October 8, 2018
So You Want to Learn to Code
I get a lot of messages on social media asking me about coding, what it is, how to get started, whether or not to do a bootcamp, and where to get started. The truth is we are all the hero...
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I spent ten years teaching college English. Now I teach developers, search engines, and AI systems to understand each other.
Writing about developer experience, AI tooling, and the communities that make tech worth working in.
Currently Developer Experience Lead, AI Platform at Paper Compute
Writing about what AI agent sessions actually cost
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September 26, 2018
The Coder's Journey: Finding a Mentor
A couple of months ago I wrote about the Coder’s Journey, and one of the most important parts of any journey is finding a mentor. This might be the person who hands you the sword to defeat the dragon or...
September 19, 2018
Class and Instance methods, Momlife Style
Once you understand variables, you’re ready to dive into classes and objects. A class, in simple terms, is like a blueprint for objects. I like to think of it as an overall storage center for things of a same type....
September 12, 2018
Breaking Down Ruby Variable Scope
I’m building my way up to a personal project. But before I approach the project, I want to reinforce basic knowledge by going over what I’ve learned about Ruby and SQL so I can do what I want. For me,...
August 21, 2018
Project Walkthrough
For my first solo project with Flatiron School, I had to create a CLI Ruby Gem where I scraped data from a website and went at least one level deep. Because I’m still in this weird space where I feel...
August 20, 2018
Top 10 Things that Got Me Through My First Project
I hit the point in my Flatiron School curriculum where I had to step away from tutorials and do a project on my own. Nervous didn’t even begin to describe what I was feeling. On top of that, I had...
August 11, 2018
Building a Library: Object Relationships
I’ve been trying to understand Ruby object relationships for a while now. And generally, I have a grasp on what that means, but I still spend a lot of time figuring out what belongs to who and who has many...
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