We’re going to set up a Discord Bot using Python. We’ll use AWS to host and Redis to save our Authentication Token. We’ll need to do 4 things.

1. Set up an AWS Virtual Server
2. Set up a bot in Discord
3. Use Redis to hold and retrieve our Discord Authentication Token
4. Write code using Python that controls our bot

Set up an AWS Virtual Server

The first thing we’re going to do is set up a virtual server using AWS. This is where we’ll host our Discord Bot. You can set up a free tier account with 12 months of access very easily. You will need a credit/debit card so they can verify your identity. …

I wrote an article called How I Stopped Learning to Code and Started Coding. I received a lot of responses from Junior Developers who said they were stuck in that exact situation. Mindlessly jumping from Tutorial to Guide to Reference Material. Always learning. Always determined. Yet they hadn’t actually coded anything they could call their own.

What spurred this article was a question I received in response to that. “I work a full time job and I’m trying to get a new business up and running. My time is very precious and I don’t want to waste it. …

I’m standing in a hotel hallway staring down 3 cops. I remember only having one thought in my brain. I want the cops to understand that I understand that they understand that I’m naked.

I’m like “I’m on your side.. what are we going to do about this?”

The female officer told me to cover my genitals. I thought that was pointless. I mean — I’m naked. You’ve already seen them. I try to give a wink and a nod to make her understand but she did not understand.

They ask me if my wife is OK? My first reaction is — How do you know my wife? I say “What the fuck does that mean?” …

Chapter 1: The Girls Proposition

The first thing I remember is wanting to kill a guy. It’s just some guy that’s really bad. It’s never really clear who the two people are that we end up killing.

I’m contacted by this girl. She says that she has a similar problem. She tells me that if I help her kill someone, she will help me kill someone. She has money and information. Two things I felt I needed. So I agree.

Chapter 2: The Two Men

The two men were both hard to kill but in different ways. Mine was really hard to find. Hers was really hard to kill. For mine, the issue was finding the dude. And she already had. After we knew where he was it was as simple as reaching him and stabbing him in the heart. Which did the job quite well. …

Terror Spheres, Earth Spheres, Quantum Spheres and Mind Traveling— My Roguelike is going to be Sci-Fi AF.

Way, way on the furthest back burner I have, I’ve kept just enough amount of hope that one day I’d be able to either develop my own video game or play a significant role in a games development team.

Certain events have conspired against all odds and I find myself in just that position. It all started with a Roguelike Game called Cogmind and an extinction threatening event called Covid 19.

Cogmind has you play as an entity who collects robot parts in order to remain alive by building himself. You continuously look for better, stronger and stranger equipment and tools as you traverse through underground caves and facilities desperately trying to find the next elevator. …

Earlier this month, I wrote an article entitled “How I Stopped Learning to Code and Started Coding.” Most of us know this purgatory between learning code and writing code. I think it’s an important subject. It’s a huge roadblock that seems impassable.

In that article, I didn’t go into much detail other than giving a broad idea of how my thinking has changed regarding code. I’d like to go through my thought process when I decided to do this. …

When I first started getting into front-end development, I felt like everything I had ever learned up to that point meant nothing. I was coming from back-end Python, where things made sense.

I even embraced the new frameworks that came out with Python, like Django and Flask. Sure, I had roadblocks and the normal frustration, but by using Python/Flask/Jinja2, I was accomplishing the ultimate goal. I didn’t have to deal with JavaScript. Not one bit.

But once you start working with other people, companies, project managers, and well-established software, you’ll quickly find that you must adapt. What I learned the hard way was that sometimes you have to start from scratch if you really want to reach the level of understanding you’re hoping for. …

I write a lot. Mostly for Quora.com or Medium.com. I try to steer clear from social media because, I was under the understanding that inciting a debate on a platform like Reddit would lead to a constructive conversation where maybe we could both learn something in the end.

I was very wrong about this. Nobody wants to converse or explore topics of controversy on these sites. They just want to be right as fast as possible.

I normally write well thought out posts or comments even if the conversation has descended into juvenile name calling. I have this belief that with the right words, maybe I can’t win the debate but maybe, I can at least explain myself to a point that the opposing debater will understand. …