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  • Victoria Drake Create a self-hosted chat service with your own Matrix server

    A speed-run introduction to Matrix via Dendrite.

    privacy  6 min read 2021-02-15 01:38:07 -0500 -0500

  • Victoria Drake Do I raise or return errors in Python?

    Raise, return, and how to never fail silently in Python.

    python  4 min read 2021-02-09 05:34:48 -0500 -0500

  • Victoria Drake What tech leaders do before going on vacation

    How to be a responsible leader even while you're away.

    leadership  3 min read 2021-02-01 04:02:54 -0600 -0600

  • Victoria Drake Add search to Hugo static sites with Lunr

    Make your static site searchable with a client-side search index.

    websites  7 min read 2021-01-26 09:25:17 -0500 -0500

  • Victoria Drake Make your own independent website

    How to make 2021 the year of the independent web.

    websites  3 min read 2021-01-16 08:41:27 -0500 -0500

  • Victoria Drake How to get hired as a software developer

    What to know before applying for a software developer job.

    life  7 min read 2021-01-12 05:50:53 -0500 -0500

  • Victoria Drake How to become a software developer

    The article I wish I had read when I started coding.

    coding  5 min read 2021-01-05 04:50:07 -0600 -0600

  • Victoria Drake Be brave and build in public

    Make every day feel like Christmas when you participate in open source communities.

    open source  5 min read 2020-12-24 04:57:31 -0600 -0600

  • Victoria Drake So you're the family tech support

    Privacy and online security to-dos for the home-for-the-holidays tech support hero.

    privacy  2 min read 2020-12-21 08:42:24 -0500 -0500

  • Victoria Drake How to write good documentation

    The secret to never forgetting how your project works, in three steps.

    docs  4 min read 2020-12-14 04:53:10 -0500 -0500


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Victoria Drake

Victoria Drake

Victoria Drake is an experienced software engineer with a unique background in technical and executive leadership. She loves to help technology teams raise programming proficiency and streamline development processes. Victoria is an award-winning technical author and open source community mentor. She serves as core maintainer and co-author for the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide.

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