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      <description><![CDATA[You complain but refuse to lead. You are probably just terrified of looking dumb in public. Me too.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Preventing API Drift with AsyncAPI - A Java/Spring Perspective]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I turned down $500K twice this month. Here's exactly what I told them]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Big question: Should Commune go Open Source?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I love your replies, but email is too lonely. Join me on Commune and let's start talking in the open]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The battle between what was expected and what I actually needed.]]></description>
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