Answering Front-end Developer Interview Questions: “What does a doctype do?”

tldr; While doctypes initially worked to help the browser understand what version of XML document you were using, the official recommendation is to use standards mode, which is signified simply by…

The Value of Growth

It is easy to deceive ourselves into believing that Growth is a natural value in our work. The problem comes in that Growth feels like a value because it happens regardless of whether we try or not.

Rails vs Laravel

Ruby on Rails is currently my preference for an MVC framework. In my experience as a programmer, Rails developers are some of the most skilled and most passionate web developers in today’s industry. Like many Rubyists, I can’t quite put my finger on all of the reasons why Rails wins for me.

Practice Sustains Passion

This is the manuscript of a talk that I gave during one of our Whiteboard…

37.5 Years

…and other notes from 2016

Design Decision Guidelines: Trendability vs. Usability

When you make a design decision, understand that there is no single more important guideline to follow than an equal balance of your own intention and the consumer’s situation.

Wanting, Doing, and Trying

These three words are misused, abused, and largely misunderstood by the tech community and entrepreneurs every day.

We have been cultured to think that wanting is some kind of pseudo-spiritual practice that provides us with super-powers and extra energy to…

Long Term Goals, Short Term Plans

I’ve recently been realizing a powerful perspective shift that has changed the way I schedule.

It’s very simple, and doesn’t require any special tricks to implement. You can do this today using whatever methodology of scheduling you prefer.

Stop Trying to Impress Yourself

Inside all of us is a desire to do and create something world changing and significant with every action. However, we often allow this obsession to overshadow how much we…