Sharing Ideas
As engineers, we have a tendency to "over engineer" our sharing of knowledge. We often put a lot of pressure on ourselves to come up with bombshell ideas that take time and effort to cultivate.
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Thoughts
semi-coherent writings on various topics
Testing For Results, Not Implementation Details
When writing unit tests, it is tempting to create a mini testing "framework" within your test files. Such a setup could include defining variables & functions for verifying that our many assertions match the expected behavior in a repeatable way.
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Checking In (1/??)
On August 7th 2023, my partner and I welcomed our first child into the world. Miles couldn't be more perfect.
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Made a New Website
It's 2022 and I finally made a new iteration of my website. I was mostly just bored with the look and wanted to test out some newish/different tech this time around.
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An Introduction to HTML
There are three fundamental technologies that are used to create what we call websites. These technologies are interpreted by web browsers to structure, style, and act on various elements of the page.
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Batman Is a Terrible Role Model
I used to think that strength meant not expressing strong emotions and not revealing problems. I believed it admirable to aspire to be a stone-faced, unflinching creature that would remain unmoved in the face of fear.
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Life Hack Culture is Dumb
I'm often scrolling through Twitter and come upon a video or article that describes some way of doing something that is supposedly better than the way the general population does a thing.
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Guidelines for Embracing Project Unknowns
When I'm beginning a new project, that feeling of "I don't know what I'm doing" often creeps up in the back of my mind. The fear of encountering an issue that I won't be able to solve is unnerving, but I always tell myself that I'll figure it out.
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Higher-Education and Learning
It's never been easier to access the resources needed to learn just about anything, on-demand, and whenever convenient. Because of this, I often questioned the need to attend a higher-learning institution.
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