Thoughts

Here I document concise posts about mobile/web development or programming concepts that I am learning or have recently discovered. Many times these entries are very short, as I am not a prolific blogger. However, hopefully something I list here will be helpful to others.

    Kanban Summary and Notes

    Details about the Kanban Process

    March 10, 2025

    Scrum Summary and Notes

    Details about the Scrum Process

    March 4, 2025

    Backend for Frontends at SoundCloud Quotes

    These are some notes from an article describing SoundCloud's process for implementing backend-for-frontends.

    April 19, 2022

    Further Notes on Backend for Frontends

    These are some pertinent quotes from my reading of the Pattern Backends For Frontends article.

    April 14, 2022

    Micro Frontend Article Notes

    These are some pertinent quotes from my reading of the Micro Frontend article.

    April 14, 2022

    Using Git Feature Branches

    When working on a larger team, it is sometimes easier to work from a feature branch and then merge that branch back into master/main. This post describes how I utilize feature branching.

    December 27, 2021

    What Should I Test

    When testing code, which portions should be tested and why. This post outlines those concepts along with a lot of resources for additional reading.

    October 15, 2021

    Updating a Container

    In order to update a docker container, there are multiple steps. This post outlines how to work with the image and the container in order to get it updated.

    March 3, 2021

    Docker Run Command

    There are lots of different ways to use the docker run command. This entry outlines these steps in more depth.

    February 22, 2021

    Start with Docker

    Here I describe some of the basic building blocks of Docker and how to get started using it. This post outlines tips for using images and building containers. In addition, it displays other docker-related tips.

    June 15, 2020

    Many-to-Many Association in Rails

    This post will demonstrate a basic many-to-many association in rails as well as the through-association. I have provided an example of the code via the repo listed at the bottom of this page.

    May 26, 2018

    One-to-Many Association in Rails

    This post will step through the necessary steps to setup a one-to-many relationship between two tables in rails. I have also provided examples of all this code in a GitHub repo that I linked at the bottom of this post.

    May 21, 2018

    Basic Rails MVC Setup

    This serves as a reference for a basic rails MVC setup with minimal customization. These tips will hopefully aid anyone that needs to quickly start in rails or refresh their memory. In addition, please checkout my Ruby and Rails sections on the snippets page.

    May 20, 2018

    Naming Best Practices

    These are some of the variable, method, and class naming tips that I have acquired over the years. I have outline them here and hope to update this with any future discoveries.

    April 22, 2018

    Database Best Practices

    These are the tips I have learned for best databases creation. I have outlined these tips here for future review.

    June 20, 2017

    Clean Code Takeaways

    These are my notes and key takeaways from a reading of Clean Code by Robert C. Martin. I recommend this book for every developer to read, great info!

    June 9, 2017

    Configure CSP

    Here I have outline some resources for configuring the Content Security Policy (CSP) and how to set it up for your site.

    April 20, 2017

    Laravel Note/Bookmark System

    This post outlines my decision to start using Laravel and PostgreSQL to build a documentation system.

    April 12, 2017

    Starting with React

    My thoughts on learning and using react. This post outlines my thoughts around this subject with a resource for beginners.

    January 9, 2017

    Trying VSCode

    Since Visual Studio Code seems more polished than Atom, I have switched to that editor. It also has other features that I have found useful. I will outline some of these details here.

    October 14, 2016

    Switching to Atom

    This post outlines my switch to the Atom editor and some of the plugins that I have found useful.

    March 22, 2016

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