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In case you have a long running process that you want to run later, or in the background, you can use the AWS Elastic Beanstalk Worker…

Will go over how to do this in Manifest 2 and 3. By the way, the docs actually aren’t too bad. I found they were probably more helpful than…

No one believes me when I talk about the amazing power of twitter. Let me just show you: Shaan Puri raises $2.5 mil with one tweet Tweet…

How I got interviews at Pinterest, Calm, DoorDash and Cloudflare right after a coding bootcamp: cold emailing engineering managers. Some of…

When trying to deploy my node app on Digital Ocean’s App Platform, the build failed and the error was: Here is what my build command was…

If you have a database on your local machine that has a bunch of data, here is how you can import it into a Digital Ocean Managed Database…

This goes out to some poor soul who is Googling these terms to try and figure out how the heck to use a SSL certificate. I was (and probably…

Tech Stack Node.js Express PostgreSQL Typescript Note: this is just my backend code. Frontend is in a different repo. Issues The title is…

Learning how to code Let me just say, I knew absolutely nothing about programming, and now I get paid to write code all day. And let me tell…

It was my last semester at college and I had just quit my job. I was a Psychology major, but after my internships I became really passionate…

Something I feel like I’m realizing is that slower = more confident. For example, walking or talking slower gives the illusion of confidence…

Since injuring my knee, I continued trying to complete Auto Apply, an idea I’ve had for about a year and a half. The idea of auto apply is…

On my machine I have the following git aliases (or is it aliai? 🤔) But recently, when I did , I got 🤦‍♂️ ah, duh. I forgot that after I…

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Optional_chaining This is huge because if you try to index into…

I am a frontend developer who is trying to learn Java. Here are some initial things that I’ve learned about Java. Everything is a Class In…

My first language was JavaScript and I am trying to learn Java because our backend where I work is written in Java. In JavaScript, there are…

The Millionaire Next Door written by Thomas J. Stanley, PhD I have heard many people recommend this book, so picked up a copy. It is worth…

Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki Book was recommended by my brother in law and was a fantastic read. It is very similar to…

I went to a small college in a small college town of about 20,000 people (Rexburg, ID). 4 years later I moved to San Francisco, city of…

Some quick numbers about the journey: Started with ~$3,000 (after $1k for AirBnb, $750 for computer, $150 for phone, I had ~$1,500 left…

Turns out that if you want to send an email in Rails, the Gmail API is like the last thing you should use. Very clunky. I would’ve just used…

1. Thou shalt root for the team that was geographically closest to thee when thou grewest up This is equivalent to why you root for the…

Is it worth it?

As a native of Northeast Ohio, I have been a Browns fan my whole life and want them to do well. I feel like with every new coach, or new…

I was building a simple application in Node/Express.js and MySQL because I have only used MongoDB with Node and I wanted to learn how to use…

New programmer here just relating some things I learned as I tried to hook up a MySQL DB with Express/Node backend. This took me at least…

I thought the curriculum was good, and the program was intense, but not worth paying 28k for. I paid 5k upfront, then paid 23k after I got a…

Given a vector of vector of words, print out all combinations of one word from the first vector, one from the second vector, etc. WITHOUT…

In a word: miserable. Well, on some days it’s not that bad. But some days it’s really stressful. That’s probably true of most service…

After graduating in December and searching for a job in San Francisco for a month, I’m realizing it might take months to find a job.Which is…

Parking lots Who knew that seeing an empty parking lot could bring someone so much joy? Not happiness. Joy. Growing up in NE Ohio This one…

I just graduated from BYU-Idaho in December, and I moved to San Francisco in January…without a job…and not a lot of $ :) Why? Maybe it’s…

Caveat, I actually don’t have kids at the moment 😬 Why? As a kid, my parents were pretty well off and I pretty much got anything I wanted…

I did 3 internships. Why did I do 3? I wanted to get a lot of experience to look more appealing to employers when I graduated. Turns out…

Tell me if this sounds frustrating: Literally waiting hours for your computer to quit lagging. You have important projects that need to be…

Since Rexburg is predominantly LDS, some people might think this is a little crazy…cause (the majority of) Mormons don’t drink coffee. BUT…

I was wrong about LeBron. I admit it. He totally proved me wrong. Earlier this year I wrote about why Steph Curry was a better player than…

Now, when I say tech startup, I mean I would like to work for a SaaS company with 10–5,000 employees and would preferably like a paycheck…

I have run 5 marathons in 2 years (including the Boston Marathon), and after people realize this, the next question is… why? Well, actually…

Being from Northeast Ohio, naturally I am a LeBron/Cleveland Cavaliers fan. It pains me to see the Warriors doing so well (although I do…

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