

It's been over 3 years since we've started working on the Gorgias helpdesk. The engineering team started with just me (Alex) and then gradually grew to a team of 5 people. We're a small team, but we've accomplished a lot during this period.

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Anki Vector review: modern-day Tamagotchi

 Anki Vector review: modern-day Tamagotchi

Anki, the toy maker most well-known for its automated miniature race cars, has always billed itself as an artificial intelligence company with a knack for building robots.

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How We Automated Our Engineering Skills Test for Hundreds of Applicants

Implement an algorithm that computes a minimum spanning tree for a weighted undirected graph. Don’t worry, we aren’t going to ask you a question like that.

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From Mindblowing Sci-Fi to a Reddit Tell-All, Read Up With Our Favorite End-of-Year Books

 From Mindblowing Sci-Fi to a Reddit Tell-All, Read Up With Our Favorite End-of-Year Books

You've got a little more than seven weeks left before the end of 2018. You've probably also got a pile of books you bought this year that you still haven't finished. Normally we'd tell you to buckle down—but not right now.

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The Outrageous Cost of Skipping TDD & Code Reviews

 The Outrageous Cost of Skipping TDD & Code Reviews

In recent years, I’ve had more and more companies ask me to speak on the benefits of Test Driven Development (TDD) and share advice about how to implement a more productive quality process. TDD is the process of writing automated tests to ensure that code works before writing the implementation.

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Sonos on IFTTT: How We Did It and Why It Matters

 Sonos on IFTTT: How We Did It and Why It Matters

Sonos has always had a focus on creating meaningful partnerships. From music services to voice to our Works With Sonos certification program, we want to listen to our favorite audio content whenever and wherever.

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Customer service on Twitter: This Airpod Rescue Story Says It All

 Customer service on Twitter: This Airpod Rescue Story Says It All

Want to learn social customer service from the best? See how this train service team in San Francisco rocked Twitter. Facebook may well be the new “king” of social customer care.

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Kev Quirk

 Kev Quirk

Regular readers of this blog will know that I went through a process of de-Googling my life a while ago. For the most part I think the process was pretty successful, however there were some things that I couldn’t replace.

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Aurelia 2018 Q3 Report

We continue to make significant enhancements in today's Aurelia. During the last few months, we've added some pretty major capabilities to our core platform. Today, we're happy to introduce you to Aurelia Script.

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Making the switch from laptop to desk

In light of the new affordable Mac Mini 2018's, and the extra bonus of it being user-upgradable in terms of RAM, I've already got a NAS with tons of storage available so 128G SSD is effectively a boot drive.

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How Sevilla Became a Bicycle City in Just 18 Months

In just a few years, Sevilla, Spain went from almost no bike paths and low ridership to robust network of bike paths and many people using them.

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