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Following on from my previous list, here are some more good non-technical reads that aren’t about software but are enlightening. »

So, it’s finally official that Microsoft are acquiring GitHub. Overall, I think this is a positive strategic move for all concerned, but time will tell. »

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last month, you will have heard of something called GDPR. The irony of getting so many emails due to a law designed to reduce the amount of spam you receive is a good example of the cobra effect. »

GitHub pages is a great static site hosting resource but if you want to use it with a custom domain name and suport HTTPS then you need to take some extra steps. »

It often comes up in tech circles that engineers and founders ask for advice on what non-technical books to read that aren’t simply fiction. »

Just in time for summer (at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere), there is a new minor release of ASP. »

Do you think you could learn how to program from a child? I recently found a book on programming in BASIC, written by an eleven-year-old and it is really rather good. »

Previously, I covered how to build and release all git branches in TFS 2018 and VSTS. This time, I’ll improve on that and show how to build the merge results of pull requests. »