Here is how it could look and how it could be implemented — I have been writing on Medium for about five years and it has been a pleasant, constructive experience. As someone who was a more prolific writer in my younger years, I noticed that when I graduated college and switched from TV to coding, I was writing less. Medium offered me…

Switch between SSH keys quickly and effectively — On more than one occasion, I have run into a permissions issue regarding my current SSH key. The error would occur whenever I tried to access a GitHub repository, like through git push or pull. I tried a few solutions I found online but to no avail. I think I’ve…

Keep monthly expenses logged, organized and distributed accordingly — I, like most people, have expenses. Gross, I know. These expenses can come in the form of utilities, groceries, rent, and less-than-necessary indulgences, such as streaming services. I also live with my girlfriend who I split a lot of these with. Naturally, I decided to use a spreadsheet to be…

Use a Google Apps Script for advanced functionality — This is a supplement to another post I am working on where I needed to add custom functionality to an expenses Google Sheet template I’m making. There are features I want to add that require me to incorporate a Google Apps Script sheet. In this post I’ll quickly what an…

Tips for separating yourself and improving your presence — I recently answered another question on Quora where someone asked… “How can one stay ahead of the competition as an average programmer?” I decided to expand upon that answer in a blog post in case anybody wants a more thorough rundown of the major points I was making. Let’s jump…

It all started with a LinkedIn DM — TKpermission Recently, I was just minding my own business when someone messaged me on LinkedIn. Nemanja Jerinic reached out, saying he had seen an answer that I posted on Stack Overflow about how to update values on an Ant Design Slider dynamically. Nemanja was working on something similar with rc-slider…

Replace strings and special characters in lines and files — In this post, I will offer a solution as well as provide a few additional circumstances for how to use it. My hope is that this will provide a concise and direct solution for the initial case, as well as a few outliers. With that, let’s jump right into the…

Years of experience? A degree? Or something else entirely? — I wrote a post on Quora a little while ago in response to a few users saying that you aren’t really a “professional” software engineer unless you meet their criteria. …

And why a year is a conservative timeline — When I saw this question on Quora in Beginner Coder, I decided to give my two cents. Those two cents have been viewed over 1,500 times and have 18 upvotes¹ in one week, so I figured I’d expand on it as a blog post. …