don’t dock docker, its great

By | September 3, 2020

Install docker on your mac Install docker on your mac using the following instructions. https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/install/ Is it running? Type in docker version to see if docker is running properly. You should see both the client and a server listed with no errors. Docker help If you type in docker –help you will get a list… Read More »

agile needs to be cleaned

By | August 26, 2020

With so much talk about scrum masters, kanban boards, Jira etc. it seems Agile is overly complex and hard to do. Where have we gone wrong? It can be helpful to look at the original agile manifesto created from this meeting at Snowbird in early 2001 and see if we are still covering the basics.… Read More »

customizing flutters demo app

By | August 23, 2020

In this post we will continue the development of the flutter app you just created in the previous post. Change control First we will add this app to a GitHub account. Log into your GitHub account before continuing. If you don’t want to do this you can just refer to my GitHub repository at https://github.com/JimmySoftLLC/my_flutter_tutorial.… Read More »

i am all a flutter over flutter

By | August 21, 2020

This post will be about flutter, Google’s cross platform mobile IDE, and how to set it up on your computer. Flutter is a competing product to react native, facebook’s cross platform mobile framework. Both are good and are battling for our hearts and minds. At this time I have not tried react native but eager… Read More »

passion to profession = success!

By | August 9, 2020

I just landed my first job as a full stack developer. Tomorrow is my first day. I am so excited to start this new career. It was a long journey, longer than I though it would be. Fortunately there were many mentors along the way that kept encouraging me to push on. Never give up… Read More »

apple dev account is expiring, time to pony up 99 bucks

By | August 3, 2020

It’s hard to believe it has been a year since I set up my apple dev account. To distribute iOS and macOS apps you need to have a mac, XCode and an Apple developer account. If you want to play around with XCode Apple has a free program. With the free program you can get… Read More »

free tier expired now paying for AWS, oh no!

By | July 23, 2020

It was nice to get free services from AWS under the free tier plan. It’s hard to believe a year has passed and now I have to start paying for it. This blog will be about my first real bill and how I am going to move some services around to see if I can… Read More »

some interviews are broken

By | May 3, 2020

After doing quite a few interviews I can reflect on what I experienced with tech interviews. To see other devs take on this I have shared some videos below. my roadmap for career pivoting So when I set out on my journey to become a full stack engineer I created a road map. The roadmap… Read More »

creepy online assessment, big brother is watching

By | April 3, 2020

I recently took an online assessment for a 6 month contract software position. This was probably the creepiest experience I have had with any online assessment. The assessment required that your camera was used to watch you, you also had to share your screen and recorded all your keyboard strokes and mouse clicks. The technology… Read More »