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How To Take Notes on Everything
Find the approach to taking consistent notes on books and articles to accelerate your learning.
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.
On Being a Hopelessly Insecure Programmer
Being insecure about my career and skills likely won't change anytime soon. Finding the positives is something I can do now.
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.
Nine Ways I (Try to) Act as a Tech Ally
I don't consider myself a tech ally, but have several ways I try to act as one.
Good Writing is like a Firework
The Fourth of July reminded me that powerful writing and fireworks have some big things in common.
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.
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.
Flashback to 2013: Under a Bridge in Budapest
A note I'd taken while abroad on my time in Hungary's capital, and learning to be happy alone as well as with others.
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.
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.
Does Integrity Allow Failure?
Integrity is acting consistently with one's moral values. But when are we just trying, and failing, to have integrity?
Comebacks for Five (Wrong) Arguments Against Accessibility
There's plenty of common arguments against web accessibility that are dead wrong. Here are five of them with some ready-to-go counterarguments.
How to Build a SubAtomic Frontend Architecture
A SubAtomic Frontend Architecture balances Atomic CSS and BEM class naming to build a fast, flexible framework.
Eevees, Quizzes, and Singletons, Oh My!
I celebrate a long-overdue side project by examining its most important pieces - services, singletons, and which Eeveelution matches my personality.