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Tips for Working Remotely

Coronavirus is here, and it's causing many folks to work from home out of the blue. If you find yourself in this situation, here are some tips I've found useful while working from home over the last few years.

First Impressions of Twitch Studio

I tried out Twitch Studio for my personal streams and here's my review of the platform so far!

What I Learned from a Year of Streaming

I have a tendency to get really into my hobbies and streaming is no exception. It turned out to be a deeper rabbit hole than I imagined and I quickly discovered if you want to set up a quality stream there is A LOT that goes into it. I know, big surprise, right?

A Retrospective of CrossFit

I've been wanting to write down my thoughts about CrossFit for awhile. I've been practicing this type of training for two years now and while it's helped me better undertand my body and got me moving well, there are a lot of things that I disagree with when it comes to the methodology and community.

Impostor Syndrome and the Knowledge Bubble Philosophy

Have you ever said to yourself, I wish I was as smart as that person? I know I certainly have! Impostor syndrome is something that I continue to battle even 10 years into my development journey.

Body Weight Only(ish) Fitness Resources

It's not always possible to have gym equipment available, whether your traveling or you're social distancing due to a pandemic, sometimes you need to fitness without equipment. Here's a list of some of my favorite resources for body weight workouts!

What I Use for Work and Play

Here is a non-exhaustive list of the hardware, software, tools, etc I use for work and play.

Defining Practical Fitness

Most people have a life goal they want to achieve when they start their fitness journey. Whether it's to lose weight, improve athleticism, or be able to move well, the goal is something that is applicable to the real world.

Using a Mobile Phone as a Webcam

You can get really good video quality by using your mobile phone! Mobile phone cameras these days are really impressive and the picture quality is definitely good enough to produce top notch videos.

Throttling GraphQL Subscription Events in React

I recently came across a situation where I needed to throttle incoming subscription events and it ended up being quite an interesting problem to solve!

Fullstack Serverless and Modern App Development

In recent years there have been huge shifts in both back-end and front-end development. As clients become more and more stateful, the services backing them become slimmer and stateless.

Challenge Vs Toil - Keeping Your Team Engaged

Is your team spending their days digging proverbial ditches, or maybe they are being tasked with work that is too challenging for their current experience level. In either situation you'll find yourself with a team that isn't engaged with the work anymore.

Social Media is Failing Us

Social media platforms are sacrificing usability and safety to maximize profits from engagement, also known as engagement profiteering. Engagement profiteering is a type of business model that social media companies use to generate revenue.

A Plea for Action

By choosing to not take action on behalf of the Black community, you are choosing to say "we don't view your struggles as our own". In situations like this it's important to know where a company stands.

Streaming Equipment Booster Pack

I needed to curate some equipment for streaming recently and figured it could be useful to a lot of folks, so I decided to share this Notion doc!"

Creating Community for Online Events

With GraphQL Summit now behind me, I wanted to share my thoughts on what went into building the community around the conference. This won't be a how-to guide (you should talk to Domitrius Clark if you're interested in doing something similar), but more of what the goals were, and how we approached meeting them.

Interview Questions to Ask Your Interviewers

Interviewing is no fun, it's stressful and often times you're so focused on performing well that when your interviewer asks, \"Do you have any questions for me?\", you're left staring at them while your mind goes blank and you ask if they like it there.

The Addiction Pendulum - Searching for Balance

Life as an addict can be difficult even when you're not using. As an addict I have a tendency to grab onto things and dedicate every waking moment to that particular thing. A long time ago for me this was drugs.

I'm an Impostor - Incarceration and Living a Lie

Every day, I walk around telling little lies so I can project this false image of myself. I would like to tell you this is a story about how I feel like I don't know enough, and then I realized that people don't know shit either, but this isn't that story.

Automating Promotion for Livestreams

Currently, I stream for Apollo GraphQL anywhere from 3-5 times a week. This may not seem like a lot, but when you take into account all the work that needs to happen outside of the actual stream, you can quickly see how it might start to eat up all of your time.

I'm Fucking Depressed - But It's Going To Be Okay

Right this very second, as I type these very words, I'm depressed. I'm normally some varying degree of depressed that ranges from can't fake a smile for the kids or wife, to life isn't so bad so I'll put on a happy face. Yet depression is always with me. A monkey on my back.

Why You Should Consider Adding Zapier to Your Workflow

Recently I've been making heavy use of Zapier to automate tasks that were stealing a lot of my time and focus. The more I automate, the more time and focus I get back which is incredibly invaluable.