6 Steps to Set Yourself up for Success in Your First Two Weeks of Your New AppSec Job1. Start building relationships with your colleagues, especially the engineering managers. As you will work extensively with them and their…Feb 6, 202360Feb 6, 202360
Notes from Salt Labs’ Analysis of LEGO APIsHere is the report that I’m taking notes onDec 19, 202217Dec 19, 202217
3 things your disabled employee wants you to knowI’ve been disabled in the workplace for coming up on 10 years now. I’ve had my share of horror stories (lots of them) as well as my share…Jul 18, 202222Jul 18, 202222
10 Things I’ve Learned from my Mental Health Journey that May HelpCW: suicide, self-harm, mental health issuesJul 17, 2022181Jul 17, 2022181
Key Takeaways from “Disrupted” by Dan LyonsTl;dr “Disrupted” offers a genuine, hilarious look at startups in the early 2010s, with relevant lessons for anyone working in a tech…May 23, 202271May 23, 202271
Basic AND Logic Gates, DistilledHow a logic gate functions with concrete examplesJun 2, 202037Jun 2, 202037
Why I decided to go with an older edition O’Reilly book to learn Python.A few days ago, I picked up my first Python book, O’Reilly’s “Learning Python”, 5th edition. It was amazing, funny, and clearly written.Nov 14, 201938Nov 14, 201938
O’Reilly Learning Python is *my jam*Vocabulary and notes from the book. Just started it today. It’s awesome.Nov 8, 20193Nov 8, 20193
Python libraries cheatsheetThese are the libraries that came pre-imported with my most recent project. In order to understand what is available to me, I’m going…Nov 7, 2019Nov 7, 2019
Some quick Python notesThese are notes as I do morning warm-up with Python on CodeWars.Nov 5, 201927Nov 5, 201927
What *is* WSGI?I’m in week three of my internship. Three weeks of long slogs, new friends, deep befuddlement and profound clarity.Oct 30, 20197Oct 30, 20197
WSGI, REST API Endpoints, Drawing Inspiration from Literature, and the KISS principle.Internship, Day 5.Oct 17, 2019Oct 17, 2019
Internship Day Four; command-line queries to create MySQL-Python connector, cursor, and run CRUD…This blog post is strictly for “me”, in that its really straightforward commands that I used today so I can reference them later.Oct 14, 2019Oct 14, 2019
ADL Internship Day Two — Using an SQL Connector instead of MySQL-Python; Because Sometimes, “Ya…Three major things of note happened today: I discovered a delicious new soup recipe, I started tracking my error messages and thought…Oct 10, 201925Oct 10, 201925
Internship, Day One; Standing Up MySQL-PythonI was recently granted an internship opportunity with the ADL Software Foundation in Bend, Oregon, through putting myself out there in my…Oct 9, 201936Oct 9, 201936
Trying Out New TechnologyAs a software developer, we’re using new technologies all the time. Different frameworks, new tools, sometimes entirely new stacks. Since…Jan 24, 2019Jan 24, 2019
Basic data types in RubyAs a beginning programmer, it’s very important to know data types. Getting to know them first is a great way to start with a bottom-up…Nov 24, 2018Nov 24, 2018
Solve long, then solve fast.When I first started programming, something that I fell in love with was the fact that there are many different ways to solve the same…Oct 26, 20185Oct 26, 20185