Know your limits when working with third-party APIs.

2023-06-09T13:52-07:00

I like my data as raw as sushi. Show me some JSON and I'll start piecing together all the ways I can parse and display it for any user. It's because I have the mind of a web developer, and I've... (read more)

Read the code documentation before you copy and paste.

2023-06-02T13:52-07:00

Creating my own API proved that rarely anything in programming is accomplished alone – instead it's built on the backs of the many engineers that came before. Another lesson it taught me: don't just... (read more)

Learn about Firebase’s onSnapshot listener.

2023-05-26T13:52-07:00

If I were a JavaScript teacher, my final project for the class would ask each student to build a card game of their choice. It would be a great exercise in data structuring – I personally love... (read more)

Make static text come to life without coupling your code.

2023-05-19T13:52-07:00

I loved designing pages for each week's newspaper in journalism school. Every layout was a visual exercise that let me express myself beyond the written word, but there were still rules. A good... (read more)

Consult an ancient oracle on a modern webpage.

2023-05-12T13:53-07:00

It's difficult to live a spiritual life in Southern California. Here toxic body images and inflated egos are unavoidable, but a Taoist outlook keeps me humble. How can you be upset or self-conscious... (read more)

Learn how to repeatedly play the same sound file on mobile using setInterval in JS.

2023-05-05T13:53-07:00

Okay fine. I admit it. I'm not perfect. And before you inevitably try to convince me otherwise, I'll reveal my biggest flaw in the workplace: I'm not good at taking breaks... (read more)

Photoshop’s great, but why not paint with CSS?

2023-04-28T13:54-07:00

There were times when I used Photoshop for the smallest image adjustments instead of simply using CSS. Did you know you can invert an image's color or change it entirely with the filter property?... (read more)