A Guide to Generating Solutions — As a colleague of mine famously once said, “This will be easy the second time!” Not every problem can be as easy as solving something for the second time, but there are many techniques which can help to generate effective solutions. When encountering a problem, I use the following cycle: …

With React.js — As a hobbyist musician, I love programming projects that bridge the gap between music and technology. A Sound Matrix is a series of squares that, if enabled, play sounds as the beat loops. Let’s build one using React! Getting Started For a starting point, we’ll rely on create-react-app. …

The Mutli-Tool of JS — When it comes to reduce, there are two groups of people: I don’t know reduce well enough for it to be beneficial I wish I would have learned reduce sooner Reduce is an incredibly power tool which can make your life easier with less code. …

With Node and Mocha — When code just works, it’s often unappreciated. However, when code breaks, it sticks out like a sore thumb. Unit testing is great method for providing insurance that code is performing as expected and continues to do so when updates occur. This guide provides an introduction to the concepts of unit…

If you haven’t heard of Grafana, you’re missing out. The folks on their team have built an incredible data visualization and monitoring tool designed to beautifully display platform metrics. If you’re interested in learning more about Grafana’s capabilities, check out their website. I encountered Grafana while working on a monitoring…