Here's my one-question check to see if I've achieved work/life balance:Can I do my dishes in peace without feeling a sense of urgency burning in the back of my mind?If I can mindlessly (and slowly) do my dishes with no rush, no worries, and no 1000 miles/…
How April Dunford establishes credibility and authority and casually sells a book from a twitter thread.…
Source: The Benefits of Microcaching with NGINXWhat: Microcaching is a technique that caches dynamic content for a very short period of time (as little as 1 second).So what? Dynamic data, such as content coming from a CMS (Content Management System) or direct from a database, doesn't need to be…
By now you've probably seen some bad code.Code that looks like wild grass growing out of an abandoned highway.You've probably also expressed hatred and disgust towards the code either loudly in front of everyone or privately when no one's looking.You say to yourself, "I'm going to end…
Junior devs sometime feel like they are a value sink to the team. This post shows you how they are actually quite valuable.…
"I struggled (and to some degree still struggle with) feeling like I’m a value sink for my team or that I’m not learning fast enough to be a good return on investment."…
Ever wonder how professional programmers are able to “spit out” code instantly on demand? How do they memorize all of that information? Is there a secret to their wizard-like abilities? As it turns out, there is! A lot of professional have learned this secret to learning...…
Rate limits are a curse to API consumers. In this article, I present a declarative way of working around rate limits…
Previously I wrote about how I discovered the purpose of life.In this post, I'd like to share how that revelation helped me cure my procrastination and inaction.A lot of times I would have ideas for things I want to build, write about, and share with the world.But…
Do you ever wonder who or what you are living for?You are not suicidal or anything, but sometimes you can't help but wonder, "what's the point to all this?"I've yet to find an answer to that, and occasionally I would ask myself that question again.This happens especially…