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Doug FooinLevel Up CodingWhy Functional Programming? — with Scala and AI-Generated CodeRecap of WhyFP — with a twist using using Google Gemini / Bard·5 min read·5 days ago----
Doug FooinThe StartupSimple Tips for Getting a RaiseHonest advice on approaching your management·4 min read·Mar 29, 2024----
Doug FooinGeek CultureHow To Improve Your Job Search With 4 Quick TipsTips on job hunting for tech professionals from someone who has applied to a thousand+ jobs over the past 20 years·6 min read·Apr 15, 2023----
Doug FooinrealestatejapanHome Mortgages in JapanSome information on borrowing options6 min read·Nov 4, 2022----
Doug FooinBetter ProgrammingWeb 3.0 — Building Apps With the Slowest Database in the UniverseHow using a blockchain as a general purpose database is the slowest, least scalable, least private, and most costly solution·5 min read·Aug 1, 2022--2--2
Doug FooinBetter ProgrammingA Software Engineers’ Dilemma — To Rewrite or Refactor?When I was young I always wanted to rewrite, then I realized it is not possible, now I wonder again…·5 min read·Jul 4, 2022----
Doug FooinCodeXSnowpark — The Databricks Killer?Elastic Python-compute for Machine Learning is coming to Snowflake — it may be a deadly snowstorm for Spark…·5 min read·Apr 12, 2022--8--8