Christopher Dierkens
@dierkens.dev
Staff Software Engineer | riseworks.io TypeScript | Systems Design | Scalable Architecture 🌐 Blog at dierkens.dev 💍 Married to @saraedierkens.bsky.social 👨💻 Code at https://github.com/cdierkens
I've completed Variable Scope Analysis: 🎩Bernard's New Demands - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/20
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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I've completed The Lazy Elf's Code Generator - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/19
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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I've completed Can Decades Of Wage Theft Really Be Corrected? - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/18
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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I've completed Mind Control Is Surprisingly Effective - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/17
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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I've completed Magic Curry Mind Control Inception - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/16
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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I've completed Jet Fuel Pricing - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/15 Okay, these are getting serious now!
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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I just completed "Claw Contraption" - Day 13 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/13 Code: github.com/cdierkens/ad...
Day 13 - Advent of Code 2024
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I've completed 🎅Santa Hides Behind Perf Review - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/14
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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I just completed "Garden Groups" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/12 Code: github.com/cdierkens/ad...
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I just completed "Plutonian Pebbles" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/11 Code: github.com/cdierkens/ad...
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I just completed "Hoof It" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/10 Code: github.com/cdierkens/ad...
Day 10 - Advent of Code 2024
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I've completed The Reindeer Plan Their Attack - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/13
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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I just completed "Disk Fragmenter" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/9 Code: github.com/cdierkens/ad...
Day 9 - Advent of Code 2024
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I've completed 🎩Bernard's Long List Of Names - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/12
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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I just completed "Resonant Collinearity" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/8 Code: github.com/cdierkens/ad...
Day 8 - Advent of Code 2024
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I just completed "Bridge Repair" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/7 Code: github.com/cdierkens/ad...
Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024
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I took a detour for interview prep and went through "Terraform Up & Running" and "Cloud Native Development with Google Cloud" first. I plan on catching up on Advent of Code as well.
Christopher Dierkens@dierkens.dev · 2y agoYup. Starting now
Probably the number 1 skill to learn as an individual contributor. As someone interviewing for positions, it can be frustrating to not get that space to work a problem. Wish there was a better way to evaluate skills.
Autumn Nash 🎃👻💀🖤@withenoughcoffee.bsky.social · 2y agoThat’s such a hard struggle because sometimes you just want it to be done but the more you stare the more it doesn’t get done. Take a break you deserve it ❤️
I've completed Excuses, Excuses - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/11
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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I've completed The Reindeer Hatch A Plan - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/10 TIL: I've done bitwise masks before but havn't thought to do it in TS with Enums. Neat!
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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Patterns in infrastructure evolved from a problem where trade-offs were measured. It's perfectly okay to have simpler infrastructure and not jump to those patterns because it's the "right way". Let yourself run into those problems and change the system based on real issues.
I just completed "Print Queue" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/5 Code: github.com/cdierkens/ad...
Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024
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I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4 Code: github.com/cdierkens/ad...
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Everything in software architecture is a trade-off. - First Law of Software Architecture
I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3 Code: github.com/cdierkens/ad...
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024
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Fundamentals of Software Architecture
Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first … - Selecti...
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