Spencer TaylorThe Inner Workings of ShellWhat happens when you run ls -l and press enter in the shell? Well it prints the files of your current directory in long format. Sounds…Mar 29, 2018Mar 29, 2018
Spencer TaylorLeveraging Smart Contracts for Gun ControlI’m currently a student at Holberton School and recently our school started a 3 month side project lead by one of our school’s mentors…Mar 12, 20187Mar 12, 20187
Spencer TaylorEthereum & Smart ContractsEthereum is a huge competitor in the cryptocurrency game, but what makes it special? Also, what are smart contracts and why are they…Feb 19, 2018Feb 19, 2018
Spencer TaylorUnder the Hood: C Static LibrariesWhen you include <stdio.h> or <string.h> you are using library files. Let’s explore how they work and also learn how to make our own custom…Feb 12, 2018Feb 12, 2018
Spencer TaylorThe Art of CompilationYou’ve finally finished writing that beautiful C code in your main.c file and you’re ready to compile. If you’ve done this before, then you…Jan 19, 2018Jan 19, 2018
Spencer TaylorUnder the Hood: ls *.cHello there, we’re going to break down what happens when you run ls *.c in your terminal.Let’s take this piece by piece.Jan 16, 2018Jan 16, 2018
Spencer TaylorSymbolic Links vs Hard Links aka “What the heck is an Inode?”Unix graciously grants you two ways to link to files. There are symbolic links (or soft links) and hard links. The question of the day is…Jan 16, 2018Jan 16, 2018