October 16, 2019
PyCon US 2019 absolutely blew me away.
And, yeah, I realize it was nearly six months ago. But there have been some things that have been lingering in my thoughts that I need to share.
The first thought is about: …
August 26, 2019
I recently started listening to the Friday Afternoon Deploy podcast and have been enjoying it.
It's a weekly podcast where some of the developers at Lofty Labs let off steam on a Friday afternoon by recording a conversation about whatever …
May 13, 2019
No Plans to Merge is a newer podcast to me. The hosts, Daniel Coulbourne & Caleb Porzio, have a chemistry that is much deeper than their episode count would suggest, as this podcast is the successor to another show that …
April 26, 2019
Throughout my career, the teams I've been on have had a wide range of views on using tests while developing code. As I've moved between teams, listened to podcasts, and read articles, I've assembled some notes that would have been …
December 11, 2018
Part of what I want to do with this site is recommend tools and resources that I've found valuable, in the hopes that you might benefit from them and enjoy them as I have.
There has been one program, in …
October 24, 2018
Though `pathlib` was introduced in python 3.4 to some praise, I didn't "get" it. Like many things in python, I needed some time to come around and tinker with it before I realized the power within. I can't remember when …
July 3, 2018
At the most recent PyRVA meeting, I had the opportunity to coach an aspiring web developer to start his first local web server and view a website that he created. It was truly a privilege to see his excitement.
In …
May 17, 2018
A little while ago, I asked the Internet its thoughts about how best to work with CSS when following the BEM methodology. And in the following months, I've come across some ideas worth sharing.
When I was …
February 23, 2017
I am glad that mental health is being discussed more often in the programming world. In particular, I would like to thank Kenneth Reitz for his transparency over the last few years and contributing his recent essay on developer burnout. …
November 9, 2016
I have written few articles about how Sublime Text has been such a great environment to get my work done—and there's more to come, I have been extremely happy with Sublime for years.
But listening to Michael Kennedy and some …