Hello! I'm BekahHW, a developer & community creator.

This is a Mental Health Post

This is not the post I wanted to write. This is a post about mental health. This is a post for anyone who struggles, who has felt the irrational grip of PTSD.

Reflections on the First Month as a Dev

Confession: I never thought I’d be a developer. I thought that I would finish my bootcamp, and I fully believed that no one would hire me. I thought maybe I would end up teaching beginner coding courses because it’s not...

I’m in the Business of Breaking Things

I’ve been doing something new with my coding. I’ve been doing two-hour code sprints–which seems more like a 5k, but whatever sprint is easier to say–where I eliminate distractions and just code. So no social media, email, meetings, slack, etc....

You Could Be a Part-Time Dev

Ok, if that title doesn’t automatically make the Flight of the Concords Part-Time Model play in your head, you should go listen to it right now. It’s been one very interesting first week of being a dev, and I had...

Women of Trauma React Redux Project

I’ve stuck with the same project idea for the last three projects for a couple of reasons: I have a hard time coming up with ideas, I’m passionate about this idea, I wanted to clearly compare the processes of coding...

Moms Who Code

There are stages of learning. There are stages of being part of a community. This morning I went back and reread my blog post from last Mother’s Day, and most of what I wrote still stands. So today I want...