Variation in Bootcamp Instruction
Back in 2015, the first year I was an instructor at Nashville Software School, I was in heavy research mode. I read books, magazine articles
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Variation in Bootcamp Instruction
Words of wisdom from your coach
Rub some dirt in it and take a lap
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Software Craftsmanship Conference
I've got this crazy idea for a software conference.
At this conference, no hard technical talks will be accepted. Knowing every eso
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Software Craftsmanship Conference
Block Modules Instead of IIFE
With the most recent versions of JavaScript, we now have more options for creating closures to mimic a private scope that you find in langua
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Block Modules Instead of IIFE
Deploying .NET Core on Ubuntu
My latest cohort of students are starting on their final journey of building their capstones in preparation for their demo day at Nashville
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Deploying .NET Core on Ubuntu
Too Many Systemd Services!
On my Digital Ocean VPS instances, I can have up for 5 different services running that I need to configure over time. Unfortunately, I only
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Too Many Systemd Services!
Beautiful API JSON results in bash
Install the json command line JSON parsing package [docs].
npm install -g json
Once that’s installed, add the following functions to
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Beautiful API JSON results in bash
Why Dev Bootcamp and Iron Yard Shutting Down is a Good Thing
Yes, I'm glad they are shutting down. I'm also glad that they existed in the first place.
Dev Bootcamp announced their impending d
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Why Dev Bootcamp and Iron Yard Shutting Down is a Good Thing
The Thinking Caps Lock
Discovering Connections
Thinking of starting my own podcast about the intersection of cognit
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The Thinking Caps Lock
Learner Experience Design
Great teaching isn't about knowledge transfer from the expert to the learner, it's about clearing a path of discovery, and e
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Learner Experience Design