Kevin Avignon is a software engineer and writer embracing the focused generalist mindset, sharing thoughtful insights on engineering, developer productivity, performance, system design, and the human side of building software through in-depth articles and essays.
34 articles from this blog
Announcement of 'The Elmish Book', a practical guide to building modern web applications using F# and the Elmish architecture with Fable.
A developer shares progress from the first week of an F# mentorship, covering a full-stack web project and machine learning experiments for March Madness predictions.
A developer shares their experience organizing an internal hackathon to foster innovation, collaboration, and creative freedom within a tech team.
A developer shares their experience mentoring C# and F# learners on the free, open-source Exercism platform and plans to help with its v3 transition.
A developer shares their experience participating in the free F# mentorship program, both as a mentee and a mentor, and encourages others to join.
A programmer shares their progress on CodeWars, earning a Python yellow belt and setting goals for advanced study.
A developer shares their personal routine of waking at 5 AM to study algorithms, data structures, Python, and machine learning to advance their tech career.
A developer shares his initiative to create a list of companies using F#, and offers advice on introducing new technologies to a team.
A developer shares their personal learning journey and syllabus for mastering Python, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning in 2020.
Explores the benefits of functional programming and F# for improving code correctness and maintainability in C# teams.
A guide for college students on the benefits and application process for Google Summer of Code (GSoC), an open-source software development program.
A developer shares their 2018 job search journey, from multiple interviews to finding a fulfilling role in robotics software development.
A software engineer reflects on graduating, starting a career in game development, transitioning to consulting, and setting goals for learning new tech.
An introduction to ReactiveUI, a .NET library for building WPF apps using reactive and functional programming principles.
