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  • Some Responsive CSS

    I often tend to prioritize functionality over form, but lately I’ve been wanting to make things I work on look just a little better. When I first started coding 5 years ago, there weren’t as many libraries that did heavy lifting defining breakpoints in a way that was lightweight and easy to work with (I Read more

  • Updating SSL Certs

    You what can be intimidating? Doing things you’ve never done before. I know that growth happens when you extend yourself and go beyond your comfort zone, but that doesn’t make it any easier to stare into the void of the unknown. In my case, I have been hesitant to touch an EC2 instance I have Read more

  • Docker pt. 2 – containerized!

    So after fooling around with docker at a coffee shop for about 5 hours, I was able to get my app running in docker with docker-compose! How I got up and running: Research: I had seen a lot of different docker flavors out there so I wanted to jot down some notes on what I Read more

  • Deploying to prod – Docker pt. 1

    It’s been a while since I’ve tried to deploy a web app to production. Honestly, the last time I did this was in a coding bootcamp almost 5 years ago. I’m not really sure what deployment strategies are recommended these days, but after doing some research and talking to a few friends, I think I’ve Read more

  • A pesky re-rendering problem

    I recently incorporated displaying images along with quotes in my web app. Unfortunately, when I stopped to take a closer look at the front end, I was seeing images re-render multiple times because of how react handles rendering content. (If you look closely, you can see images changing seemingly in place) For context, as my Read more

  • What I’ve been Up To

    It’s been a minute. Again. Today I want to catch up on a project I’ve been working on since late November. First off though, in the past few months my efforts have been split among these buckets: The project I’ve been working on since late November was meant for me to build that would give Read more