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Enforcing MR Title Consistency in Gitlab

June 20, 2024
Tags:gitlab,ci,automation

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

In Gitlab there is a feature that allows you to use a regular expression (regex) pattern for branch names to enforce consistency in their…

Common Pitfalls for New Devs

February 03, 2022
Tags:tips,junior devs,engineering manager

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Recently, I had the privilege to serve as an external reviewer for students at the Mississippi Coding Academy. There were a few common…

3 Things I Have Learned as an Engineering Manager

January 25, 2022
Tags:management,tech jobs,engineering manager

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

I've officially had the role of Engineering Manager (EM) for almost two years now. Looking back, I hope some of my experiences can help out…

Hosting Project Under a Custom Domain in Amplify

September 24, 2020
Tags:amplify

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

Like a lot of developers, I tend to work on side projects in my spare time. Some of them (ok, a lot of them) never really get to the point…

Building a Backend-less Web App with LocalStorage

September 17, 2020
Tags:localStorage,web app,react

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

I recently wrote a post about how knowing how to code is a useful skill that can be applied to problems in everyday life, not just as a…

Burnout: Physical and Mental

September 08, 2020
Tags:burnout,career,productivity

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

I like to think of myself as a hard worker, someone you can rely on to get a job done when it needs to be. Looking back, I think that's why…

Multiple Developer Setup in AWS Amplify

August 31, 2020
Tags:amplify

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

My company recently started working with AWS Amplify as the backend for a web application. A lot of the documentation and tutorials online…

Why Everyone Should Learn (Some) Coding

August 26, 2020
Tags:education,development

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

Something happened a few weeks back that was fairly routine for me. First, some backstory: I've been playing a lot of Red Dead Online…

Software Process: A Journey through History

April 27, 2020
Tags:software process,agile,ci/cd

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

This is a writeup of a presentation I gave to the Jackson Area Web and Application Developers meetup in August 2019. Software Process…

We used to run Docker in the cloud. Here's why we don't anymore.

April 23, 2020
Tags:Kubernetes,docker,architecture

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

Our Problem Recently, we were working on building a content management system (CMS) for an industry specific set of best practices. Our…