SOFTWARE

I use Git every single day.

So do most software developers.

Honestly, Linus Torvalds’ little side project almost feels like a miracle.

However, the tool is so powerful and extensive that it’s easy to get lost in all the possible commands it has.

Hence, based on my own experience, here’s a compilation of answers to common questions about “how do you do X with Git” that I’ve encountered on a regular basis. Some of us may even use these solutions on a daily basis.

Indeed, many of the commands addressed here will be rather simple, and often well-known by the majority of developers. …

It feels like every day I open Medium there’s a new post about why the hiring process for software developers sucks.

So, as someone who has just been through a hiring process, I thought I should share my thoughts on how it went.

I’m not here to criticize interviews or argue against algorithms. There’s enough of that out there already.

I’m here to talk about a process that I went through and found to be very fair, hoping to shed light on what a solution may look like, instead of adding to the list of articles talking about the problems with the traditional way of hiring developers. …

PROGRAMMING TUTORIAL

⚠️ Important Note

I am not qualified to offer investment, legal, or any other advice, nor am I trying to do so. This is a programming tutorial aimed at teaching you how to build a trading bot for learning purposes. Any decisions, investments, or risks you take as a result of building a trading bot are your responsibility.

I cannot be held responsible for any decisions you make as a result of reading this tutorial. Remember: Bots can lose a lot of money, so you should be careful.

Quite regularly, we all come across some variation of this article: “10 Projects You Should Build as a Programmer”. …

A little while ago I decided to have a little fun and wrote an article titled “My Favorite Pieces of Syntax in 8 Different Programming Languages.”

I published it and then decided to share it on a subreddit — r/ProgrammingLanguages. This led to an interesting discussion about programming language syntax, as users shared their own favorites.

It left me with no choice: I had to write a new article with my favorite pieces of syntax from the r/ProgrammingLanguages community.

A Compilation of Adored Syntax Across Programming Languages

Before we get into it, I should quickly clarify what this article is and what it isn’t.

❌ It isn’t a programming tutorial.

❌ It isn’t going to explain the snippets presented.

❌ It isn’t an objective list.

✅ It is meant for fun.

✅ It is a compilation of opinions from various people.

While it would be awesome to go in-depth into each of the snippets, there are just too many of them. In any case, I’m not familiar with all the languages mentioned. …

A few weeks ago I was browsing through GitHub and encountered a repo that caught my eye. It hosted a project that was written entirely in Nim.

What the hell is Nim? I thought.

Immediately I concluded this was one of the many programming languages that a lot of people use, but I just was the stupid guy who didn’t know it. But rather than putting it aside, I decided: Let’s learn a bit about this.

I then had two major realizations:

• No, this language is not used by a lot of people.
• But maybe it should be.

So here goes a bit about my experience with Nim, a quick programming tutorial, and why the language seems extremely promising to me. …

PROGRAMMING TUTORIAL

We love to criticize programming languages.

We also love to quote Bjarne Stroustrup:

“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.”

So today I decided to flip things around and talk about pieces of syntax that I appreciate in some of the various programming languages I have used.

This is by no means an objective compilation and is meant to be a fun quick read.

I must also note that I’m far from proficient in most of these languages. Focusing on that many languages would probably be very counter-productive.

Nevertheless, I’ve at least dabbled with all of them. And so, here’s my…

On Our Inability to Read Minds

WEB DEVELOPMENT

Calm down.

I’m sure a lot of web developers who clicked on this article are already about to submit a response talking about why React is great and the benefits of using it.

But no — I’m not here to trash React.

I’m here to ask the question: Why do we even use React?

And I don’t mean “why do we use React since it sucks and there are better options”.

I mean, how did we get here? Why is React popular? What makes it popular? Do we need it? Why do we even use it?

The reason I wanted to explore this topic is because I think it’s a discussion that is often skipped and shouldn’t be. These days, beginners are just expected to take for granted that their websites should be built with React, period. …