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alecthegeek/README.md

G'Day πŸ‘‹

I'm Alec, an Australian/British developer advocate, who's been in IT a long time

  • πŸ˜„ Pronouns: He/Him/Grumpy
  • ⌨️ Preferred Progamming Language: Go and Python, but I use several others
  • πŸ”­ I like presenting tutorials, for example a talk about using Git from PowerShell
  • 🌏 Located in Melbourne Australia
  • πŸ’» First Computer Program written on ICL 2904 mainframe in 1978 using MAXIMOP BASIC. No "Hello World" for me, it printed the multiplication tabels from 2 to 12, but I only knew about IF and GOTO flow control statements.

My last five blog posts

Title Description Date
Manage Git and Hook Scripts the easy way Use the hooksPath config setting to manage hook scripts under version control 28 Aug 2024
Spell Check with Vale Implement better spellchecking with Vale custom spelling rules 27 May 2024
Add Vale to Your Project Use Vale text linting to improve your technical writing and automate your style guide 09 May 2024
Use GitHub Actions to update your profile page Update your GitHub profile README with content from an RSS feed the hard way 07 Oct 2023
Commit new content in a GitLab CI/CD pipeline the easy way It’s not obvious how to commit new content back to your GitLab project repo. Try this pattern 21 Mar 2023

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