Software Development News and Articles

Published on: 11/29/2018 - 6 min read

What is "black-box code" and why it's important

The concept of black-box modeling isn't anything new in the software developer world. It essentially comes down to hiding the comp...

Published on: 11/19/2018 - 5 min read

Do these 3 things to improve your code right now

Coding can be a very personal thing many a time. Some people like camel casing, some like Pascal casing. Some people like to add the curly b...

Career

Published on: 11/13/2018 - 4 min read

This is why you should spend a few years in corporate America

Whenever you hear about programmers and coding, you eventually end up hearing about working remotely from your bed in your pajamas while a f...

Career

Published on: 11/8/2018 - 5 min read

How to quit your job and feel good about it

If you're 23+ years old, odds are that you either currently don't like your job very much, or that you just left a job that you didn't like ...

Published on: 11/8/2018 - 4 min read

3 mistakes programmers make when learning to code

Learning to code can be a difficult and time-consuming endeavour for many. And while there are plenty of online resources out there today,&n...

Career

Published on: 11/6/2018 - 4 min read

Is programming a stressful career choice?

Many people see the Instagram posts of programmer's sipping luxurious coffee in bed with their laptops at an awkward angle that would not do...

Startup

Published on: 11/2/2018 - 5 min read

Should you work at a startup?

I get this question frequently from many people, mainly those just starting out on their programming careers, and having both been a job-see...

Learn 2 code

Published on: 10/29/2018 - 4 min read

The truth about teaching yourself to code?

I see this question come up frequently enough with my students, so I decided to give my 2 cents on it. And let me start off by saying that t...

Software

Published on: 10/22/2018 - 7 min read

Testing out Campaign Monitor for my email marketing needs

As someone who currently runs and maintains multiple websites, both for myself as well as for my clients, I am always looking for ways to be...

Career

Published on: 10/16/2018 - 5 min read

The best way to prepare for a programming interview

You received that email, welcoming you through the doors of a prestigious (or not so prestigious) software company in order for you too show...

Programming

Published on: 10/12/2018 - 4 min read

This is why programmers are so important

To those new individuals entering the programming job world currently, thoughts and ideas of high paying salaries, high tech sounding titles...

C-Sharp

Published on: 10/9/2018 - 4 min read

How to add a subscriber to MailChimp using C#

MailChimp is a fantastic service for creating email campaigns and managing your email lists. And they offer a relatively robust API&nbs...

Programming

Published on: 10/4/2018 - 4 min read

Learning to code is going to get harder

We have more resources today in terms of documentation, guides, video tutorials, and how to's than at any other time in human history. We ar...

Windows

Published on: 10/3/2018 - 3 min read

What's new with Surface in 2018

Microsoft just held their 2018 Surface Event, showcasing the latest and greatest happenings featuring their increasingly popular Surface lin...

Published on: 9/17/2018 - 6 min read

The challenges of working remotely

So you want to sit on the beach with your laptop answering emails, dishing out for loops and making out like a thief while doing it?The funn...

Career

Published on: 9/5/2018 - 6 min read

What I Look For In A Programmer

In my decade long career I've had the opportunity to interview many different programmers for many different roles. Everything from front-en...

Published on: 8/22/2018 - 4 min read

Advice for younger programmers looking for work

I get asked very frequently about the best route to take when looking to land that next big programming job, particularly when starting...

Career

Published on: 8/20/2018 - 4 min read

Your work portfolio vanished, now what

Just recently, a potential client requested to see some of my past work, or my work portfolio, if you will. If you ever go the self-employe...

Web Dev

Published on: 7/31/2018 - 6 min read

Improving My PageSpeed Insights Score

It's that time of the year again to check on my websites performance using Google Pagespeed Insights. And things could definitely use an up...

General

Published on: 7/10/2018 - 5 min read

Google's search engine might not be telling the 'truth'

A Google exec, Danny Sullivan, recently spoke out about Google's search algorithm not being the mystical oracle that many of us want to bel...

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