Over the past few months, I've been taking a deep dive in ReactJS in ways I would have never anticipated. It's been a whirlwind, but the learning has been incredible yet hair-wrenching in others. This post is about the latter of the two.
Read more →I was reading my daily Quora digest this morning and the following post: \"What did you do to make your software career better?\" To my surprise and disappointment, one of the most upvoted answers was "to quit ... [because of] cheap outsourcing." And while outsourcing has had an impact on the job market, this answer is complete nonsense
Read more →Over these past couple of months, I have had the opportunity to work on some fun and challenging projects. And while it's been a phenomenal learning experience, it has been a bit of a whirlwind and I'm a little burnt out.
Read more →Nowadays, it is pretty much impossible to get involved with a project without hearing about "being more agile." And even though I have been on a variety of projects of various agile flavors, one term that I've heard consistently is the team's "velocity."
Read more →It's been a little over a month since I last wrote here. And in that time, I have challenged myself to dive headfirst into projects equipped with little more than a belief that I could figure it out along the way.
Read more →I recently read "Ten Things I Have Learned" by Milton Glaser and was struck by the notion of the idea of "never having a job."
Read more →While I was taking a break today, I decided to check to see if one of my favorite choreographers Matt Steffanina had any new material up for some creative inspiration. And after a couple of videos, I stumbled upon this surprising gem...
Read more →I read this article by Addy Osmani a while back that was in response to the "How It Feels to Learn JavaScript in 2016" post. For those who have not read it, the essence of the article boiled down to this
Read more →As I continue catching up on Front End Happy Hour, I came across the episode Mixed drinks and Mixed languages. The topic of discussion was on the trials and tribulations that come with trying to create a site / application that is supported globally (i.e., multiple languages).
Read more →For those who don't know me, my name is Ben and I come to the world of coding primarily self-taught and the simple fortuitous circumstance of being born in a time and place where technology was easily accessible for me.
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