So for a recent project, I've been setting up Postgres on my laptop (Ubuntu 18.04) and desktop (Windows running Windows Subsystem Linux 16.04), making sure to be able to develop on both. I followed a few different guides, but this is what ended up working for me: * First

I know that I should think things through before I start working on a problem, but that doesn't seem to stop me from doing it right now. I understand perfectly that if I think things through, I might be able to solve the problem with less effort, but for some

Fixing my Liquibase On my personal projects, I usually end up try to write in a way that can be run on multiple platforms for development purposes.  Deployment is almost always on a linux server/container for production, but for working on my project, I wanted to be able to

So I started out cloning some repo, realizing I needed python, using the windows version, then realizing I should install linux the "normal" way. I ran into a few issues when running "pip install" and whatnot. 1. Header files /env/include/python3.6m -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu -c _imaging.

Note: this is more of a journal-y post than a software one. I'm working on trying to develop a system of mindfulness in coding. It's kind of a weird area to be in right now. I'm telling myself that it's worth it, but honestly there's already a lot of doubt

So if you're into Angular, and you're into redux, and you're into debugging & testability, @ngrx/store-devtools might just be for you! I ran into a really frustrating issue that came up and I figured I'd share it in case anyone else is looking for it. Core issue When running the

Happy Labor Day Weekend, everyone! Of course, this being the start of the second week of my internship, I can't stop thinking about labor and the beginning of my career as a software engineer. Much has happened in the first week of my work at Maxwell Health, so I'm going

Hey everyone! I'm finally back from my week in Vermont, where I've spent an entire week doing...well...absolutely nothing. It was wonderful. I'll go into why it's important to step away in a soon-to-follow blog post, and maybe provide some tips from my relatively few years of experience as

I'm guilty of not having posted in quite a while -- super sorry about that -- because I've been kinda busy with the 5th quarter of the Web Development Immersive course: Job Hunting. This post will cover the final chapter of my time at General Assembly, along with a little

Here's my little prelude to the awesome-tude. I had a really great week so I'm working hard to channel positivity and happiness. We're entering the phinal faze here at General Assembly's Web Development Immersive course, and the excitement is tangible. You could cut the tension with a knife. But it

Prelude What do you mean, Andrew? *full disclosure, I wrote most of this post somewhat inebriated and angry at the "system". I've since redacted some of the more incomprehensible rage-speak, so hopefully this still makes sense-ish. I mean don't fucking compromise yourself. There's a few things that we can control

Two Weeks, Too Weak Summary So I know I missed last week's and I'm late on this week's. This is a good thing. If I had free time to write a blog in the wee hours, then I obviously wouldn't be as absorbed in the program as I needed to

There's going to be a lot less content in this post, as I'm frantically hammering the keys in order to get it out by my deadline of 9PM on a Monday night. Getting closer to the start-of-week goal I've set for myself, but hey, that's how it goes. So here's

I Will Become a Developer Yee Haw. I've decided I'd like to reinvent this blog as a documentation of what I've learned. It'll both help others to understand what a Web Development Immersive program looks like, how a student like myself progresses through it, and what I'll look like on