Programming exercise: reading in environmental variables with dotenv
Programming, as a craft, is funny. Compared to other crafts, like professional musicians, programmers don’t seem to deliberately practice their craft.
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Filling my first Field Notes
I recently filled my first Field Notes with notes! Usually I just toss them in a drawer never to be seen again, but not this time.
Blogging can save you work
In You Should Write Blogs, Steve Yegge explains why you should blog. Steve is somewhat of a cult figure in the tech space. If you’ve never heard of Steve Yeg...
Rebind shift + cmd + m to %>% (pipe symbol)
I recently made a video about how to make custom complex modifications in Karabiner-elements. Someone saw this video and reached out to me for some help.
How to add a new kernel to your Jupyter Notebook
In this blog post, I’ll tell you how to add a new kernel to your Jupyter notebook in just 3 simple steps.
How to write commit messages that will save you a lot of time
Writing good commit messages can save you a lot of time. In this blog post I want to show you an example of that. At some point in the past I changed the col...
What to do when your github credentials randomly start failing
You’re coding. You’re in the flow. You’re banging code out at the speed of light. You’re building the software that is going to change the world. You git add...
How to set up a React and Flask project
In this blog post I will go over how to set up your React and Flask project while avoiding the dreaded Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) error.
Video: Binary Search tutorial in Python
Hey guys I just uploaded a new video to my YouTube channel! You can view the video by clicking here or it is embedded down below. In the video I explain a si...
Learning TypeScript - The basics
For a new project at work I will have to lead a project in TypeScript. Here comes the kicker: I’ve never worked with TypeScript.
I don’t love my blog anymore. Help!
I like my blog. Yet, I don’t love my blog.
React for data scientists part 1: Getting started
With modern frameworks like React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, Gatsby, and Jekyll, modern web development can seem scary. However, I assure you that it is not. I...
How to add a splash image to minimal mistakes
In this blog post I will show you how to add a simple splash image to your minimal mistakes blog. View my current splash page here.
How to add a teaser image to minimal mistakes
In this blog post I will show you how to add a simple teaser image to the “You may also like” section of the minimal mistakes Jekyll theme. Adding a teaser i...
Leetcode problem 378 First unique character in a string
In this blogpost I tackle Leetcode problem 378 on finding the first unique character in a string.