Forms are a huge part of a dynamic website. It’s through forms that you take user input and do something with it. It’s worth taking time to understand how to build different types of forms with rails.

I had a problem where fonts were loading fine in development environment but were failing to load in staging / production.

To know how the internet works, we looked at how the HTTP protocol worked. Let’s take a look at the two parts of HTTP: Request and Response.

Becoming a software developer forced me to learn the command line interface. At first, I strongly resisted. Coming from windows GUI — the command line looked like an ugly remnant of 1980s computing.

It took me a while to comprehend how objects worked in Ruby. If I had to explain it to my younger self again, here’s how I would do it.

Bottom Line — using a VPN is great for online privacy. Hosting it on a VPS ensures your IP won’t be blacklisted. It’s easy to setup with an automated script.

After switching from petroleum engineering to software development, I have folks ask whether they should do the same.

A turkey was chatting with a bull.

Bottom Line — Imposter syndrome will kill your self-confidence in your craft. The solution is to teach your craft. Teach through writing or video work. You don’t have to be an expert to begin.

Bottom Line — With a video background, I could move around and other people can be behind me without being seen on video.