What’s the point of using a CSS naming convention like BEM? Isn’t it good enough to just choose the names of our CSS selectors as they are appropriate to our HTML elements, and add new ones when necessary? We’re going to take a quick look at why BEM can help us be more organized in …
I was working on my React investment calculator project (view project), and I was experiencing some lag time when it came to the project loading for large numbers. I was calculating what the investment had grown to by a certain age. The default age input was 65, but I noticed by accident that by typing …
Remember the rule of $20 a day. Every time you spend $20 on something, it’s going to take you one extra day of working to gain the true financial freedom that you’re looking for. The math is like this. If you’re making $60,000 a year, let’s assume you can save $600 a month. That is …
Talking about working on Upwork with an agency and adding items to portfolio as I go
Looking at prices of homes in Nola. Currently working on my budget to save up cash. I’ve written out a budget of how much I can save up every week. I’ve gotten it up to $550 a week. I want to see if I can pare it down even less. I know that in Stockholm …
I started working on an LED Arduino light strip game based on something cool I saw at a bar out in Brooklyn. I enjoy working with Arduino and programming hardware and thought it would be a fun project and I decided to do it. Below is an image of the Arduino UNO setup with the …
Joystick Arduino LED Strip Project – Introduction & Current Progress Read More »
A brief podcast talking about how letting go of overthinking seems to help me enjoy life, and get faster towards my goals. This is almost counterintuitive, since I often think that thinking about issues so much helps me cover all the bases.
Talking about how to find goals and projects that I am passionate about.
This post is a podcast talking about goals of getting new projects to make my work more exciting, and to also get paid more. There is no excuse for doing boring work as a web dev, especially when there is so much fun stuff to do. I should talk to Carlos about this.
Talking about going to my first coding meetup since before covid in NYC and meeting some new people. Also, talking about moving into more React work and branching out and learning new skills when it feels like I’m stagnating at my current position. Being bored at work is unacceptable for me. If that is happening, …
Podcast – Coding Meetup; Working on React Native projects for new contracts ? Read More »
