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Modeling a big spaghetti app
It's hard to talk about big, poorly maintained, closed-source code bases, so I generated a fictional one
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Get shit done by warping friction-space
You can change the dynamics of your system and be less frustrated and more effective
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We need to be the historians of our own software
If we want to shape the future of our codebases, we need to understand the past and the people who made the choices that got us here.
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Have a ball of mud? You need(ed) a map.
Reflections on refactoring a big ol' monolith
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Nextty: a radically collaborative computing environment
What if the future of computing looked like the past
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Elevators, Subways, and Rocket Launchers: The Unpredictable Path of Software Development
What we call ourself actually does matter after all.
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WebReducer Update 3
After a hiatus, I'm working on my side project again
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Lessons learned from a recent job search
It's a pretty good time to switch jobs, but don't think the process will be easy!
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Things to consider before joining a bootcamp
Bootcamps can work, and they can bomb. Here's what you need to know to be a smart consumer.
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Micro-business update: name change, software coming together
I'm figuring out what this thing is and how it's going to work
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Work in progress: hookreducer.com
I'm building a platform to ingest and process webhooks insanely well
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I returned my Remarkable2, here's why
The non-writing UX is bad enough to render product unusuable
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Moving to a new job? You want a personal knowledge base
I use Obsidian to to build a personal knowledge base to make sense of everything
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Helping students with pair programming
Overall, pairing in the classroom is great. But issues come up! Here's how I address them.
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Why is Excalidraw so fucking good?
The product factors that make it work so so well
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Semantic operation layer
Configurable, semantic units to organize and understand your app
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A word of caution on hiring rubrics
Rubrics sometimes exist so that no one has to go out on a limb. That's not good.
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How to help a student get unstuck
When early stage programmers get stuck, they can get frustrated. Here's how to make the most of it.
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Cost of computing
Why isn't it getting cheaper and cheaper to write programs
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Using Vega Lite to explore chemistry
My personal journey using computation and visualization to learn chemistry
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Div III: Empowerment software
A summary of my senior thesis work on building transformation software for communities
