Kevin McDonald

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Software Engineer. I post about backend programming, and nonsense. β€©πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ living in πŸ‡©πŸ‡°β€©

https://kmcd.dev

LanguagesEnglish, Danish (beginner)
Interestsprogramming, doing weird things with data, video games, board games
Websitehttps://kmcd.dev

πŸ“† Daily Prompt [2026-04-12]: Describe your ideal working hours.

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Describe your ideal working hours.

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πŸ“† Daily Prompt [2026-04-11]: What is the best piece of career advice you ignored?

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What is the best piece of career advice you ignored?

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πŸ“† Daily Prompt [2026-04-10]: Have you ever accidentally replied all to a company wide email?

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Have you ever accidentally replied all to a company wide email?

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πŸ“† Daily Prompt [2026-04-09]: What is your favorite way to unwind after a long day of screen time?

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What is your favorite way to unwind after a long day of screen time?

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It went from XML to JSON to YAML and now we're out here with semi-incorrect markdown files. Man, the future is amazing.

πŸ“† Daily Prompt [2026-04-08]: If you could instantly master one framework, what would it be?

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If you could instantly master one framework, what would it be?

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πŸ“† Daily Prompt [2026-04-07]: What is the weirdest bug you have found in a third party library?

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What is the weirdest bug you have found in a third party library?

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πŸ“† Daily Prompt [2026-04-06]: How do you handle feeling overwhelmed by new technologies?

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How do you handle feeling overwhelmed by new technologies?

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I was busy with family when this posted... but the most obscure language I know is TL1, which is a language/protocol-ish thing for configuring network devices. It is actually kind of crazy. It's a text-based protocol that has tabular data, positional and keyword arguments and return values, event subscriptions, etc. It is also plagued by vendor differences and generally is a complicated format.

πŸ“† Daily Prompt [2026-04-05]: What is a habit you picked up from a previous job that you cannot shake?

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What is a habit you picked up from a previous job that you cannot shake?

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