Blog
Musings written down for safekeeping
Blog post: Saving My Curiosity
Posted on February 1, 2020I missed a key realization looking back at 2019 - being driven by numbers had put a lid on my curiosity.
Blog post: Stop Using the Terrible Title
Posted on January 16, 2020Title is an HTML attribute you can technically use but never should. For the sake of your website, health, and future children. Escape it while you can.
Blog post: The Ultimate Irony When I First Avoided Tests
Posted on January 13, 2020In an early job I skipped writing tests, thinking it would make my code more flexible and maintainable. I slowly found it did the exact opposite.
Blog post: My Plan to Escape the Numbers for 2020
Posted on December 31, 2019In 2019 I focused on numbers for doing better in work and play. That focus caused most of my past year's regrets, and I plan to take a much different approach for 2020.
Blog post: How I Killed My Site's Webpack Processes
Posted on December 27, 2019Webpack is great, but too big a tool for my personal site. This is how I viciously murdered my Webpack processes for NPM scripts.
Blog post: How to Laser-Cut an Anime Drawing
Posted on November 25, 2019One of my (oddly specific) hobbies is laser-cutting anime images. A few MakeHaven members have been curious how, so I wrote a tutorial on making your own.
Blog post: Getting my Coding Hands Dirty
Posted on November 24, 2019It's important to read and write about how I learn to code, as long as it doesn't detract from writing actual code.
Blog post: 31 Benefits of Getting Away From Twitter
Posted on November 18, 2019I've (mostly) left Twitter for over two weeks. The effects have ranged from good, amazing, and later on, horrible.
Blog post: Remixing Hotel California with Sonic Pi
Posted on October 30, 2019Sonic Pi is an amazing music synth tool for turning code into melodies. I break it back in by breaking down a remix of Hotel California's chords.
Blog post: Checking Sudoku with Functional JavaScript
Posted on October 7, 2019A CodeWars challenge had me checking if Sudoku puzzles were solved correctly or not. I break down my solution using functional JavaScript
Blog post: Three Ways to Keep Runaway Thoughts Under Control
Posted on September 29, 2019We live with our thoughts every day, so it's important to not let them drive us down a wrong path.
Blog post: Cinderella and the Glass Structural Pattern - A Design Patterns Intro
Posted on September 9, 2019A beginning coder's guide to structural design patterns with an alternate telling of Cinderella.