engineering

May 13, 2021

Live in the Future; Delegate the Present

Managing new projects with ongoing work and not going crazy.

Mar 06, 2021

You Should Keep a Journal

Extend your memory and free up mind space.

Dec 22, 2020

Interop in PHP Should Not Be Exceptional

Swapping out interchangeable pieces could be easier.

Jul 19, 2020

Managing Polylingual Side Projects

Using docker to simplify deploying side projects.

Jun 30, 2020

Ruminate More

Sometimes taking a break can do wonders.

Dec 18, 2019

Deploying CSRF Protection to an Active Site

The phrase "operating on an engine while its running" comes to mind.

Apr 25, 2019

Learning to Be a Tech Lead

Chronicle of my journey from an individual contributor to a manager.

Apr 11, 2019

Meta: How this blog is built and deployed

Gaining control of my content in the most complicated way.

Oct 19, 2018

Submitting Chessbot to the Slack App Directory

What does it really take to get an app listed on Slack’s app directory and what is the experience like?

Aug 23, 2018

Building a Chess bot for Slack

Designing and building a bot that enables PvP chess within slack.

Jun 07, 2018

Design for Success

Presentation on improving your design workflow with StorybookJS.

Jan 02, 2017

Why Use Generators in PHP?

Keep iterators from leaking their implementation details by using Generators.

May 19, 2016

Elasticsearch Series: Let It Work for You

Solving searching nearby a geo location with Elasticsearch.

Mar 02, 2016

Elasticsearch Series: Rebuilding Indices with No Downtime

My take on using Elasticsearch on top of MySQL and how to construct indices without interruption.

Apr 14, 2014

Enforce code standards with composer, git hooks, and phpcs

Remove all the arguments of spacing and formatting from your mind-space with enforceable coding standards.

Oct 20, 2012

Debugging PHP with Xdebug and MacGDBp

Step through your PHP code with Xdebug.

Nov 21, 2010

Google Visualizations Api Cakephp

Implement server/client data graph rendering with Google’s Visualization tool chain in CakePHP.

Nov 16, 2010

Scrolltab: Dynamic Page Navigation Tool

JQuery library to enable section navigation tabs that are visually pinned to the scroll bar.