I really think we’re conditioned to see the word free nowadays and think “scam” because who in their right mind would share resources without any personal benefit? To be honest, you’re probably not wrong. My husband wants to learn how to code and doesn’t want to spend money attending a…

So you, like myself, have a weird scenario where you need to mutate the DOM directly in React. Why else would you have found this oddly specific blog post? It’s okay, I’ve got you. You’re in good hands now. I won’t dive too deep into why this was required, but…

I still remember being a small kid, dreading the day I would have to grow up and go to work. I’m not sure why I considered working to be horrible but, looking back, it was probably because I didn’t know anyone who went to work every day and enjoyed what…

If you didn’t attend my talk, that’s okay!  This is just a recap for you + others to reference later! ❤

You have create-react-app fired up and it’s doing its thing. Packages resolved and fetched and it looks like smooth sailing from here when all the sudden… error postcss@8.1.9: The engine “node” is incompatible with this module. Expected version “^10 || ^12 || >=14”. Got “13.14.0” error Found incompatible module. Your…

There’s nothing more irritating than clicking that adorable little elephant icon we all know and love to boot up your PostgreSQL database when, oh, the horror. Port in use. Tons of googling how to close a port, a complete computer restart, and way too many kill -9 <PID> commands later…

I have been struggling with how to write this, or even if I should. …

Disclaimer: Despite growing concerns and a staggering number of new unemployment claims in this scary time, I somehow got my very first job right in the middle of the COVID-19 outbreak. My heart goes out to everyone getting laid off, permanently or temporarily, people looking for new employment, and everyone…

Disclaimer: Despite growing concerns and a staggering number of new unemployment claims in this scary time, I somehow got my very first job right in the middle of the COVID-19 outbreak. My heart goes out to everyone getting laid off, permanently or temporarily, people looking for new employment, and everyone…