On Pragma
This is a post introducing Pragma and the future of help.
ReadHow to Setup Kibana for Elasticsearch 5.6
This is a post about how to setup Kibana to visualize your Elasticsearch 5.6 data.
ReadHow to Test a Sidekiq Worker
This is a post about how to test a Sidekiq worker with Rails and rspec-sidekiq.
ReadSmart Contracts Talk @SmartLogic
This is a post including my slides for my talk on Smart Contracts and how to deploy a 'Hello World' Smart Contract in Solidity using Remix IDE.
ReadHow to Send Mail in the Future with Rails
This is a post about how to write a new mailer and get it running with a Sidekiq worker to send in the future.
ReadHow to Fix the OpenSSL issue in RVM in Mojave
This is a short post about how to fix the OpenSSL issue with installing Ruby versions.
ReadOfficial Announcement: I've Joined SmartLogic!
This is a post on joining SmartLogic and officially working on a dev team.
ReadHow to Setup RSpec for a Rails App
This is a short post is about how to setup testing with RSpec and basic RSpec commands for a Rails application.
ReadHow to Publish Your First NPM Package
This is a post is about how to make a publish a package to NPM registry.
ReadIaaS vs. PaaS vs. Saas
This is a post about the difference between Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Software-as-a-Service, as well as examples for all of them.
ReadTrain Your First NLP Node.JS app
This is a post about how to build your very first natural language processing application using Wink-ner and Node.js
ReadRun A 'Hello World' React Native App
This is a post about how to build your very first native mobile application using React Native: Hello World.
ReadDeployment Issues with Rails 6
This is a post complications that may arise while deploying to Heroku with Rails 6 & Ruby 2.6.0 as well as how to fix them.
ReadWrite Your First Red-Green Test
This is a post on writing your first red-green test with Jest and Enzyme using a simple create-react-app application.
ReadAdd Query Variables from Props to <Query>
This is a post on how to make a query take variables passed as props from a parent component in a React/Apollo/GraphQL front end applications.
ReadGet Test Ether from Rinkeby Faucet
This is a post on how to get 18.75 ether from the Rinkeby Faucet for the Rinkeby Test Network.
ReadIPFS vs. HTTP
This is a post introducing the InterPlanetary File System and briefly how to use it.
ReadDifferences in Solidity
This is a post going over the differences between various elements of Solidity that are commonly mistaken such as mappings vs. arrays, visibility options, and interfaces vs. contracts.
ReadRandom Numbers in the Ethereum Blockchain
This is a post going over the solutions to the true randomness number generator problem in Ethereum blockchain.
ReadGryd: A Blockchain Use Case
This is a post about Gryd, a Yelp! for help, that is a blockchain use case for the conclusion of the Coursera course 'Blockchain: Foundations and Use Cases`.
ReadBuild Your Own Ethereum Block Display Site
This is a post about how to build a ethers.io API empowered site to explore the Ethereum blockchain.
ReadCrypto Hash Functions, Miners, Nodes, and the Anatomy of a Block
This is a post is an introduction to the basics of a block, cryptographic hashing, nodes, and mining.
ReadIntroduction to the Gossip Protocol
This is a post is an introduction to the gossip protocol used by blockchains to spread information across decentralized nodes.
ReadBrief History of Blockchain
This is a post about the brief history of blockchain as paraphrased by Consensys.
ReadMaking Custom Generators in Rails 5.2
This is a post about how to make custom generators in your Rails 5.2.1 app.
ReadIncorporating Materialize UI into Rails 5.2.1
This is a post about how to integrate Materialize UI into your Rails 5.2.1 app.
ReadHow do I setup my Ethereum Dev Environment in OS X Mojave?
This is a post about setting up your development environment for Ethereum with ganache, truffle, solc, web3, and more!
ReadWhat are typeDefs in GraphQL?
This is a post about typeDefs and how to define a very simple schema in GraphQL.
ReadWrite Your First Smart Contract
This is a post about how to write and execute your first smart contract using Solidity and Remix IDE.
ReadYC: Graduation: Reflection (Part 2)
This is a post about YC Startup School graduation and reflection on material learned.
ReadYC: Graduation: Reflection (Part 1)
This is a post about YC Startup School graduation and reflection on material learned.
ReadIntroducing atRest: Part 1
This is a post about my final project built using Mapbox, React, and a Rails 5.2 API.
ReadMake Your First Blockchain Trade
This is a post about how to make your first blockchain trade using Docker, nvm, Node, Yeoman, XCode, IBM Hyperledger Composer, and more.
ReadIntegrating React into Rails 5.2
This is a post about how to integrate React into a Rails 5.2 project.
ReadElasticSearch: Up and Running in under 20 minutes
This is a post about how to get ElasticSearch up and running, as well as implement a basic version of full-text search.
ReadGryd: Redesign and Preview
This is a post about Gryd and the effort to reboot and redesign it using OpenStreetMaps and Mapbox.
ReadFSP: GraphQL: Event-based Subscriptions
This is a post about a talk I gave on GraphQL and Event-based Subscriptions.
ReadBuild A Real Time Chat App: React/GraphQL
This is a post about how to build a real time chat app with React and GraphQL.
ReadGraphQL: Make Your First Query
This is a post about how to make your first graphQL query, what graphQL is, and why it's important.
ReadBuild a Real Time Chat App: JS/Express/Socket.IO
This is a post about how to build a real time chat app with JavaScript, Socket.IO, and Express.
ReadThree Types of DOMs Explained
This is a post about the difference between the virtual DOM, shadow DOM, and the real DOM.
ReadBuild A Real Time Chat App: Elixir/Phoenix
This is a post about how to build a real-time chat app with Elixir and Phoenix and Websockets.
ReadBuild A Real-Time Chat App: ActionCable/Rails
This is a post about what websockets are and how to build a real-time chat app using websockets, specifically ActionCable, that works on your local machine.
ReadTalking to My Duck: Real-World Debugging
This is a post about real world techniques I use to debug my code.
ReadMaps: They Don't Love You Like I Love You
This is a post about attitude, GIS maps, and starvation.
ReadIf It Quacks Like a Duck: Duck Typing
This is a post about duck typing and an example of duck typing.
ReadFull-Stack Yelp!
This is a post about my Yelp! clone built with a ES6 JS front end fetching from a custom Rails JSON API backend.
ReadFlatiron Presents: Websockets && ActionCable
This is a post about my tech talk at Flatiron School on Websockets, specifically ActionCable.
ReadHow to Build a Basic JSON API
This is a post that walks through building most of a Rails JSON API from scratch.
ReadDear Internet Citizen
This is a post about the digital divide, solving Big Problems, and the future.
ReadThe Final Countdown: Impromptu Assignment
This is a post about how to build a simple countdown Rails app.
ReadFlatiron BnB: Module One Final Project
This is a post about the Module One Final Project I completed with Jerry Lee: a Flatiron Bnb CLI App.
ReadUsing Postman to Make Github API POST Request
This is a post about how to use Postman to make a POST Github API request.
ReadDC Flatiron School: Admissions Decision
This is a post about the Flatiron School DC admissions decision!
ReadBaltimore Node: Election Results
This is a post about the announcement of the new president for the Baltimore Node.
ReadTic Tac Toe with AI: Update
This is a post about the Tic Tac Toe with AI final project lab in the Flatiron School.
ReadMigrating from Wangana to Lumen
This is a post about migrating from Jekyll & Octopress to Gatsby for this blog!
ReadHostHome, Gryd, & Grep|App.IO
This is a post about building MVPs with Heroku, Rails 5.1.4, Postgres, SASS, jQuery, AJAX, Twilio API, Stripe API, & more
ReadStuck & Unstuck: Music Library CLI
This is a post about the Music Library CLI lab for Community-Based Flatiron Bootcamp.
ReadNew Blog Layout! -- Wangana
This is a post about my new blog layout for my Jekyll & Octopress generated past blog.
ReadStuck & Unstuck: Has-Many-Through Relationships
This is a quick post documenting when I got unstuck from the object relationships labs in Flatiron School
ReadStuck & Unstuck: Intro to Object Relationships
This is a post about OO relationships from the Flatiron School.
ReadStuck & Unstuck: OO-Counting-Sentences
This is a short post to time stamp when my Disqus comments weren't working on my Jekyll & Octopress generated blog.
ReadUnstuck: Solving the Alphabetizing Problem
This is a short post to time stamp when my Disqus comments weren't working on my Jekyll & Octopress generated blog.
ReadStuck: Alphabetizing an Array within a Hash
This is a short post to time stamp when my Disqus comments weren't working on my Jekyll & Octopress generated blog.
ReadDisqus Comments Working Now
This is a short post to time stamp when my Disqus comments weren't working on my Jekyll & Octopress generated blog.
ReadcharmCityJS: Webpack, Slack Bots, and more...
This is a post about when I migrated my blog over to Jekyll using Octopress.
ReadcharmCityJS: Webpack, Slack Bots, and more...
This is a post about a meetup for Javascript coders in the Baltimore area.
ReadDisqus Comments Not Working
This is a short post to time stamp when my Disqus comments weren't working on my Jekyll & Octopress generated blog.
ReadWhy I Choose Software Development
This is a post about why I chose to become a software developer.
ReadCommunity-Based Bootcamp Update: Number Two
This is a post about Community-Based Bootcamp for Flatiron School.
ReadCommunity-Based Bootcamp Update: Number One
This is a post about Community-Based Bootcamp for Flatiron School.
ReadBootcamp Prep Update: Number Two
This is a post about completing the Basic Javascript track in Flatiron School Bootcamp Prep.
ReadCommunity-Based Bootcamp Invite
This is a post about the Community-Based Bootcamp Invitation I received from the Flatiron School.
ReadBootcamp Prep Update: Number One
This is a post about the HTML5/CSS3 Bootcamp Prep track for Flatiron School.
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