Misc
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12 Codecademy Alternatives That Will Get You Where You Need to Go
May 04, 2023 by Natalie SchoonerJust last month, Codecademy was sold to Skillsoft for $525 million. Not too shabby, and entirely well-deserved if you ask me.
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As a Developer, What Hardware Do You Truly Need?
Apr 21, 2023 by Lane WagnerLet’s be real here: we live in an age where everyone and their dog seems to think they need the latest, most expensive gadgets to get anything done.
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Introduction to Asynchronous Flows and Webhooks
Mar 09, 2023 by Nick AbbeneIn this post, we’ll be talking about coding with a common integration pattern with an external API called a webhook.
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Makefiles to improve your life
Oct 19, 2022 by Casper AnderssonDuring development you may sometimes notice you run a lot of commands to set up, build, test, and manage your project.
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Using Github Issues to Hack Together A Feedback System
Jul 31, 2022 by Lane WagnerBoot.dev has been my side-project for the last couple of years now. Being a learning path for backend developers focused on quality over quantity, I knew early on that it needed to have a really tight feedback loop from students.
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How Not to Ask for Help Online
May 20, 2022 by Lane WagnerI’ve spent an unhealthy amount of time online over the course of my life, and in the last couple years I’ve been managing a Discord server for people who are learning computer science.
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Top 10 Communities For Learning to Code
Apr 20, 2022 by Zulie Rane🔗 Why you need a coding community The one thing that every programmer has in common, whether they’ve only ever implemented a “Hello World” program or they’re considered a “senior” software engineer, is the need to continuously learn.
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An Overview of Boot.dev's Full-Stack Architecture
Jan 10, 2022 by Lane WagnerBecause I’ve had several inquiries on this topic, I thought it would be interesting to publish some information on how the boot.
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Coding Interviews - Why you shouldn't give homework
Nov 18, 2021 by Lane WagnerA while back I went through the interview process at a company I won’t name here.
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Python vs C++: The Best Language To Learn For You
Nov 17, 2021 by Meghan ReichenbachIt’s either a blessing or a curse when choosing to learn Python or C++ because there couldn’t be two more opposing languages to compare.
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The Best Product Managers Have The Worst Ideas
Nov 02, 2021 by Lane WagnerIt’s hard finding good product people. That fact is really a tragedy because they are probably the most important part of any product-focused organization.
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HTML vs CSS vs JavaScript Explained
Sep 27, 2021 by Jamie DunmoreHTML, CSS, and JavaScript are the most important tools in your arsenal for all your web design escapades.
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16 Great Coding Challenges You Can Try Out
Jun 24, 2021 by Zulie RaneCoding challenges are a fun way to improve your coding quickly. When I started to learn coding in school, coding challenges were the furthest thing from my mind.
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How I Organize My Local Development Environment
Mar 17, 2021 by Lane WagnerWhen I was just getting into coding, I was very disorganized. I would create a new text file in My Documents, work on it, never create a Git repository, accidentally delete it later, you get the idea.
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View Git Tags with Semver Ordering
Feb 09, 2021 by Lane WagnerIf you’re like me, you wish all Git tags adhered to the Semantic Versioning standard. Unfortunately, Semver is just a convention, so Git tags can basically be any string of text.
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The Benefits of Gamified Learning
Jan 20, 2021 by Lane WagnerWhy was that adjustment to college classes so hard? Sitting through hours of lectures and PowerPoints can be challenging for even the most dedicated students.
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NLP is Hard Because Even Humans Don't Agree
Jan 19, 2021 by Lane WagnerIn my full-time role at Nuvi, I’ve been lucky enough to work on a team where we’re able to push the boundaries in the natural language processing field.
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The 8 Most Popular Coding Languages of 2022
Jan 04, 2021 by Zulie Rane🔗 And more importantly, how to choose the most popular coding language you should learn.
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How Much Do Software Engineers Make?
Nov 09, 2020 by Lane WagnerSoftware engineering continues to be one of the most lucrative career paths in the tech industry.
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Top 4 Coding Languages To Learn For Beginners in 2022
Oct 07, 2020 by Lane WagnerCoding languages, tools, and frameworks are in a constant state of flux, improvement, deprecation, and popularity swings.
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Education's Shameful State of the Art
Oct 05, 2020 by Lane WagnerHigher education had its problems before Covid-19. Now the crippling inefficiencies, backbreaking cost, and lack of alternatives are being forced into the spotlight.
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Your Parent's Internet - How to Mitigate Misinformation
Jul 31, 2020 by Lane WagnerThe age of information is not what we all hoped it would be. We successfully digitized the majority of human knowledge, and we even made it freely accessible to most.
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An Intro to Quantum Mechanics and Google's Quantum Supremacy
Jun 19, 2020 by Devanshi AroraThe science that deals with the description of the motion and interaction of subatomic particles is known as Quantum Mechanics.