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Tech Review: HP Spectre x360

Hi friends! Today I’m going to be writing a review of the laptop that I purchased recently and discuss how well it’s served my needs as a student and as a budding developer.

I own the HP Spectre x360, in Dark Ash Silver and Gold. To see what it looks…

Make Your Voice Heard

Hey all! I have a new type of personal project on the horizon: a book. As part of my personal efforts to increase diversity and inclusion in tech, I’m gathering opinions and testimonials from people who have experiences they’d like to share in their time in tech or observing tech. If you…

What you can learn about CS outside the classroom

It’s been a while since my last post, but that’s because I’ve been traveling all over the United States during the month of October doing personal and professional development. Today I’m going to share with you some of my experiences from the…

Stacks on Stacks on Stacks — An Introduction to the Data Structure

Project Bucket

Hi everyone! Thanks for keeping updated on my blog. I’d like to start a comments thread here where people can post ideas for personal computer science projects.

For the non-technical person: 
What are some problems in the world you wish you could fix? What are some…

Imposter Syndrome — How it Affects the Best of Us

Computer science can be described in many ways, but I think we can all agree that a) it’s hard, and b) the possibilities are truly endless. This is what makes the tech industry attractive to people — it attracts some of the best and brightest…

Getting Started with Create-React-App

One of the most fascinating technologies I’ve self-studied this summer is React.js, a JavaScript library created by Facebook that seems to be the “flavor of the day”. People love it because it’s fast and modular. However, if you’re coming from other JavaScript…

Girl Code — Women in Technology

A monopoly in a world of binary.