Eleni ChappenPersonal FinanceI enjoy thinking about personal finance, but I really don’t like the personal finance industry. If you’re like me, here are some books.Aug 25, 2020Aug 25, 2020
Eleni ChappenHow I can helpWhen I was starting my career as a software developer, I benefitted enormously from tactical mentors, career advisors and a tight-knit…Jun 25, 2020Jun 25, 2020
Eleni ChappenRolling our own address validation for freeOur process validating user-submitted addresses for e-commerce.May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Eleni ChappenMy Software Career at FiveYearsThis month marks my five year anniversary of being a professional software developer, so I took some time to reflect on where I started…Feb 1, 2020Feb 1, 2020
Eleni ChappenWrite the post before the featureWriting posts beforehand serves the dual purpose of shaping our engineering work and communicating it to others.Dec 21, 2019Dec 21, 2019
Eleni ChappenMore ways to use Redux SagaA while ago I wrote an intro piece on Redux Saga where I described how to get your feet wet using sagas for some basic async requests…Nov 2, 2018Nov 2, 2018
Eleni ChappenWhy Test?For the first third of my programming career, I wrote no tests. This was painful because I had to manually test everything all the time…Sep 30, 20181Sep 30, 20181
Eleni ChappenGrowing programming skills outside of workSomething that comes up a lot when I talk with other developers is the difficulty of coding and/or learning in our spare time.Jul 28, 20181Jul 28, 20181
Eleni ChappenUsing Active Storage with Active Model SerializersAttachment is the root of all suffering. If you’re a web developer, attachments are the root of all suffering.Jul 6, 20185Jul 6, 20185