One day I watched a YouTube video about a software engineer who worked in FAANG and mentioned how most of his days consisted of meetings, bug fixes, and hardly writing any new code. The more senior you become, the more code you write. I was utterly wrong. Since then, I…

The Singleton pattern is a design pattern in object-oriented programming that restricts the instantiation of a class to one object. What the hell does this mean? After reading multiple articles and watching some videos, I understand it enough to explain this concept better. The Singleton pattern is often used in…

For a long time, I have struggled with quickly building a full-stack app that didn’t eat up all-time when configuring the environment it needs to run in. If you are a dev building full-stack side projects and want to impress clients and potential employers, or an enterprise looking for an…

I am studying to get certified as a certified AWS Solutions Architect in my spare time. I’ve worked with AWS on many projects and I noticed many of the engineering bottlenecks were related to access and permissions. This tutorial will break down AWS Identity Access Management (IAM) and how to…

Many of us have taken the action of learning new technologies and skills for granted and now is a time, if you haven’t already, to analyze your skill stack as a software engineer. I'm noticing that many software engineering roles are including the responsibilities of system design and DevOps engineers…

Why should you give a f*ck about logging? Well, that’s a pretty good question! I guess you can also ask why auto manufacturers add sensors to your engine, or why a house has a smoke detector and a burglar alarm. What is a Logger and why should I be using one? A logger provides a way to output messages to a specified destination, such as a file or console…

What is Dependency Injection? Dependency injection is a design pattern in which an object is given its dependencies rather than creating them itself. This means that instead of creating objects inside the object's constructor or method, we inject the dependencies as parameters. This pattern helps to reduce the coupling between objects, which makes it…

Looks like Apple is finally making some needed adjustments in its business. This proves that no one is safe during economic distress. According to a Bloomberg report, Apple is laying off a small number of corporate roles within its retail teams. Not sure what this means and no one is…

There are 2 things that make software engineering suck. Bad team culture, and technical debt due to poor design. I couldn’t tell you how many personal projects I’ve abandoned due to not understanding my code and how frustrating it is working with a massive cluster of WET code all over…