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<p>Michael spends the holidays changing his passwords, Joe forgot to cancel his subscriptions, and Allen&#8217;s busy playing <em>Call of Duty: Modern Healthcare</em> as we discuss the our 2023 resolutions.</p>



<p>The full show notes for this episode are available at <a href="https://www.codingblocks.net/episode201">https://www.codingblocks.net/episode201</a>.</p>



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<h2>News</h2>



<ul><li>Thanks for the reviews CourageousPotato, Billlhead, [JD]Milo!<ul><li>Want to help us out? Leave us a <a href="https://www.codingblocks.net/reviews">review</a>.</li></ul></li><li>Game Jam is coming up, January 20-23! (<a href="https://itch.io/jam/coding-blocks-j-j-j-jamuary">itch.io</a>)</li><li>Thoughts on LastPass?<ul><li>Check out the encrypted fields, as figured out by a developer. (<a href="https://github.com/cfbao/lastpass-vault-parser/wiki/LastPass-Vault-Format">GitHub</a>)</li><li><em>LastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers&#8217; hands</em> (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/lastpass-says-hackers-have-obtained-vault-data-and-a-wealth-of-customer-info/">Ars Technica</a>)</li></ul></li></ul>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-full"><a href="https://www.codingblocks.net/cbjam"><img loading="lazy" width="315" height="250" src="https://www.codingblocks.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/small.png" alt="Game Jam Time!" class="wp-image-36425"/></a></figure></div>


<h2>Our 2023 Resolutions</h2>



<h3>Michael&#8217;s</h3>



<ul><li>Learn Kotlin,</li><li>Go deeper on streaming technologies, such as Kafka, Flink, and/or Kafka Connect, and</li><li>Learn more music theory and techniques.</li></ul>


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<figure class="alignright size-full is-resized"><a href="https://www.codingblocks.net/get/designing-data-intensive-applications"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.codingblocks.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/designing-data-intensive-applications.jpg" alt="Designing Data Intensive Applications" class="wp-image-8330" width="228" height="299"/></a><figcaption>Drink!</figcaption></figure></div>


<h3>JZ&#8217;s</h3>



<ul><li>Of course Joe has categorized his resolutions into the following areas: finances, health, personal development, and career management,</li><li>Go deeper on <a href="https://spring.io/">Spring</a> and streaming technologies, and</li><li>Do more game dev and <a href="https://leetcode.com/">LeetCode</a>.</li></ul>



<h3>Q&A Round 1</h3>



<ul><li>What skills are opposite and which are adjacent that can be picked up this year?<ul><li>Angular unit testing,</li><li>Front end development,</li><li>Spring,</li><li>Big data concepts and technologies</li></ul></li><li>Any books, courses, or certifications?<ul><li><em><em>Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems</em> by Martin Kleppmann</em> (<a href="https://www.codingblocks.net/get/designing-data-intensive-applications">Amazon</a>)</li><li><em>Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)</em> (<a href="https://www.cncf.io/certification/ckad/">cncf.io</a>)</li></ul></li></ul>



<h3>Allen&#8217;s</h3>



<ul><li>Spend more time focusing on health and fun,</li><li>Updating the About Us page with recent info,</li><li>Go deeper on streaming technologies and conepts,</li><li>Go deeper on big data concepts such as data lakes, and best practices, etc.,</li><li>Get back into making content again, such as YouTube, and/or maybe presenting.</li></ul>



<h3>Q&A Round 2</h3>



<ul><li>What do you want to avoid in 2023?<ul><li>Less Jenkins,</li><li>Avoid piecemeal Spring upgrades,</li></ul></li></ul>



<h3>2023 Predictions</h3>



<ul><li>Data, privacy … do we need it?,</li><li>New languages, frameworks,</li><li>Generated content (<a href="https://openai.com/dall-e-2/">Dalle-2</a>, <a href="https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/">ChatGPT</a>, <a href="https://github.com/features/copilot">Copilot</a>), and</li><li>AI ethics<ul><li><em>ChatGPT Wrote My AP English Essay—and I Passed</em> (<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/chatgpt-wrote-my-ap-english-essayand-i-passed-11671628256">WSJ</a>) </li></ul></li></ul>



<h2>Resources</h2>



<ul><li>Designing Data Intensive Applications (<a href="https://www.codingblocks.net/get/designing-data-intensive-applications">Amazon</a>)</li><li>Orlando Code Camp (<a href="https://orlandocodecamp.com/">OrlandoCodeCamp.com</a>)</li><li>Atlanta Dev Con (<a href="https://www.atldevcon.com/">AtlDevCon.com</a>)</li></ul>



<h2>Tip of the Week</h2>



<ul><li>You can pipe directly to Visual Studio Code (in bash anyway), much easier than outputting to a file and opening it in Code &#8230; especially if you end up accidentally checking it in!<ul><li>Example: <code>curl https://www.codingblocks.net | code -</code></li></ul></li><li>Is your trackpad not responding on your new(-ish) MacBook? Run a piece of paper around the edge to clean out any gunk. Also maybe avoid dripping BBQ sauce on it.</li><li>How does the iOS MFA / Verification Code settings work? We want MFA, but we we&#8217;re tired of the runaround!</li><li>Jump around &#8211; nope, not Kris Kross, great tip from Thiyagarajan &#8211; keeps track of your most <em>&#8220;frecent&#8221;</em> directories to make navigation easier (<a href="https://github.com/rupa/z">GitHub</a>)<ul><li>There&#8217;s a version for PowerShell too &#8211; thank you Brad Knowles! (<a href="https://github.com/badmotorfinger/z">GitHub</a>)</li></ul></li></ul>


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