I just successfully completed Launch School’s course 170 (Web Development), which is the 4th out of 5 courses in the Programming and Back-end Development phase. This course was a lot of fun, probably the most fun I’ve had so far in LS, as I’m finally building simple applications using the…

One thing I’ve found helpful in learning new programming concepts is to come up with analogies to other unrelated ideas with which I’m already familiar. …

Today is May 20th, 2017, and I’m nearing the end of the 101 course at Launch School. Flipping back through my journal to May 6th, I read: I feel myself pushing up against frustration, and seeing the weak spots in my mental model of Ruby. Today, I feel pretty confident…