PinnedLuke Skywalker, Sith LordOne evening, while geeking out with my daughters I decided to share a theory I had with them about Star Wars — specifically Return of the…Oct 20, 2015A response icon134Oct 20, 2015A response icon134
PinnedWhat’s the Best Hashing Algorithm for Storing Passwords?Most people will default to bcrypt when choosing a hashing algorithm for storing sensitive information — but why? Are there other choices…Jan 10, 2022Jan 10, 2022
PinnedWhat is Big-O Notation?When I started writing The Imposter’s Handbook, this was the question that was in my head from the start: what the f*** is Big O and why…Feb 9, 2022Feb 9, 2022
PinnedMod and Remainder Are Not The SameA remainder and a modulus look so very similar, but they are not the same thing and worse, are treated differently by different programming…Aug 21, 2018Aug 21, 2018
PinnedCreating a Full Text Search Engine in PostgreSQL, 2022Writing a full text index in PostgreSQL is an art form. You need to know what your users are looking so you can build the right index AND…Sep 3, 2022Sep 3, 2022
🥷🏽 Self Sabotage: The Good PartsI’ve been listening to books about business and personal growth over the last month and I noticed something interesting when it came to the…Mar 11, 2024Mar 11, 2024
Trying Something Different: A Real World Tutorial for Frontend ProgrammingTL;DR I’m making a course on Vue 3 and Nuxt 3 which is about 60% complete. There’s a book (90% done), a 30-ish video walkthrough of…Jun 9, 2023Jun 9, 2023
Seven Simple Steps to Overcoming Imposter SyndromeGetting over imposter syndrome is no easy task, but it starts by recognizing a cold, hard truth: you’re being toxic to yourself and those…Feb 5, 2023Feb 5, 2023
I Accidentally Got Ridiculously High Visiting My Mom, and it Changed My LifeI remember clearly filling the dropper and popping two squirts of the stuff into my tumbler of soda water. I thought it was bitters, some…Jan 7, 2023A response icon3Jan 7, 2023A response icon3
The Importance of Knowing Your NumbersAs programmers we tend to think of reports after the fact, often when it’s too late. I learned this the hard way over the last few days.Dec 19, 2022Dec 19, 2022