Full-stack web developer, open source contributor, technical trainer, public speaker, writer, hypnotist. — Can you please introduce yourself and tell me a bit about your background. Hi! I’m DB. I’m an American software developer living in Amsterdam and working as a freelancer. I started writing software in college, and quickly fell in love with web development and Python. After I finished college, I spent a few years working as an employee for various tech companies in…

Software Developer, author, blogger, speaker, teacher, photographer. Flask aficionado. Creator of the Flask Mega-tutorial. — Hi Miguel, can you please introduce yourself and tell me a bit about your background. Hi! My name is Miguel Grinberg. I taught myself how to code in my teenage years, and later solidified my knowledge with a Masters degree in Computer Science. …

How are you all? I thought it was about time that we got in touch and just said hello! I know that we’ve been pretty quiet on Medium but I just wanted to let you know that we haven’t given up on Career Change Coders and, in-fact, we are very…

Software Developer. Creator of the Masonite project. All-round busy guy! — Can you please introduce yourself and tell me a bit about your background. My name is Joe Mancuso. I’ve been a developer now for 10 years and currently work in New York as a lead software developer at Rothco, a military and outdoor wholesale company. I am also going to school full-time to get my B.S in Computer Information Technology as well as…

Let’s dive in to Jigsaw — a framework for rapidly building static sites using the same modern tooling that powers Laravel applications. Static sites aren’t a new concept. However, fully fledged, dynamic, Content Management System (CMS’s) such as Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla, seemed to have taken over. …

My interview with Keith Damiani, Senior Developer at Tighten and Lead Developer on the Jigsaw project. — Developed by the team at Tighten, Jigsaw is a Static Site Generator that utilises components from the Laravel framework for building static websites. As part of some research I did into Jigsaw (this was originally part of a university project that I’ve turned into a blog post!), …

My top tips for learning, staying motivated, and achieving your goals — One of the most common questions I get asked is how I managed to find time to learn web development and to totally change careers, while working a full-time job and with a young family at home. Heck, I even wonder that myself at times! Similarly, these are also some…

I was busy making dinner, my little boy said to me “Dad, can you help me with this?” I swiftly replied, “Try and figure it out yourself, I’m busy.” What I wasn’t prepared for was his response. Being the strong-willed little man he is, he replied “Dad, when someone asks…

When I started learning web development, and especially since getting my first job, feeling uncomfortable has become a bit of a recurring theme. I’m going to be honest, at first, it was a real struggle. Every time I would find myself in an uncomfortable situation, I would start second guessing…