August 4, 2021

Consultancy Cycles

Working at a quality software development consultancy like Hashrocket early in your programming career could be a game-changing move.

April 2, 2021

What is the Sub Claim of a JSON Web Token?

Today I’d like to explain the sub, or subject, registered claim of a JSON Web Token.

February 26, 2021

Augmenting an Object With the Proxy Pattern

Let’s look at the proxy pattern in Ruby.

January 25, 2021

Do the Hard Things First

A concept that I admire is ‘Doing the Hard Thing First’ via Ben Orenstein. Ben described on the Art of Product Podcast Episode 50. Here’s my summary:

Choose the hard part of the problem, the part you’re unsure about, the part that success depends on, and solve that first!

December 30, 2020

My Annual Review 2020

Here’s my annual professional review covering 2020.

December 6, 2020

Exercism Raindrops in Python

I’ve been learning a bit of Python this Fall to facilitate conversations with a mentee. In this post, I’m going to share the first Python function I’ve ever written, a solution to the Exercism challenge ‘Raindrops’.

December 5, 2020

Programming Resources for Beginners

There is a glut of programming information online. You can’t read it all, and you shouldn’t, because much of it is outdated, wrong, or irrelevant to you.

So, what is the signal in this noise? I recommend aggregators, blogs, pair programming. And I offer a gentle recommendation against tutorials.

November 26, 2020

My Annotated Vim Configuration File

I love Vim. Folks who’ve programmed with me, or attended a Vim Meetup when I was an organizer, can attest. When I was learning to code, getting fast at Vim changed everything for me. After almost a decade using this editor, here are my personal configurations.

October 29, 2020

Essays on Programming I Think About a Lot

Programming is a new and abstract field, and so we place great emphasis on ideas. When I find one that sticks with me, I end up sharing it again and again. These are some of my favorites.

October 20, 2020

My Development Roadmap

I’ve been working on a development roadmap for my projects, and wanted to share my process. Consider this my recipe to turn an idea into software.