Here’s the scenario: A coworker is working on a service and you just want to send a quick request to test it. You want to do this without deploying the service somewhere, asking them to send the request for you (or you both want to send requests at the same…
Have you ever tried to run a server on a specific port only to find out that it was already in use? I ran into this issue just the other day. The problem was I kept using CTRL-C to stop the server and it wasn’t gracefully shutting down. I’ll share…
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to the Javascript magic show! Today we will explore a few mysterious and tantalizing feats of magic. Hold on to your socks as we dive into the first trick.
One day you’re chugging along on a problem and things are going great. You’ve harnessed the spirit of Csikszentmihalyi with incredible dexterity and before you know it, you’re waist deep in the highly sought after “flow” state. Code is just flowing from your fingers and thumbs as if they were…
I’m going to start this with a few quotes from the Dark Knight Batman trilogy. You may be asking yourself, “What does Batman have to do with public speaking or my Toastmasters experience?” Read on to find out.
It struck me the other day that I’ve been programming at work in some capacity for nearly ten years and as my main professional responsibility for six. Over the course of that time I’ve learned a few things, some of them the hard way, and I’d like to share a…
About a year ago, I quit my job to travel with my girlfriend across Asia for 6 months. When I told the people in my life about my plans, I heard many different reactions. Some thought I was nuts: “How are you going to explain this gap in your employment…
Are you a React developer thinking about making the leap to React Native to build apps for iOS and Android? Read on to find out what I learned while writing and publishing my first React Native app, Fitness Routine Timer.
React is everywhere these days and growing fast. I think for this reason, many people are trying to learn how to use this framework. My journey towards learning this framework started with the many small tutorials floating around on the internet. I felt pretty confident after a few and attempted…