As a self-taught principal software engineer, I specialize in developing the management and access controls of consumer grade enterprise software. I guide and mentor the team on executing software that follow industry standards while listening to customers and providing the experiences that they desired.
I’m not an expert in AI or prompt engineering, but I do use AI tools regularly in both my personal and professional life. Along the way, I’ve learned a few things worth sharing. These simple strategies can help you get better results when using tools like ChatGPT.The examples in …
The Power and Messiness of GitGit is the backbone of modern software development, providing a powerful way to track, manage, and collaborate on code. Whether you’re working solo on a passion project, contributing to open-source, or juggling multiple enterprise repositories, Git k…
When I had my original website, it felt like a way to share pieces of my life that meant the most. Back then, I often posted quotes that resonated with me, ideas I wanted to hold onto or share with others. But when Rachel hung the chalkboard in our kitchen, it quickly became my f…
I’ve recently been exploring different analytics platforms, and during my research, I came across Umami—an open-source, privacy-focused analytics tool that serves as a powerful alternative to Google Analytics. By default it does not collect any personal information and all data i…
A few years ago, I started eyeing the framework Astro, and it immediately caught my attention. When I refreshed the site last year by updating to a new version of Gatsby, I considered making the switch to Astro at that time. However, I decided against it, as it would require lear…
When we started to travel more extensively as a family I wanted to get a GoPro. I thought that it would be worthwhile for capturing moments we normally couldn’t get with a regular camera or phone. I ended up purchasing the Hero 6 Black which was the newest model at the time. I’ve…
When I was rebuilding this site, I spent a fair amount of time in the documentation for each plugin that is being used. While reading through the gatsby-plugin-mdx page, I ran across a gatsby-remark section. That section suggests switching to use the prism-react-renderer for code…
I’ve previously wrote that major versions should be considered harmful. I haven’t done anything with this site in a long time partially because of that. Another reason is I wanted something where I could run a small amount of code on the front-end, but I wanted the majority of th…
Authorization, the granting or denying of access to a resource, is something that almost all software has to do. Yet, developers tend not to give it a lot of attention. It is a difficult problem to solve in large distributed systems. In distributed or microservice environments yo…
We had a cruise planned for our family vacation in February. Since we were flying to Florida anyway to get on the cruise ship, we decide to extend our vacation for a few days and go to Disney World as well. This family of 5 has been to Universal Studios a few different times, whi…
A large portion of software today follows some form of SemVer or Semantic Versioning when it comes to how that software is versioned. When software follows Semantic Versioning then the string used to identify the software’s version has meaning. The version is made up of at least …
What is RSS?RSS, RDF Site Summary, Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Syndication, etc… is a computer readable file format that websites publish to notify systems that there has been an update to the site. A link element is placed in the head of the site to allow the auto-disco…
I recently had to completely reinstall the OS and all software on my personal computer. I had to go back and set up my development tools including SSH and GPG keys. I do this just infrequent enough that I had to review the documentation on how to do it. So I figured it would be w…
I was recently listening to a Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast. This podcast is a great exploration of various topics that all relate to sound. It is worth subscribing to.The episode I was listening to was Sing Gently. It is an updated interview with composer Eric Whitacre. I was so…
We are a fairly vendor agnostic family. We own devices from Amazon, Google, Apple, Samsung and others.I have a Samsung S8+ phone and a Samsung Gear Fit watch. About a year ago I started to look for a replacement for my Gear Fit because I wanted something a little bit newer with s…
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