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Oct 2019
37m 59s

Do You Believe in Life After Keyboards?

The Stack Overflow Podcast
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Tilde Club: It’s your chance to LARP as a 70s sys admin! 

What you do on your computer is your business. Don’t be tricked by scammers.

Paul makes the mistake of sharing his Anxiety Box on This American Life

Sara’s favorite Kanye tweet is available, beautifully framed, for only $75. 

cKeys is an amazing Seattle non-profit that teaches folks how to make their own keyboards!

When we recorded this episode Cassidy worked at CodePen, but not she works at React Training, so check them out.

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