Ramblings of a Programmer(well, sorta)


Next Step: Programming

Last, but not least.

A commentary on the efficacy of, and a writer’s growing admiration for, redux.


Javascript Portfolio Project - Cocktails on Cocktails

Oh man what a ride the last week has been. Compared to past projects, this project for me felt like one of the biggest growth times and learning from a project.


Rails Portfolio Project - Food Banks

My initial intention was to create an application where a user would create an account, say the number of members in their family, which would then dictate the requirements for what order they could place to a specific food bank. I also wanted to have the functionality for the food bank to receive these orders, and be able to tell from their own database of food if they had sufficient inventory, and if not, let the customer know that that order could not be fulfilled.


bcrypt, encryption, salting (but no peppering) and hashing oh my!

In a day where encryption, securing user data, and breaches are common discussions and at the forefront of our brains, I am seeking to better understand how things things work and interact.


Sinatra Project - Operation Recipe Creation

My favorite baseball player growing up, was, of course, the greatest baseball to ever play. Ken Griffey Jr. The Kid. Watching him walk up to the plate, bat in hand, and flawlessly, effortless, with so much precision and skill and the swing of the bat crush a ball into the upper deck.