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Are We Speaking The Same Language

Are We Speaking The Same Language

Ludwig Wittgenstein famously said "If a lion could speak, we could not understand him" which exemplifies the complexities of different frames of reference and how context, even between people who work closely together can be lost and as a result misunderstandings will be made. It is important to

My First Year At Hooq

My First Year At Hooq

It has been a year of learning and growth, so much has changed and I feel like I've came so far since last year, and yet. I still see the tracks disappearing off into the horizon of all the things I have yet to learn. The completion of

When to Follow Technology When Not to

When to Follow Technology When Not to

Technology evolves at a rapid rate, JavaScript often feels even worse but developers also love the next new thing. Just how do you decide when a technology is worth the time and when to skip it? GitHub is littered with the husks of failed projects ranging from Frameworks to small

My New Site Stack

Outwardly my site hasn't really change much it on a surface level looks pretty similar to how it always has done, however all of the underlying technology have change along with a way more efficient delivery system. It is, kinda, pretty awesome Way back in 2016 when I

I've Got 99 Problems but the Image Ain't One

I've Got 99 Problems but the Image Ain't One

Containerization is amazing, it is a low overhead easy to maintain sustainable long term solution that helps create highly portable apps that will just run... Everywhere I started using Docker for all my personal project probably around a year ago at this point and I haven't looked back

Enabling Continuous Delivery with Github Actions

Enabling Continuous Delivery with Github Actions

One of the dreams I have had for my site is to be able to build updates push them to GitHub and for the update process to be automatic, finally I have achieved this with GitHub Actions. I am not the biggest fan of server architecture or about how to

The beginning of something new

The beginning of something new

There was nothing really wrong with my old site and it served me pretty well overall and gave me a great platform to share my thoughts with the world, for better or worse but it was time for something a little... different As I have grown as a developer I