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Blog Post Listing
Blog post: How I Killed My Site's Webpack Processes
Webpack 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
One 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
It'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
I'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
Sonic 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
A 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
We 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
A beginning coder's guide to structural design patterns with an alternate telling of Cinderella.
Blog post: How To Take Notes on Everything
Find the approach to taking consistent notes on books and articles to accelerate your learning.
Blog post: Snow White and the Seven Behavioral Patterns - A Design Patterns Intro
A 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
After weeks of looking for a workable approach, I finally build a Node Twitter bot to automatically share anime quote artwork.
Blog post: Good Writing is like a Firework
The Fourth of July reminded me that powerful writing and fireworks have some big things in common.
Blog post: A Metaphorical Introduction to Functional JavaScript
Functional 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
A 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
A beginning coder's guide to understanding creational design patterns with an alternate telling of The Three Little Pigs.
Blog post: When Refactoring your Responsive CSS Backfires
Refactoring code is a tricky business. This is a small example of how fixing old CSS code creates even more problems to solve.