You probably aren't optimizing your images enough. I'll show you a few ways to do it, and the results from each.

Here's a rant about coding interviews. I've been on both sides of the table. If you're an interviewer, here's what NOT to do.

Slices are a nifty datatype, and this article explains what they are, how they work and how to use them.

Using a Raspberry Pi to measure the temperature inside a Ford Focus in the sun during a record breaking heatwave. Full how to and source code.

Clubhouse is a new social media darling, but is it worth it for Developers?

I build cool stuff, talk with amazing people, and have fun. Maybe you can join me

There are many complex IoT systems for the cloud. But what about the hobbyist? In this tutorial, we'll show you how to set up a full IoT system from start to finish that a beginner can complete.

I tried out Digital Ocean's new PaaS (Platform as a Service) and threw some Go at it. Let's see how it does.

Optimizing string comparisons in Go can improve your application's response time and help scalability. I'll show which methods are the fastest.

In this article, we'll learn how to compare strings in Go, and which methods are fastest.

You want to become a full stack developer someday, so where do you start? Google's Go language is an excellent place.

In this article, we'll walk through the different ways to change letter case in Go. Using the strings library and a neat function you can build better titles with Go.

In this tutorial I'll show you how to grab temperature from a Raspberry Pi and build an endpoint to store the data, with Go.

If you want the latest version of Go on your Raspberry Pi, here's a quick tutorial that can help.

A complete guide to building your first JAMstack blog, from start to finish. Let's build a JAMstack site together!

Deno is a hot new runtime that may replace Node.js. Everyone's talking about it like it's the next big thing. It likely is. Here's why.

I've been using Pop!_OS for front end development a lot lately. Here's how I set it up

Here are some of my favorite editors for Go programming. What's yours?

sharpening your core JavaScript skills can make you better at all front-end frameworks. Here are some courses to help with that.

This week, I took a course on COBOL. Here's what a modern developer can learn from this decades-old language

Have you ever wanted to learn to code? Want to start out easy? In this series of tutorials we go through the basics of JavaScript, so you can start coding immediately.

Debugging web applications can be tricky. Accessing your browser's developer console is the easiest way to see what's going on with your application.

Here's how you can donate your unused processing power to fight the coronavirus.

It's time we stopped fearing, complaining, and arguing about whiteboard coding interviews. Let's conquer them.

If you want to be a React Developer, there's a lot to learn. You can get started in a weekend. Yes, in a single weekend, you can learn React and start developing some cool applications!

NimbleText is the world's simplest code generator. It formats your data using the patterns you supply. Read about it here.

It's a bold claim to say an IDE extension can make you a better developer, but you should install this new Pluralsight extension and see for yourself.

I decided to try out HAXE, a language you've probably never heard of

Strut up to that whiteboard with confidence. You got this.

For the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, take a tour of the code of the Apollo Guidance System.

Do you want to be a coder? Are you on the fence about trying it? nervous to get started? The time is now. Time to pull the trigger.

The mythical reusable code idea has existed for decades. It showed up shortly after the first lines of code were written. We preach re-usability and sometimes strive for it but it rarely becomes a reality.

A dive into Dapper, a nice simple ORM for .Net. In this tutorial I'll show you how to use Dapper with your ASP.Net Web API

Today I've set up an Adafruit Huzzah ESP8266 Breakout board and played around with it. My thoughts on this board and ones like it, and what it could mean for the Internet of Things

If you want to add internet connectivity to an Arduino, you have quite a few options. Since most Arduino models are not bundled with Ethernet or WiFi a market has developed for it, and I decided to try one out and share my thoughts.

My first impressions of this cool Arduino LCD Shield kit by Adafruit. I assemble it, try it out, and share my results.

Perhaps you've seen the term REST being thrown around lately and have been a little curious what it's all about. If that's the case, or you know a little about it but never used it, this article is for you. Today I'm going to give a small overview of what REST services are, and why it's awesome.

In working with some unit testing fairly extensively lately, I've gathered some guidelines I've tried to stick with over the years for writing better tests.

I was reading a post about some common C# interview questions, and thought I'd share some of mine. These are questions that I asked in interviews, or was asked in past interviews. Try them out and see you how you do!

One of the areas that cause a lot of confusion for new C# developers is the idea of properties and fields. It's an easy thing to mess up, and there aren't really any solid rules on it, but here are some general guidelines to help you decide how to use these members in your project.

Whether you're developing for a personal project, small business or Fortune 100, you should take the time to make sure your changes aren't going to break things. In times past this usually meant spending lots of money. These days the only thing you'll need to spend for quality is time, and not much of it.

With software projects it's rare that a failure can be pointed a single cause, or a certain person. Usually it's a culmination of many smaller mistakes. With technology and formal project management, best practices are usually well documented and available, but one thing that isn't talked about as much is attitude. The attitude of persons in your group or your group as a whole is one of the biggest factors of your success.

Code Smells are becoming the new hotness again. You may have heard the term, here's what it means and a few to look out for.

The quickest way to disappoint everyone is by trying to please everyone and software is no different. Sometimes trying to make a one size fits all solution can get you into trouble.

There's a lot of genius in simplicity. This applies to many things in life and definitely in software development. SRP, or Single Responsibility Principle is one of the foundations building better software.

What is a polyglot programmer and should you strive to be one?

How you can build a quick program in C++ to show just your ip address from the prompt.

Today I'm going to talk about Object Oriented Programming (OOP). This is the first in a series of articles that will aim to teach you more about OOP and how you can use it to develop better software.

Want to try out some Python? Here's a primer on getting started with this awesome language.

Should you use a package manager to install your software or build from source? I take a look at some of the reasons for both

A quick way to capture the output of a Linux command in your C++ program

A fast website is important for usability and SEO. Here's how you can make your website faster today

Step by step description of how to write text files with C++. Using Bloodshed C++

I just had this problem tonight, so I thought I'd share the solution. In many languages you can do a string comparison in the following way

So you want to be a computer programmer? Want to write software? Here is how you can get started with this awesome hobby / profession right away, for next to nothing.