I got curious when I was looking over a Claude designed model for my weight tracker app. My intent was to learn why it didn’t full out normalize some tables. It scoffed and told me not to over-engineer my tables due to the scope of the audience. I might have made up the scoffing part,[…]
I don’t know who turned me on to it, but when I was in high school, I learned about kalos kagathos. It was a philosophy about being a complete person. It isn’t enough to just be physically fit or to just be smart. It wants development of the whole person: mind, body, and character, all[…]
The danger of third-party reliance is when changes made by the third party disrupt or devastate your app. I knew this was coming. I discovered this issue while testing the app in the third-party’s beta for the new release. It still hurts. RIP Logi. 🙁 Logi is essentially a file parser that reads a log[…]
Since I graduated in May, I have been applying to various companies, tweaking resumes for keywords, and crafting letters of interest. I have been doing all the fun stuff one is advised to do. I am also married to a wicked smart person who works in HR, and I have a small bit of experience[…]
One of the top priorities I have when building something is building with the user in mind. GitHub repo: OMTut/Logi That’s a nice thing to say, but I keep it as a priority. I try to establish the core responsibility of the app and then shift into usability. If the user has to actively check for[…]
This is the start of a journal into my development of a desktop app called Logi. It’s an overlay file parser. It reads a log file, filters for specific tags, and displays the desired info in real time. GitHub repo: OMTut/Logi Background During my senior year, I had an interview where a concern was expressed[…]
I wanted to dig into the Factory pattern a bit. I was fighting the thought that conceptually, it’s just a class with methods, but that’s not entirely right. I think what I’m settling into is thinking of it as an object that has purpose. It’s not modeling something. It’s creating. It’s using a model, and[…]
I’m working on a project called Naja. It’s a full-stack app using a PostgreSQL database. Each time I work on it, I cd to the frontend directory, npm run dev, then cd into the api directory, run the tests and start the server. I want to start automating this…or at least streamline it. I asked[…]
I’m working on a side project that uses Discord for authentication and connects to a PostgreSQL database. Once I got the login flow down, it’s super hard to resist the urge to start implementing other features as fast as possible. I mean it’s a side project, right? Yet, I can’t shake a nagging feeling, that[…]
This morning, I tackled turning our college project — ClearPath Task Planner — into a containerized web app. It’s a full-stack app built to help users struggling with time blindness to stay on track. With a React frontend, Express backend, and MongoDB database, it was a solid app. I want to let potential employers see[…]