Ryan Yates

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Recent Posts

Time for a Lick of Paint - v3 - Adding Dark Mode

2026-09-11
Job Searching: It's 2026, So Why, Oh Why, is it so 💩?

2026-09-02
When The Defaults Are Wrong - hugo edition

2026-08-04
Uni Update 😒

2026-07-04
If I were a character in Bleach

2026-03-20

Series

My 2024 Wishlist 1
My First Proper Ignite, Speaking and Attending - Done & Dusted 1
The Year Of 1
Using PowerShell in Testing 1
Where I've Presented 1
Wishlist 1

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Date Published: 2023-07-08 My experience as a 7 time awardee of the Microsoft MVP Award

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