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• Simple code makes good software — November 21, 2011
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• Seven databases in seven weeks — December 1, 2011
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• Improving your skills by reading commits — December 7, 2011
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• Why estimating is hard — January 31, 2012
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• Being explicit with your code — April 17, 2012
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• Why the world needs Haskell — July 9, 2013
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