In my last post I talked about how to manage cloud resources with traditional configuration management tools like Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and SaltStack. Today we're...more.

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jessi Chartier, who is the camp coordinator from App Camp for Girls in Chicago, which we will...more.

Elm approaches JSON much differently than languages like JavaScript and Ruby. Elm's built-in functions don't offer the immediate convenience of JSON.parse. You'll find built-in Decoders...more.

In 1930, a 16-year-old Austrian woman named Hedwig Kiesler got a note from her mother that allowed her to miss one hour of school. Strong-willed...more.

Elm approaches JSON much differently than languages like JavaScript and Ruby. Elm's built-in functions don't offer the immediate convenience of JSON.parse. You'll find built-in Decoders...more.

In any non-trivial codebase we rely on third-party dependencies. These dependencies can be libraries or frameworks, but can also be external services that provide an...more.

To understand closures and their use in JavaScript, it is essential to understand that closures rely on the scope mechanism. So, before we jump into...more.

When I first started learning React, I went through the “Intro to React” tutorial by Facebook, which you can conveniently follow on Codepen. It all...more.

I came into this field from a very non-technical background. And when I say very non-technical, I mean that I was an elementary fine arts...more.

Imagine this: You're moving an application from a shared server to a cloud system. This application has a massive folder of files saved onto the...more.

I've spent the last few months implementing a compiler that targets the Erlang Virtual Machine (BEAM). BEAM code itself seemed like a tricky initial target,...more.

Elixir Applications In Elixir, an application is a component implementing some specific functionality. It is a unit that can be run independently, thus started and...more.

I first came across the idea of forcing function from reading The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. The premise is that in fields such as...more.

Many companies offshore the development of computer applications or supplement their software teams with remote developers. This arrangement can provide significant cost savings, but other...more.

A pottery teacher splits the two sections of her introductory class into a "quantity" group and "quality" group. Students in the "quantity" group are graded...more.