Blog posts about Growth

Keep it simple, stupid

Writing simple code is one of the best skills you can have as a software developer. Simple code is easier to extend, debug, and maintain. "Keep it simple, stupid" doesn't just apply to design, but also to software development. Knowing this principle will make you a better developer over time.

Posted on: March 28th, 2021

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My 2020 in review

2020 has been a strange year for us all, but I don't want to linger on the negatives this year has brought. Instead, I'd like to highlight everything that went well for me. In this post, I'll highlight everything I've learned this year and everything I'm proud of.

Posted on: December 30th, 2020

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Learning Go: What I've learned in 9 months

In January of 2020, I started learning Go. In these past 9 months, I've been able to build multiple applications to contribute to faster applications, easier deployments, and more stability in the infrastructure. In this post, I go over what I've built and what I learned.

Posted on: September 17th, 2020

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What I learned from publishing my first Golang package

In this post I go over what I learned from publishing my first Golang package. I tell you about why I did this and what my workflow was to achieve this goal.

Posted on: January 29th, 2020

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Top 10 reasons to start blogging as a software engineer

In this post I go over the top 10 reasons why I believe software engineers would benefit from blogging. But remember: If you're not writing blog posts you're not any less of a software developer.

Posted on: December 25th, 2019

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Portfolio updates for September 2019

Posted on: October 9th, 2019

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Struggling with micro-optimizations on large scale data processing

I'm struggling with micro optimizations on large scale data processing. Find out in what way I'm trying to improve the runtime of the calculations by saving processing cycles.

Posted on: October 2nd, 2019

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How I write my blog posts: 6 steps

Writing blog posts can be a difficult if you don't write a lot and don't know where to start. Find out how I write blog posts and maybe it'll help you to get started too.

Posted on: September 4th, 2019

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How I'm trying to become a better communicator

I'm trying to become a more skilled communicator to my peers and non-technical people. In this post, you'll find out how I'm attempting to do this.

Posted on: August 28th, 2019

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What waking up at 6 every morning has taught me

Waking up at 6 every morning has been a very surprising improvement in my life, find out what impact it had on my day-to-day life.

Posted on: May 1st, 2019

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The elephant in the room: burnouts

Burnouts are very common among creatives. Find out how I managed to reduce its effects and how I'm managing to keep it at bay now. Hint: Take back your time.

Posted on: February 22nd, 2019

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5 Lessons I've learned by working on a product with non-technical people

To get started with any work, you need to know what to do. In order to find out what the actual problem the person is facing, you have to ask questions, a lot o

Posted on: February 7th, 2019

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Improving my programming skills at a full-time job

I've been working full-time, right out of college, for two years now. Initially, I thought this would limit my time for improving my programming skills. It most

Posted on: March 15th, 2018

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