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Feb 5, 2024

Dear Recruiters: 3 Ways Your Software Engineer Candidate Can Work For You

Software Engineering is a competitive field and subject to aggressive recruiting. I have heard both engineers and recruiters express…

Dear Recruiters: 3 Ways Your Software Engineer Candidate Can Work For You

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Sep 26, 2022

Using Bash to Concatenate Strings

Bash scripting makes concatenating strings simple and fun. All the normal Bash features are available and more complex approaches can be…

Using Bash to Concatenate Strings

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Jul 15, 2022

Remember to Import Your Datetime!

The datetime module is a powerful part of the Python standard library. However, some repetitive naming decisions make a simple syntactic…

Remember to Import Your Datetime!

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Jul 13, 2022

Saving & Loading CSV Files with Pandas DataFrames

Pandas DataFrames provide convenient methods for manipulating data with ease. The row-column format of the DataFrame is native to CSV files…

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Jul 11, 2022

Fix: React Scripts Command not Found Error

React’s powerful state management has become wildly popular as a backbone for dynamic user experiences in web applications. Here are a few…

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Jul 7, 2022

Using Arithmetic Operators on Python Strings

Python lets developers use high-level syntax to perform robust string operations via arithmetic operators. There are some restrictions as…

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Jul 6, 2022

Swapping Dictionary Values in Python

Swapping dictionary values in Python uses the age-old swap logic found in the course materials of many a computer science course. However…

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Jul 4, 2022

Tabulate JSON Data in Python Using Pandas

Trying to tabulate JSON into a human-friendly format? Is your JSON data nested? In any case, the Pandas library can make short work of…

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Jul 1, 2022

1000/*: Framerate Conversion for Optimal Perception

Curious about all the random 1000/60 snippets in the code you inherited? These are common translations from CPU and CPU millisecond time to…

1000/60 Frame Rate Conversions for Programmers

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Jun 29, 2022

Tabs vs. Spaces: The Programmer’s Holy War

The debate of tabs vs. spaces has raged on among software engineers for decades. It’s the closest thing the software industry has to a holy…

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Zack West

Zack West

Entrepreneur, programmer, designer, and lifelong learner. Can be found taking notes from Mother Nature when not hammering away at the keyboard.

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