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075: Code and Witchcraft with Coraline Ada Ehmke
02:40 – Coraline’s Superpower: Boundless Energy
06:16 – Practicing Self-Care and Outsourcing
12:20 – Being a “Code Witch” and Perceiving the Construct of Reality
17:25 – Evocation and Invocation
20:52 – Being Deliberate: Refactoring Your Code and Refactoring Your Life
32:13 – Documentation and Naming Things
38:48 – Writing Magic and Writing Code; Thoughtforms
43:20 – Impressions and Personas; Sympathy and Empathy
51:58 – Acquiring Boundless Energy and Badassery
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