A blog from a basic software engineer for basic software engineers
Everywhere you look, there seems to be an underlying trend bubbling up If you are not using AI you re falling behind. It becomes even more difficult to avoid when there s a million AI coding tools coming out daily: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor..etc. Don t forget about AI agents. If you re not spending your day setting up [ ]
When choosing a sorting algorithm you probably consider factors like speed, efficiency, or the fit for your purpose, but have you ever considered the why not factor? Why not have an algorithm that takes a nap every iteration or one that snaps half your input out of existence? Now if the why not factor is what you’re looking for in your next enterprise scale project, I’ve got 5 sorting algorithms…
Recently, I've been playing with the AI Image generator tool Mid Journey. The tool is one of the best out there, in my opinion, and produces some stunning images. However, one of the most unique things the Mid Journey team has done was build the tool into Discord! Instead of going through their own dashboard when you sign up, you instead are asked to join their Discord. Once there you're prompted…
Some say coding is an art. However, unlike art forms such as painting, beauty is not in the eye of the beholder. We can write code that can be considered "ugly". The problem is how do we figure out if we've just created a Van Gogh, or a first grade hand turkey. That’s the question I’m going to try to answer. I’m going to cover conventions and standards laid out over time by our forefather…
The reason I'm making this blog is to hold myself accountable. I've noticed as a developer I've stagnated in how much I'm learning and how much I'm contributing outside of work. I want to use this blog as a way to persistently learn and then to solidify what I've learned by explaining it to anyone reading this.