The title of this post references the iconic phrase from the London Underground, “Mind the gap.” It’s used to warn passengers about the gap between the train and the station platform. Although hazardous, the gap for these travelers is a natural part of the journey. This post is about another travel hazard, one that I …
I am about 3 months into my journey as a new software engineer. I work at a place where the bar is high for what it means to craft quality software. My peers are well-educated and highly disciplined engineers with many years of experience. Am I good enough to be here?
If you’ve been learning JavaScript, you may have heard about promises and how awesome they are. So, you decided to research the basics and perhaps you came across the MDN docs on promises or great articles like this one by Eric Elliott or this one by Brandon Morelli. If you’ve read all of these and …
I seriously started teaching myself to code several months ago, somewhere in the beginning of 2017. I say “seriously” because I started and stopped a few times in my life. When I look back, I realize I had caught a bug sometime early in life, and although I’ve lived with it for many years, it …