Isaiah Becker-MayerUnBuzzing the Buzzword: IoTThe IoT or “Internet of Things” is one of those inescapable tech buzzwords that everybody has heard of but few can explain simply. Like…Jun 25, 2018Jun 25, 2018
Isaiah Becker-MayerVariables, Mutability, and Pass By Value/Reference in PythonIn python, everything is an object. At least, that’s what everybody on StackOverflow says. But what does that statement actually mean? For…May 9, 2018May 9, 2018
Isaiah Becker-MayerStatic Libraries in CStatic libraries are indexed collections of symbols (functions, variables, etc.) that can be linked into a program during compilation…Feb 11, 2018Feb 11, 2018
Isaiah Becker-MayerHow set up and use README_generator for Holberton studentsI recently wrote a README_generator to streamline README creation for our assignments at Holberton, and after helping a couple of other…Jan 17, 2018Jan 17, 2018
Isaiah Becker-MayerC CompilationHow does C compilation work? When you type gcc main.c into your terminal, four main steps take place.Jan 17, 2018Jan 17, 2018
Isaiah Becker-MayerHard Links vs Symbolic (Soft) LinksThe UNIX OS allows for the creation of both hard links and symbolic links (symbolic links are also commonly called soft links). The syntax…Jan 15, 2018Jan 15, 2018
Isaiah Becker-MayerHow `ls *c` works in bashThe ls command is used in bash to list the contents of a directory. When used without any arguments, ls defaults to listing the contents of…Jan 15, 2018Jan 15, 2018
Isaiah Becker-MayerThe Deep StateEver since the election of Donald Trump, the term “deep state” is being thrown around more and more in the mainstream parlance…Dec 10, 2017Dec 10, 2017
Isaiah Becker-MayerWhy Holberton?My journey to software engineering began with an obscure yet profound question that suddenly popped into my head around three years ago…Oct 12, 2017Oct 12, 2017