So I’ve completed all the work needed for my business, and there are good people in place to keep it running smoothly, so now I can focus on studying for the Google interview. I completed all the classes I was taking, and learned so much, that it really motivated me to make bigger steps. It…
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I’m still new to Docker, and the hype is real - it’s a really compelling technology. Docker provides a unique way of isolating services and their dependencies. This blog is running on containers! The Project This blog is running on 3 Docker containers running: Node.js and the Ghost…
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Since I’m running my own business, and there is a good bit of engineering on my part to do, I’ll be holding off on posts for a bit until I can finish this up and focus on studying for my coding interview. Will see ya in a couple months. Along with the engineering work I’m doing,…
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This little blog has gone through some changes over the years. It started back in 2010, and back then it was on Wordpress. Wordpress powers many content sites nowadays, not just blogs. Here’s what it looked like back then (rescued from the Wayback machine, so it’s not perfect). As you…
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Something happened. I decided to make a change. After 15 years of being a web developer, I want to upgrade my skills, not just a bit, but an order of magnitude - enough to be hired at a large tech company like Google or Amazon. Most web development, in general, doesn’t require deep computer…
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Last October, I heard this crazy idea from a guy at a startup event. The gist: run an application without setting up any servers. Just set up your code on AWS (Amazon Web Services) Lambda, and set up your API using AWS API Gateway. When an API endpoint is hit, you respond by executing code in AWS…
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Forgive me. I feel it again. The pull from the light. – Kylo Ren It’s been over 2 years since my last post, and the previous was the last before that. When I get busy, I stop writing. For the last 4 years, I’ve been extremely busy running my business, TalkToTheManager. In these…
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You may remember Earndit from a few posts here, including their post-launch audio interview. Well, they’ve been acquired! Higi is based in Chicago, and they power health kiosks in over 2,000 retail locations in 29 states. Last month, they acquired Earndit, a fitness challenges and rewards…
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I really hate it when posts have pop-culture, timely linkbait titles like “8 1/2 Startup Tips I Learned from Justin Bieber” and “5 Things Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know about PSY’s Gangnam Style Video”. But I honestly could not get startup equivalences out of my head…
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A couple of months ago I put some thought into the area of competition. You may not know, but my latest startup has some competition. The competition we face ranges from trivial to troublesome. But we’re glad to have it. Once you launch a startup, it’s only a matter of time until…
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