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My 2017 Year in Review and Beyond
Another year is over and so naturally an end of the year post is in order. My reflection post from last year focused a lot on data. As a data-driven person, I think it's imperative to have concrete data to assess what I have/haven't achieved. Writing this post also…
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Debugging Network Requests and Android WebViews with Charles
Ah yes, another post related to Charles. Why do I have so many of these? Well for one, I love this tool (if you couldn't already tell from my other posts), but also because there are a lot of experienced developers that find themselves struggling to figure out how to…
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Setting up multiple subdomains on one express app in Heroku
Let's say you've decided to create a website; before even starting to build it, you'll probably find yourself brainstorming what it should be called. So one of the first things that you do is look for and purchase a domain name. Some folks believe that you gotta "lock in&…
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Validating a Customer Need with Rapid Experimentation
I've always been a product engineer - I like buildings things that people love. Plus, since I was formally an engineer of Intuit (a very product focused company), I have a bit of their culture ingrained within me. One of the principles they engrained in their culture was rapid experimentation;…
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Finding the Right Mentor
I had recently attended a workshop that was focused on "driving and owning your career". It was one of those typical workshops where you group up at a table, fill out some worksheets, share your journey with your peers, ya'know, the usual stuff. At the end of the…
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Charles is Your New "Proxy" Friend
Yo I have real friends, I don't need proxy friends. But uh....who's this Charles guy? He sounds like a swell dude! You're right! Charles is most def a swell dude. But, Charles is unfortunately not a real person, but if it were, it would be the ultimate bro, a…
