About Me

My name is Josh Young. I am a mobile developer living and working near Nashville, Tennessee. I enjoy all things tech related. I am not a huge blogger, but I enjoy writing small posts about what I am currently working with or technologies that I am using. Maybe something I say here will help someone in their journey, or at the very least provide a central place for me to document what I have learned when working through new projects.

My Job

For my day job, I develop mobile applications for my employer, National Federation of Independent Business. In a typical day, I work primarily with .NET Maui, C#, and ASP.NET Core and their accompanying technologies such as build tools, testing frameworks, and the like. I primarily write "Line-of-Business" Applications (Enterprise Software Development).

In the past, I have had the opportunity to work with many technologies including, but not limited to: PHP, Laravel, Objective-C, Ruby, JavaScript, and Python. On the resume portion of this site, I have listed some of my job duties in more detail.

Hobbies

Many of my hobbies relate to technology and development. I enjoy coding and designing web applications and web sites. When it comes to web development, I enjoy the whole stack from front end to back end. Therefore, I spend a significant amount of my free time keeping up with and learning the latest languages and frameworks. When possible, I try to implement this additional knowledge into the software stack that I use at work.

I also spend some of my free time maintaining my home network, firewall, file server, git server, among other open-source applications. I enjoy Linux and FreeBSD so I spend time configuring these systems in my free time as well. As evident by some of my certifications and training, I also dabble in computer security. A good working knowledge of computer security and specifically web application security is very helpful as a web developer. If I am not working on servers or code, I spend my time playing my harmonica, biking, reading, or researching nutrition.

Recommended Podcasts

Below I have listed the tech podcasts that I currently listen to or have listened to in the past. Podcasts are a great way to keep up with the latest changes in development. Hopefully this list will introduce a good podcast to someone who enjoys learning and keeping up with the latest changes in tech.

    Great Podcast Episodes

    Books I've Read

    Frequently, I try to delve deeper into specific aspects of tech that I want to learn more about. I find that buying a book about a particular technology can be a beneficial deep-dive experience. Below I have listed some of the books I have read over the years, which have contributed to where I am today (listed in alphabetical order and categorized below).

    CSS

    Programming

    Mobile

    Process

    Design

    Security

    Networking

    JavaScript

    Web Development

    Databases

    Miscellaneous

    Books I Recommend

    Of the software engineering, networking, security, and design books that I listed above, these are some of the books that I highly recommend.

    CSS

    Programming

    Design

    Security

    Networking

    JavaScript

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