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Why do database columns have a character length of 191?
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Why do database columns have a character length of 191?

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The Land Before Internet: How everyday computer terms got their names
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The Land Before Internet: How everyday computer terms got their names

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A History of Debugging on the Web
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A History of Debugging on the Web

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The iOS journey
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The iOS journey

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What would you like to understand about the history of the cloud? Answer for the chance to be featured on our podcast!
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What would you like to understand about the history of the cloud? Answer for the chance to be featured on our podcast!

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Fixing a 40-year-old Software Bug
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Fixing a 40-year-old Software Bug

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The Frontend journey
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The Frontend journey

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Five Classic Reads in Software Development
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Five Classic Reads in Software Development

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Game of Phones: History of Erlang and Elixir
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Game of Phones: History of Erlang and Elixir

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How does troll (tech) become cute?

How does troll (tech) become cute?

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Changing the rails
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Changing the rails

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The history of Model-View-Presenter
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The history of Model-View-Presenter

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The history of wildfire modeling
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The history of wildfire modeling

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So how did we begin?
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So how did we begin?

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Deutsche Geschichte
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Deutsche Geschichte

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Who brought us here?
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Who brought us here?

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Reclaiming The Internet
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Reclaiming The Internet

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5 Books to Fight Technopoly
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5 Books to Fight Technopoly

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Git: Rewriting history

Git: Rewriting history

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold

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Lens in 2007

Lens in 2007

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Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

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Why No Modern Programming Language Should Have a 'Character' Data Type
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Why No Modern Programming Language Should Have a 'Character' Data Type

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Malware, Virus? Let's clarify with a bit of history!

Malware, Virus? Let's clarify with a bit of history!

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Almon Brown Strowger and the Invention of the Automatic Telephone Exchange
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Almon Brown Strowger and the Invention of the Automatic Telephone Exchange

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