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Add December 2024 newsletter to the website (#1303)
* feat: add december 2024 newsletter * chore: update newsletter data * fix: apply suggestestions * fix: anchor tag for accessibility
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‎src/content/newsletters/2024-12.jsx‎

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import Link from 'next/link';
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import LeadText from '@/components/content/LeadText';
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export const handle = {
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meta: {
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title: 'Virtual Coffee Newsletter, December 2024',
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description:
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"It's time to get back to the things we love. Creative Community is here! 💝",
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},
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date: '2024-12-01',
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listTitle: 'December 2024',
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};
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export const meta = () => {
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return handle.meta;
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};
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export default function Issue() {
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return (
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<>
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<h2>Hey Friends!</h2>
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<LeadText>
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<p>
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Time for some hobbies! Last month, we went all in on writing articles
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and sharing our words with a wider audience. But now, at the end of
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the year, we want to take some time for our passions, hobbies, games,
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and the little things that provide us joy.
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</p>
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</LeadText>
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<hr />
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<h2>💞 Kindness and Gratitude</h2>
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<p>
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<em>Spotlighting some of the kindness happening in our community.</em>
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</p>
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<blockquote className="blockquote">
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<p className="mb-0">
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"I just signed an offer letter! Super grateful for that, but also for
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this wonderful community and all the advice and encouragement they've
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been giving me through this process. Thank you all!"
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</p>
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<footer className="blockquote-footer">Micha</footer>
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote className="blockquote">
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<p className="mb-0">
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"Super grateful for the Thursday coffee chat. It confirmed the benefit
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of a lot of ideas I had, which served me well in an interview."
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</p>
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<footer className="blockquote-footer">Ryan</footer>
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote className="blockquote">
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<p className="mb-0">
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"I'm grateful for Ethan! A few weekends ago I went to Miami for the
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weekend and he let me stay with him and showed me around - it was a
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great time!"
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</p>
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<footer className="blockquote-footer">Eddie</footer>
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</blockquote>
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<hr />
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<h2 className="my-5">💡 What's happening at Virtual Coffee</h2>
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<h3 className="mb-4">November Recap: Writing!</h3>
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<p>
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Based on the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Challenge, this
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challenge was the tech and non-tech take on writing and working together
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towards a collective goal while posting on our own blogs. Thank you to
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all the community members who participated!
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</p>
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<p>
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To view all of the details of how this year's challenge went,{' '}
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<Link href="/monthlychallenges/nov-2024">
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check out the November 2024 challenge page
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</Link>
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.
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</p>
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<h3 className="mb-4">December is the time for fun!</h3>
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<p>
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<em>Let's make some space for the other parts of ourselves.</em>
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</p>
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<p>
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Devs are more than just the code we write. This challenge is all about
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embracing self-expression. Give back to yourself by indulging in
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something just for fun! Share the art, music, poetry, sports, games, or
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other hobbies that spark your joy. We spend so much time grinding away
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on understanding things in the tech space. Let's make some space for the
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other parts of ourselves! In this challenge, we encourage you to spend
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time working on things that aren't necessarily code-specific or using
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code to improve your other hobbies and outlets.
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</p>
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<p>
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Learn more about this challenge in{' '}
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<a href="https://dev.to/virtualcoffee/monthly-challenge-creative-community-challenge-273l">
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this blog post.
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</a>
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</p>
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<p>
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To view all of the details of this year's challenge,{' '}
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<Link href="/monthlychallenges/dec-2024">
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check out the December 2024 challenge page
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</Link>
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.
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</p>
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<p>And remember, we're always here to help. ❤️</p>
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<h3 className="mt-4">☕🪑 Coffee Table Events</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>Tech Interview Study Group (Mondays at 4:00 PM ET)</li>
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<li>
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Accountabilibuddies (Tuesdays at 7:00 PM ET | Thursdays at 9:00 AM ET)
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</li>
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<li>
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The Pack Hunt (Tandem Job Hunting) (Wednesdays at 10:00 AM ET |
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Wednesdays at 10:00 PM ET)
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</li>
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<li>
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Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) Office Hours (Wednesdays at 4:00
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PM ET)
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</li>
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<li>
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Frontend Friday Folks fighting CSSBattle.dev (Fridays at 11:00 AM ET)
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</li>
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<li>Feelings Friday (Fridays at 8:00 PM ET)</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 className="mt-4">📅 Weekly Async Events</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<strong>Mondays:</strong> Goal-setting post in{' '}
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<code>#goals-and-wins</code>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Tuesdays:</strong> Trivia in <code>#game-night</code>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Wednesdays:</strong> Midweek check-in in <code>#general</code>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Fridays:</strong>{' '}
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<a href="https://twitter.com/VirtualCoffeeIO">X (formerly Twitter)</a>{' '}
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chat and gratitude post in <code>#general</code>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 className="mt-4">☕ Official Virtual Coffee Events</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Virtual Coffee (Tuesdays at 9:00 AM ET | Thursdays at 12:00 PM ET)
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</li>
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<li>
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Async Twitter Chat (Weekly chat begins every Friday at 9:00 AM ET)
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p className="mt-4">
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<strong>Note:</strong> These are the currently scheduled times for these
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events at the time of this publication. Please check the official VC{' '}
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<code>#announcements</code> Slack channel, or other noted channels, for
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any updates and links to event rooms. For the full list of events, check
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out <Link href="/events">our events page</Link>.
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</p>
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<h3 className="mt-5 mb-4">🎙️ The Podcast is Back!</h3>
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<p>
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Check out our{' '}
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<a href="https://virtualcoffee.io/podcast">
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latest podcasts from season 10
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</a>
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!
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</p>
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<h3 className="mt-5 mb-4">🆕 New Career Focus Channels Alert</h3>
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<p>
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We've added three new private channels — <code>Senior+</code>,{' '}
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<code>Mid-level</code>, <code>Early-career</code> — to our Slack for
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peer-to-peer conversation, because we know that it's good to be able to
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support and nurture conversations specific to your career level. If
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you're interested in joining the one you identify with most, DM Bekah or
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Meg on Slack.
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</p>
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<hr />
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<h3 className="mb-4">🤝 Volunteering at VC</h3>
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<p>
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We're very excited to continue open membership with the support of our
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active volunteers! All our active volunteers have an invite to send out
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to someone interested in joining Virtual Coffee. If you're interested in
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joining the volunteer team, check out{' '}
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<Link href="/resources/virtual-coffee-handbook/get-involved/paths-to-leadership">
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some of the roles
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</Link>
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!
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</p>
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<hr />
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<h2>✨ Member Content Highlights</h2>
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<p>
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<em>
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Our members are making the internet a better place with their words
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and wisdom!
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</em>
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</p>
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<h3>Articles</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="https://lo-victoria.com/the-ultimate-networking-guide-for-programmers">
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The Ultimate Networking Guide for Programmers — Victoria Lo
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="https://dev.to/nehamaity/how-i-spent-my-time-after-getting-laid-off-security-python-and-a-career-shift-3cpf">
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How I Spent My Time After Getting Laid Off — Neha Maity
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="https://dev.to/theoriginalbpc/2024-recap-why-accessibility-is-important-43n9">
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Why Accessibility Is Important — Sarah Dye
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="https://dev.to/david001/sophisticated-speech-to-text-47jm">
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Sophisticated Speed to Text — David Akim
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="https://dev.to/michaella23/lessons-growth-and-goodbyes-my-time-with-scrimba-bootcamp-1787">
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Lessons, Growth, and Goodbyes: My Time With Scrimba Bootcamp — Micha
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Rodriguez
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</a>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<div className="card my-5 border-primary">
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<div className="card-body">
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<h2 className="card-title text-primary mb-3">🏆 Member Wins</h2>
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<div className="card-text">
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<blockquote className="blockquote">
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<p className="mb-0">
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"Have to settle a few details, but I got approval from my
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manager to enroll in a class here at CMU next spring."
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</p>
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<footer className="blockquote-footer">Josh</footer>
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote className="blockquote">
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<p className="mb-0">
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"Today I reached 600 Kata in Codewars and halfway to 4 kyu! The
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<footer className="blockquote-footer">Aaron</footer>
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</blockquote>
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<p className="mb-0">
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"My article got in top 7 must read DEV articles."
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</p>
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<footer className="blockquote-footer">Chris</footer>
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</blockquote>
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<h2>👀 What our members are up to</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="https://dev.to/jarvisscript/what-are-your-goals-for-the-week-3kc0">
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weekly post for goals of the week.
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</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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Dominic Duffin co-hosts{' '}
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<a href="https://twitter.com/ArtTechChat">ArtTechChat on Twitter</a>{' '}
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every Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
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</li>
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<li>
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Ray Deck is{' '}
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@techmesomethingcool">
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co-hosting a vid-pod about low code/no code solutions
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<li>
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Michael Jolley is{' '}
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<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/baldbeardedbuilder">
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</ul>
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<h2 className="mt-5 mb-4">💻 Resource Highlights!</h2>
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<a href="https://dev.to/virtualcoffee/monthly-challenge-creative-community-challenge-273l">
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Monthly Challenge: Creative Community
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</a>{' '}
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— Ayu Adiati
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</p>
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<hr />
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If you're a member and you’d like to give a Lunch & Learn or Workshop,
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you can{' '}
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<a href="https://virtualcoffee.io/lunch-and-learn-idea">
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submit your idea here
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<p>
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Have a question, suggestion, or want to nominate someone’s act of
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kindness or blog post? Email us at{' '}
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<a href="mailto:hello@virtualcoffee.io">hello@virtualcoffee.io</a>.
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</p>
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</>
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);
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}

‎src/data/newsletters.ts‎

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import { handle as issue202412 } from '@/content/newsletters/2024-12';
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import { handle as issue202411 } from '@/content/newsletters/2024-11';
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import { handle as issue202410 } from '@/content/newsletters/2024-10';
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import { handle as issue202409 } from '@/content/newsletters/2024-09';
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const newsletters = [
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{ handleData: issue202412, slug: '2024-12' },
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{ handleData: issue202411, slug: '2024-11' },
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{ handleData: issue202410, slug: '2024-10' },
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{ handleData: issue202409, slug: '2024-09' },

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