Blog Post Listing
Blog post: How to Make an Anime Quote Maker More Awesome
Posted on August 20, 2021My quote maker remains my favorite code side project. So I can't help but keep adding more controls and features.
Blog post: The Currying Introduction I Wish I Had
Posted on February 16, 2021Currying is a tricky yet major of JavaScript and functional programming. Sadly, it doesn't involve eating actual curry.
Blog post: Scheduling Blog Posts with Eleventy, Netlify, and IFTTT
Posted on October 27, 2020Eleventy makes it easy to automatically publish future blog posts with a little JavaScript and some outside app help.
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: 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: 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.
Blog post: Snow White and the Seven Behavioral Patterns - A Design Patterns Intro
Posted on July 24, 2019A beginning coder's guide to the other half of behavioral design patterns with an alternate telling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
Blog post: Explaining (and Celebrating) my First Twitter Bot
Posted on July 8, 2019After weeks of looking for a workable approach, I finally build a Node Twitter bot to automatically share anime quote artwork.
Blog post: A Metaphorical Introduction to Functional JavaScript
Posted on June 25, 2019Functional JavaScript is my new favorite approach to writing JavaScript, but few introductions I found were beginner friendly. I break down the basics with angels, mutants, and demanding southern belles.
Blog post: Goldilocks and the Three Behavioral Patterns - A Design Patterns Intro
Posted on June 12, 2019A beginning coder's guide to half of the behavioral design patterns with an alternate telling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Blog post: The Three Little Creational Patterns - A Design Patterns Intro
Posted on May 30, 2019A beginning coder's guide to understanding creational design patterns with an alternate telling of The Three Little Pigs.
Blog post: Eevees, Quizzes, and Singletons, Oh My!
Posted on April 5, 2019I celebrate a long-overdue side project by examining its most important pieces - services, singletons, and which Eeveelution matches my personality.
Blog post: How to Refactor an Anime Newsletter
Posted on January 28, 2018I revisit my first real Node program to refactor it with more ES6 syntax, asynchronous functions, and anime wallpaper feeds.
Blog post: How to Make an Anime Newsletter
Posted on July 30, 2017For my first web project that wasn't a website, I broke down a goal that involved Node, scheduled functions, the Twitter API, and a feed of anime wallpapers.