Save yourself time and trouble
How many times have you been in a situation where you wanted to add a new feature to your application but could not because it was rigid? How many times have you had to rewrite code to make it testable? How many times have you had to add more code to make your code optimal for mobile?
It all comes down to design principles. In this article, I will share ten design principles all software engineers/programmers need to know.
These principles relate to how you develop the design for a system, how you implement specific components, and how you should…
The reality about lying on your resume and how it can impact your job prospects
How many jobs have you applied to this year alone? How many jobs have you landed? Is there a common denominator? Is there an art to job applications? Lately, I have been thinking about developer resumes and whether it is good or bad to lie when applying for a developer job. First of all, I will not tell you what to do, but it is not as black and white as you would think it is. Why? There are a couple of factors that can hinder you from getting that dream job. …
Taking a Closer Look at Technical Debt
From powering self-driving cars at companies like Tesla to beating up on professionals and some of the world’s most challenging games, machine learning is making its way into software applications across every industry. Used properly, machine learning can provide compelling advantages over more traditional applications, except these advantages come at a cost. In 2015, a group of researchers from Google released a paper titled, hidden technical debt in machine learning systems. In this article, I will be highlighting the key points from that paper and providing some easy to understand examples along the way. …
10 Things Linux Can Do That Windows Can’t
This is going to be a pretty straight forward article. I am aware that it might get a lot of negative comments from Windows users just from reading the title alone. I believe these are the reasons why everyone should try using the Linux system.
1. You can download the source for Linux
I believe in transparency when it comes to the digital world. You can go over to https://github.com/torvalds/linux and download over 800k commits for Linux. You will be able to see everything that has ever been done on Linux all the way back from its inception. Why would anyone even care about the source code? …
Don’t rush into using GitHub Copilot just yet
GitHub Copilot. Yes, the new tool on the block integrated directly into GitHub. If you follow technology and programming news, you are already aware of this tool. If you have no clue what GitHub Copilot is, GitHub describes it as “your AI pair programmer.” This means that you will get suggestions for whole lines or entire functions right inside your editor. Interesting, right?
Well, I have a few reservations regarding this tool. I thought of sharing the different reasons why I am not excited about it. By the way, I know it has not been out there for a long…
Data structures are the core building blocks to any program you write, whether on the front-end, back-end mobile, game development, or whatever tech stack you use. I like to think of programs as data + algorithms + data structures. Data structures are crucial components, with the most common ones being arrays, trees, graphs, maps, and linked lists. For this article, I will go over five data structures that you may have overlooked.
1. Trie
A Trie is a tree data structure where the nodes store letters inside of the alphabet. It is also known as a prefix tree. Using this data structure…
Get ready for coding interviews the right way!
The LeetCode grind. I am sure most of you have either heard of it and/or are actually getting your hands dirty as we speak. In this article, I will go over some tips to help you prepare for and maybe even beat the LeetCode grind. For those who are not as familiar with it, the LeetCode grind is all about solving hundreds of LeetCode problems in order to get a software engineering job.
Doing all these problems can definitely feel mind-numbing because there is really no telling what a company can or will ask. They can ask questions spanning different…
Let’s say you or your company built an application a while back, and now you would like to bring it up to snuff and offer features that modern apps have today. For example, you may want to enable voice ordering, mobile app payments, or you may want to make it easy for other developers to integrate into your app. Maybe, you would like to create a unified experience across different lines of business and multiple back-end services. …
Know the difference to design your strategies for safeguarding your data in a more resilient and better way.
Have you ever thought of a way of protecting your data in case of failure? What is the strategy you normally use for such scenarios? I would like to explain the two most misunderstood topics — those are backups and disaster recovery.
If you will not finish reading this, I would like to emphasize more than anything else that they are not the same thing, therefore, they should not be treated as if they are.
I want to talk about some differences. I am aware that they have a generally similar goal, which is to protect your data in the…
Looking to Get into DevOps? Start Here!
With people all over the world staying home to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus, more people than ever are turning to YouTube and other online platforms for both entertainment and education.
In this article, I will walk through five YouTube channels for those of you interested in learning DevOps fundamental skills. Keep in mind that there are more channels out there for learning DevOps. These are just some that you can subscribe to and get your feet wet as early on as possible.
1. Tutorial Linux
While he does have some recent content focused on DevOps, the main reason for pointing…
Samuel Martins
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