If you’re like me and taking a traditional 4 year degree route to become a software engineer, I highly recommend that you put effort into securing as many internships as you can get and attend every career fare your school has to offer. I have done 3 internships in total.…
John Deere is a company where my professional software engineering (SWE) career started. I have done two SWE internships and eventually accepted a full time role, on a team of my choice, with Deere. The hardest part was getting my first internship which is what I will discuss in this…
This guide is aimed at those who want to use their Namecheap cPanel email server to send out Django emails. I have found little to no documentation on this specific task and therefore would like to share my findings. There are two steps to this process: Step 1: Navigate to…
2023 internet is bloated. As the hardware improves and network speeds increase — JavaScript developers are tirelessly finding new and creative ways to significantly slow down webpages around the globe. WebP comes to the rescue by reducing image sizes (in most cases). WebP is an open image format (like jpg,…
Printing business cards at home is pretty simple. All you need is a printer and some specialized paper that you can pick up on Amazon. I am using Avery #28877 which will yield 120 business cards. My printer is HP Envy 4520. 1. Create new project Once you have you…
“Technology is getting smaller, faster, cheaper, and more powerful every day.” -Tae Yoo Then why are phone applications are still so expensive to develop and maintain? Following are top four reasons a simple app will cost you over $40,0001 to develop in 2022: Development process is involved You have to…
WordPress is an open-source content management system that is used by 42.9% of all websites1. Originally released as a blogging platform in 2003, WordPress has evolved to support a variety of web sites: from media galleries to online stores and everything in between. WordPress has became a jack of all…
With 19,185 blockchains listed on CoinMarketCap and crypto related scams appearing in the news almost daily, it is easy to dismiss an interesting project. As an avid web 2.0 user and developer, I have been mostly ignoring “revolutionary” web 3.0 claims. The other night I was browsing my favorite domain…
One of the most critical parts of finding a job (especially in this virtual environment) is your resume. Yet this is something that’s commonly overlooked in traditional school curriculum. A simple search will reveal a mountain of general resume information but you will rarely come across advice specific to junior…
Scheme is a powerful functional programming language with fun syntax. Because Scheme has no loops - you have to think recursively. Check out my Scheme interpreter written in Python.