Jan 7Member-onlyNo, ChatGPT Probably Won’t Take Your Programming JobSince machines first learned to talk, in the form of chatbots, humans have been whispering about the inevitable demise of the humble role known as a programmer. And since that inception, machines have learned to talk incredibly well. Well enough to fool (some) people into thinking that they are indeed…Artificial Intelligence7 min readArtificial Intelligence7 min read
Mar 21, 2022Member-onlyThe Best Thing That I’ve Done For My Career Is This…For the past 15 years, I’ve been a professional software engineer, web developer, programmer and other like terms. And in that time I’ve managed to steadily climb the corporate ladder from junior developer to lead developer to eventually CTO of a few startups. It’s been an interesting journey, to say…Careers4 min readCareers4 min read
Jan 21, 2022Member-onlyThe Biggest Risk With Using NPMIf you’re a JavaScript developer, then you have used the popular package manger npm at some point in your career. NPM makes installing, updating and managing libraries and dependencies super easy with just a few basic commands that pretty much anyone can remember. I personally use it all the time…NPM4 min readNPM4 min read
Jan 18, 2022Member-onlyWhen Technical Debt Isn’t a Terrible ThingIf you’ve ever worked for a startup, then you are probably aware of the term known as technical debt. Essentially, it’s the amount of work that you and your team will inevitably have to do in the future, due to choosing a quicker and less scalable solution today. This is…Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Nov 22, 2021Member-only5 Reasons Why I’m Switching Over to Node.jsThe majority of my almost 2 decade career has revolved around C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server for the most part, and I’d like to think that I’ve gotten pretty good at it. 3 years ago though, I began to teach front-end coding for an online bootcamp that revolved around the…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Published in Financial Independence / Retire Early·Nov 10, 2021Member-onlyHow I Finally Started to Make Money as a BloggerOver 7 years ago I started work on a technology blog for no other reason than to compete with a friend who had at the time done the same. So when I got home that day from work I finally started the journey and wrote my first article and hit…Blogging6 min readBlogging6 min read
Oct 21, 2021Member-onlyThe One Question To Ask Yourself If You Feel Stuck In LifeWe all come to those points in our lives where we can’t quite figure out where to head to next on our great big adventure. Often times this happens when we get too comfortable with our current situations and surroundings. Why head anywhere when here is pretty okay? Well. Because…Life Lessons3 min readLife Lessons3 min read
Sep 29, 2021Member-onlyThe “Unconventional” Way That I Became a ProgrammerYou often hear stories of tech billionaires sitting down to code their first video games at the age of 3 only to launch their first big business venture sometime in middle school. They eventually go to the upper echelon of universities only to drop out from boredom and shortly after…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Aug 24, 2021Member-onlyWhat Happens After The Death of a Startup?The last server shuts down and the final email newsletter is sent to your entire mailing list letting them know that they’ve been great but that things aren’t going to work out. That it isn’t them, that it’s you. You’re just not ready for that kind of commitment and so…Startup7 min readStartup7 min read
Aug 20, 2021Member-onlyMaking My Way Back To A Forgotten CountryThis story has to begin with the people that came before me. My parents. Both of my parents were born in the tiny country of El Salvador in the early 1960’s during a time of relative societal calm. At least, in the parts of the country where they lived it…Life8 min readLife8 min read
