Posted on Wed 02 December 2020 in programming • Tagged with serverless, javascript
Today I'll be walking through how to build a REST API endpoint with the following features:
All in about 100 lines of code. It can be a bit …
Posted on Mon 30 November 2020 in programming
Posted on Sun 08 November 2020 in programming • Tagged with security
This past week I had to encrypt several sensitive files before transmitting them to a third party vendor we were working with. It being my first time doing such a thing, I read up on the PGP encryption algorithm and and learned how to work with GnuPG (gpg), the open …
Posted on Sat 17 October 2020 in personal • Tagged with hair
Last year I decided it would be fun to learn how to cut my own hair, and, after many days of researching the best tools and watching countless videos on DIY haircuts, I finally mustered up the courage to purchase a pair of clippers. A secondary goal was to save …
Posted on Sat 10 October 2020 in Personal • Tagged with outdoors
Two months ago I set off along the Palouse to Cascades trail with my bike and a stuffed set of panniers. The goal? To get outside (really outside) and experience my first overnight bike camping trip.
Ever since talking with someone who structured her life around a series of mini-retirements …
Posted on Thu 08 October 2020 in Programming • Tagged with shell, performance
As part of the nature of my work, I have to interact with a lot of systems and
tools. My .zshrc file has slowly grown in order to support this multi-project
workflow. So, too, has the startup time for my shell.
Want to know how long it takes right now …
Posted on Fri 02 October 2020 in programming • Tagged with python, data
How often do you get excited when your phone vibrates and an email notification shows up? If you're like me, not very. Much like how I only seem to receive spam calls on my phone, almost all of the emails I receive on a daily basis are not important to …
Posted on Wed 23 September 2020 in Programming • Tagged with linux, command line
I'm installing Arch Linux on my computer.
This shouldn't come as a surprise. If you've known me for long enough, you'll know that every six months or so I get the urge to wipe my system and do a clean install. For me, it's that same clean feeling you get …
Posted on Fri 11 September 2020 in talks • Tagged with command line
Do you use the command line? These are a couple presentations I put together showcasing useful or interesting tools that you can make use of on the command line to improve your work.
Posted on Fri 04 September 2020 in Programming • Tagged with javascript, conferences
I attended my first JavaScript conference, CascadiaJS, this year. It was an amazing experience and, if given the chance, I will definitely attend the next one. For future reference, here are the speakers and the talks they gave.
Jim Liu, for volunteering his time to organize, and for gifting …
