A beginner's guide to using Git and GitHub for code version control, based on a Python Frederick presentation.
A guide to creating the content and slides for a tech talk, focusing on top-down and bottom-up approaches to building a presentation.
A developer shares their experience migrating their business website to Gatsby.js, highlighting its benefits for performance and development.
A guide on effective software testing: write tests, avoid 100% coverage, and focus on integration tests for confidence.
A guide on when to split a large React component into smaller ones, focusing on solving real problems rather than premature abstraction.
Connecting a Django Shiv app using Ansible, covering file permissions and settings configuration for deployment.
A developer's monthly progress report on side projects, including user growth for What Got Done and renewed interest in Zestful.
A guide explaining the difference between props and state in React components, including how to use them correctly.
A programmer shares his evolved teaching philosophy, emphasizing techniques from 'Make It Stick' to improve long-term knowledge retention.
Explains why nesting in tests, especially with beforeEach hooks, leads to unmaintainable code, using a React component as an example.
How Cypress.io improves developer confidence and work-life balance by providing reliable, easy-to-debug end-to-end testing for web applications.
A guide to immersive 'walking simulator' games that focus on emotional storytelling and exploration over traditional gameplay.
A personal review of Nick Bostrom's book on AI superintelligence, exploring its paths, dangers, and the crucial control problem.
Debugging a Django static files issue caused by incorrect file permissions in a Shiv app.
A step-by-step guide to setting up email notifications for blog comments using Staticman and Mailgun.
How Google's 'Snippets' tool for asynchronous status updates improved meeting efficiency and team communication.
A guide on setting up Staticman for Hugo blogs to enable free, self-styled nested comments as an alternative to Disqus.
A guide to setting up a development environment for SciPy on Mac OS, including installing dependencies and using development mode.
A personal account of the Stone Soup creativity camp, an experience design event focused on improvisation, workshops, and unique participant-led activities.
A technical deep dive into debugging a Django Shiv app, focusing on resolving template and static file loading issues.
