I was leafing through an eBook copy of The Passionate Programmer by Chad Fowler last night. Overall the book has some good advice for programmers who want to get better with their craft, but one section of advice really irritates me, in part because it's reminiscent of advice that I've …

Fear is such a fun topic to think about because it's one of those primal drivers of our own human existence. We can't seem to get away from fear and yet we do everything in our power to try very hard to minimize it's effects in our lives. We're constantly …

I'm nearing the end of my digital declutter. This is my check-in for the week:

• Reduce my use of social media to only a few times per day. I've had some mixed success with this. I'm starting to feel the pull of wanting to check in more to see how …

I managed to complete the REST APIs with Django book this evening. I'm really pleased with bot the Django for Beginners book and the REST APIs with Django book simply because they're some of the best written books I've read. I can't say enough good things about these books. I …

Since the last check-in I've been working on completing all but the last chapter of the REST APIs with Django book. I've learned about Viewsets with Django REST (which are really cool). One thing that I appreciated in the book was the mention about creating the views first, then figuring …