Don’t build your business under someone else’s roof
A few weeks ago, Twitter announced that its API would no longer be freely available. Suddenly, dozens of third-party applications were unpleasantly reminded ...
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Course Review: Crash Course - Build a Full-Stack Web App in a Weekend!
Even though I’ve been working as a full-stack developer for most of my career, I can’t say I’m at the top of my game when doing front-end development. That w...
Comparing Heroku Alternatives
As soon as I knew about Heroku I was excited. It was love at first sight, but maybe not for the reason you’re thinking. When Heroku first came out, its value...
I’m writing a book about remote work!
I’ve been working on personal projects for most of my adult life, but I haven’t finished the huge majority of them. More often than not I become more interes...
Book Review: The Ruby on Rails Tutorial (7th edition)
When I was learning Rails, I read a couple of introductory books. One of them was RailsSpace, written by Michael Hartl. It teaches Rails by building a comple...
Don’t forget to sharpen your axe
The famous vampire hunter Abraham Lincoln once shared the following drop of wisdom:
How to do a Hiring Process that Doesn’t Suck
I’ve been working as a software developer since 2008. That’s long enough to have been part of dozens of hiring processes. I know how hard they can be. But be...
Here we go again!
I’m not a man of many talents, but if there’s one thing I’m doing consistently over the last 15 years is starting a new blog. I’m also pretty consistent in c...