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Personal Optimization • Jan 14, 2018

Four Questions I Ask Myself When Deciding What to Learn Next

With a plethora of development topics and resources available, choosing one can be a daunting task. Here are a few questions I ask myself.

Growing as Makers • Jan 13, 2018

How Markdown Helps Me Take Better, Faster Notes

Note-taking in Markdown, using either Bear or VSCode, has helped me stay more focused and take better notes during meetings.

Personal Optimization • Jan 07, 2018

Six Questions to Ask at Your First Job Interview

Always take the opportunity to ask your interviewer about the company you're considering. How long do employees stay? How will they help you grow?

Web Apps • Jan 03, 2018

Tips for Building Your Node App on VSTS Windows Agents

Here are a few things I've learned while building a Node.js app on Visual Studio Team Services. VSTS isn't not my first CI choice, but it can be workable.

Growing as Makers • Dec 23, 2017

How Learning Software Is Like Learning Chinese

Programming, like language acquisition, takes time and effort. You can learn better by looking at context, setting goals, and working with a team.

Extracurricular Activities • Dec 21, 2017

Make Your Own “Stranger Things” Alphabet Wall

How to make your own "Stranger Things" Alphabet Wall, using an ESP8266, Neopixel LEDs, craft supplies, Eggos, some C code, and a little bit of time.

Web Apps • Dec 18, 2017

How to Console Yourself through JavaScript Debugging

An overview of the JavaScript debugging tools offered by the console api. There’s a lot of good functionality beyond the tried and true console.log.

Web Apps • Dec 15, 2017

Phoenix Framework Support and Why Ruby on Rails Still Works

Phoenix framework is a functional solution for traditional model-template-view applications. It can replace Ruby on Rails—but at a cost.

Developer Tools • Dec 13, 2017

Git Good: Improve Your Version Control Skills

Git is a powerful tool with many features and areas for personal optimization. It just makes sense to spend the time mastering it.

UX/Design Tools • Dec 12, 2017

The Developer’s Guide to Sketch

An overview of the basics, plus some handy tips and tricks to help any developer quickly and painlessly dissect a designer’s Sketch files.

Business Practices • Dec 09, 2017

Selling with Your Head and Your Heart – The New ABCs of Sales

Good sales is fundamentally human centered—treating people with dignity, staying humble, and recognizing that we don’t have all the answers.

DevOps & System Admin. • Dec 06, 2017

Formatting AWS CloudFront and ELB Logs for Easy Review

AWS CloudFront & Elastic Load Balancers access logs are essential for diagnostics. I wrote a few scripts format these logs and make them much more useful.