Alec MagnetCheck Out Marginalia, My Final Project for Coding BootcampA few weeks ago, I graduated from Flatiron’s software engineering bootcamp. Since then, I’ve been adding features and polishing up the code…Nov 7, 2021Nov 7, 2021
Alec MagnetinCodeXUse Functions, Not Conditionals, While Awaiting Data in a React ComponentIf you’ve found your way to this post, then you may be struggling with how to keep everything from breaking in a React component that’s…Oct 17, 20211Oct 17, 20211
Alec MagnetinCodeXOn Graduating Bootcamp and Being a CoderWell, I graduated from software engineering bootcamp yesterday. Now I am several things: I’m exhausted. I’m inordinately proud of myself…Oct 9, 2021Oct 9, 2021
Alec MagnetinGeek CultureCoding as Sorcery: Redux and the ShadesmarIf coding is sorcery (and it is), then how do different concept in coding compare to the facets of various magic systems from fantasy…Oct 7, 2021Oct 7, 2021
Alec MagnetinGeek CultureCoding as Sorcery: Potions & Object Composition in JavaScriptIf coding is sorcery (and it is), then how do different concept in coding compare to the facets of various magic systems from fantasy…Sep 13, 2021Sep 13, 2021
Alec MagnetinCodeXCoding as Sorcery, Part 1: OOP and the Magic of the True NameSoftware coding is a lot like sorcery. You string together arcane and powerful words and symbols, and then the world — or at least your…Aug 24, 2021Aug 24, 2021
Alec MagnetAdventures in Coding with Anxiety (Part 1?)A friend sent a tweet the other day to remind me of one of my favorite nature facts — that caterpillars become butterflies by dissolving…Aug 2, 2021Aug 2, 2021