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    photo of the author Adorable bookmarklets want to help delete your social media data

    Bookmarklets you can use in your browser to help clean up your social media data.

    javascript ☕️  2 min read 2018-06-14 13:12:02 -0400 -0400

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    photo of the author A coffee-break introduction to time complexity of algorithms

    A groundwork understanding of algorithm time complexity in about fifteen minutes.

    algorithms ☕️ ☕️ ☕️  16 min read 2018-05-30 14:08:28 -0400 -0400

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    photo of the author Knapsack problem algorithms for my real-life carry-on knapsack

    Using a greedy algorithm and dynamic programming to pack my full-time nomad travel bag.

    algorithms ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ ☕️  23 min read 2018-05-09 21:00:35 -0400 -0400

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    photo of the author Running a free Twitter bot on AWS Lambda

    How to save some time with automated link sharing on Twitter - for free!

    aws ☕️ ☕️  6 min read 2018-03-05 10:29:15 -0500 -0500

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    photo of the author Moving to a new domain without breaking old links with AWS & Disqus

    I moved my site's blog to its own domain without breaking old links or losing comments. Here's how.

    aws ☕️  3 min read 2018-01-10 08:56:20 -0500 -0500

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    photo of the author A Unicode substitution cipher algorithm

    How a fun but useless project turned into a Unicode substitution cipher algorithm.

    algorithms ☕️  5 min read 2018-01-06 20:00:28 -0500 -0500

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    photo of the author Hosting your static site with AWS S3, Route 53, and CloudFront

    A guide to using Amazon Web Services to serve your site with HTTPS. For (almost) free.

    aws ☕️ ☕️  7 min read 2017-12-13 20:46:12 -0500 -0500

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    photo of the author About time

    Some thoughts and concrete suggestions on saving society through programming.

    life ☕️  5 min read 2017-11-22 14:05:14 -0500 -0500

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    photo of the author Batch renaming images, including image resolution, with awk

    How to batch rename images with custom values using file, awk, and rename - in rainbow colors!

    terminal ☕️  4 min read 2017-11-20 13:59:30 -0500 -0500


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Victoria Drake
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Victoria Drake is a Director of Engineering in Washington, DC. She is a core maintainer and co-author for the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Web Security Testing Guide. She earned the annual Top Contributor award three years in a row from the freeCodeCamp non-profit, and is a recognized Distinguished Author on the DEV.to developer platform. She writes about software development, cybersecurity, and building happy and productive technical teams.

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