Brett BUsing LiveAPI Part 1: InstallationSuccessful apps are built on data. As developers, we don’t always have access to the data that would help make our app successful. While…Aug 23, 20171Aug 23, 20171
Brett BEasy programmatic access to public dataThe traditional March Madness bracket pool system lacks interaction or direct head-to-head competition. So for March Madness this year, we…Aug 18, 2017Aug 18, 2017
Brett BAre carbon nanotubes the secret to a viable space elevator?I was a materials scientist in a past life, and our capstone class at UCLA was about how to come up with the best material for whatever…Jul 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017
Brett BCombining transit and biking directions in Google MapsDespite popular perception, public transit in LA is fairly comprehensive, as long as you start and end your trip along a single line. It…Jul 20, 20171Jul 20, 20171
Brett BWriting concise, readable arrow functionsI use Codewars and similar to warm up. When I tried writing solutions as concisely as possible, my colleague noted that my function (which…Jul 18, 2017Jul 18, 2017
Brett BHow to use ES8’s Async (and Await) to write concise promise-returning functionsIt’s no secret (nor surprise) that async/await is one of the most anticipated features of ES8/ES2017. While there are lot of great…Jul 14, 2017Jul 14, 2017