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July 2019

Hustle, life, and Bernoulli trials

June 2019

Coders, protect your hands; you won't like coding without em

Build one to throw away

The Principle of Charity in tech

May 2019

The web moves fast, how do you keep up?

April 2019

Freedom from Obligation

What I loved about Reactathon 2019

March 2019

How Grit superchargers your career

February 2019

Do you use any special time tracking software?

What makes you a senior software engineer anyway?

I used to think a senior engineer was someone who gets a project, understands the context, puts their head down, and gets it done. But no. A senior engineer does so much more than just write code and design systems.

January 2019

This kid is amazing

When you don't think you're good enough

A bunch of cool things and neat little tips

Focus on the process, not the goal

December 2018

How I sidehustled $180k and why it almost killed my business

Never give up

Why you should write [code] every day

November 2018

To experience true flow, try baking 👩‍🍳

Some life advice I learned from computer science

October 2018

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Why you aren’t drowning in recruiters, too

It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work – a review

The joy of being a beginner

September 2018

A lesson in sales from the guy who sold me $1500 of gear when all I wanted was a $100 pair of gloves

How I sponsored my own genius visa

Two days in New York with mum & sis ❤️

Online workshops are MORE interactive than in-person workshops

August 2018

Lifestyle inflation after 3 years of San Francisco

I'm tired – a poem

Answering some common questions about React + D3 2018