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#insurtech consultant researcher & community advocate—& inveterate data nerd. Chief Data Officer @ finsure.us. #RStats lover, #Python enthusiast, writer.

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This morning's inbox inspiration came from SavvyCal, who decided to offer their time zone API for free! I really enjoyed the write-up in their email. (Also SavvyCal is a great calendaring tool if you're looking for one.) producthunt.com/posts/savvycal…

This morning's inbox inspiration came from <a href="/savvycal/">SavvyCal</a>, who decided to offer their time zone API for free!

I really enjoyed the write-up in their email. (Also SavvyCal is a great calendaring tool if you're looking for one.)

producthunt.com/posts/savvycal…
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A thousand yesses on this thread right here. On legacy systems, massive overhauls, hubris, curiosity, and the wisdom of experience as a developer.

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You know that feeling when you get back from vacation and don't remember where you were on everything? It's good, because you had a real break… but also bad? I left videos of myself on Loom before break, walking myself through each project. Thank you, pre-vacation Benjamin.

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Anyone in my Twitter world open to chatting #API design? I could use a thought partner to bounce some things off of. I'm building out an API for a digital product. It's external-facing so I want to design it thoughtfully. (I'm using #Python via #fastapi, but that's incidental.)

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Fantastic intro to async io in #Python and in general, from Real Python. I had to make multiple, independent API calls, and performance was critical. This article told me all I needed to know about what I did/didn't have to do. With working examples! realpython.com/async-io-pytho…

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unsolicited VSCode tip… I'm finding "split right" is a *really* useful feature. (You right-click on a tab and click "split right" to see the same file you're looking at in a second pane.) You can be working in line 1000 of a long file and glance at line 7 without scrolling.🤔

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Been writing a bunch of code without logging. Oops. No problem for ChatGPT! "Can you write a bunch of print statements throughout this code so I can see what's happening when it runs?" ✨magic✨

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Debugging tip: Go for a walk 🐕‍🦺🚶 I pushed a partial commit, copy-pasted the stack trace to my email, and walked off with my dog and my phone. (thx GitHub app…) Found like 2 bugs and 3 more edge cases. Sometimes what needs a reboot is your brain. 🧠

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This is a fascinating, unexpected thread. There are weird things I would not have expected to make a difference in #ChatGPT prompts.

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Oh no how do I spell Business Owners Policy properly? I may never know. The Hartford I somehow thought you might be definitive. 😅 @insurtechATX can my hometown folks come to my rescue here? #apostrophe #insurance #insurtech #style

Oh no how do I spell Business Owners Policy properly? I may never know. <a href="/TheHartford/">The Hartford</a> I somehow thought you might be definitive. 😅

@insurtechATX can my hometown folks come to my rescue here?

#apostrophe #insurance #insurtech #style