This app started simple. A few dropdowns.A few options.Nothing worth overthinking. Then came the classic pattern: “I’ll just add one more.” And to be fair—it was easy.Just hardcode another option […]
Releasing the Mensa App: Lessons from a Six-Week Sprint
The Mensa App is live and fully functional! After a six-week sprint, this lightweight networking platform is now in the hands of a small group of Mensa members across several […]
Kicking Off the Mensa Networking App: Choosing a Stack That Actually Makes Sense
When the Mensa networking app landed in my lap, the first thing I had to do was pick the stack. And honestly, none of this came from hype or “developer […]
Production Readiness Features
When getting ready for a final move to production, there are a few things one needs to review: performance and monitoring. This brought out the last few items that I […]
Setting up AWS Production MariaDB
This was an extremely exciting and pivotal milestone: I “set up” my AWS Production MariaDB. Kind of. Honestly, the AWS RDS options can feel… pricy for somebody with limited funds. […]
Docker
Getting Docker set up for my project was a HUGE step for me. I’ve never played with docker before, yet it has shown up in at least two separate interview […]
Django API Documentation
Honestly, most engineers and developers do not like to do that thing called “documentation”. It has been longer than I’m willing to admit here since I was in college. Back […]
Django RESTful User Functions and Data Security
This month has been crazy learning about a TON of new and different “user security” topics. It was very overwhelming at times with the variety of different solutions to chose […]
Django Adding Users into Database
Adding in multi-user support was no easy feat! I’m used to the agile development of multi-sprint practices in other MVC frameworks where you can add and change any module or […]
React Fundamentals in Django Job Hunt App
Long ago, while I was at CalPERS, I got to explore some with React. I went through two minor tutorials, just to then be exposed to an employee’s implementation of […]