At the intersection of human language and computer language. Ah SQL… do you pronounce it “ess-cue-ell” or “see-qual”? Confusing and controversial pronunciation aside, this programming language is awesome because it allows us to ask for some data from an unseen database and receive information back that is reminiscent of and…

Let’s try not to get lost… So you joined a new project, congratulations! The idea is great, the team seems cool, and the stack is challenging but manageable. The downside? This project is at least partway built out and none of the code has been written by you (not yet…

Staying in the loop part 2. In a previous post, I explored the process of adding event listeners to user interactions in vanilla JavaScript. Now its time to extend what we learned to the same goal using React! React makes a lot of things about the adding and removing of…

Building and growing strategies from nature and beyond. What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word Scaffolding? For me, it’s walking down the sidewalk in NYC and suddenly fearing for my life because there are people on ladders building large structures to cover the sidewalk for…

A deep dive into the drama of finding a Palindrome. — If you’ve ever been in the market for job in Software Engineering (much like I am at the time of writing this post), and have followed the advice of seemingly everyone to brush up on your knowledge of Data Structures, Algorithms, and how the heck to tame them, you are…

A brief tutorial on making Semantic’s Dropdown component play nicely with React state. — So you want a selection field in your controlled form. Maybe you want to show a list of departments for a user to choose from. So you do something like this: <form> <select> <option> Marketing </option> <option> Design </option> <option> Accounting <option> </select> </form> And, well, it looks something like…

And the freedom to change your mind. If you live in the 21st century and have ever visited a social media site, you have personally witnessed the magic of a constantly re-rendering webpage that can serve you the most up-to-date information available. …

Stay in the loop. Listen to Events. Web apps written with Javascript have the potential to be amazingly interactive. …

There will be cats. You should read this post to find out why it is insistent that you should read it. But you should also read this post to learn what a README is, why you should read them, and most importantly, why you should always include one in your…