The Mensa App is live and fully functional! After a six-week sprint, this lightweight networking platform is now in the hands of a small group of Mensa members across several […]
Kicking Off the Mensa Networking App: Choosing a Stack That Actually Makes Sense
When the Mensa networking app landed in my lap, the first thing I had to do was pick the stack. And honestly, none of this came from hype or “developer […]
Square Dancing and Unexpected Connections
Square dancing might seem like an unusual addition to a tech-heavy life, but it’s become one of my anchors. Every week — sometimes two or even three times — I […]
Ratatouille: Summer in a Pot
Cooking has always been more than just preparing food for me. Some recipes are quick fixes, and some are meditative journeys. This summer, I returned to one of my all-time […]
Morning Hikes in the Foothills
I’ve always loved being near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada — the way the morning sunlight filters through the trees, the smell of pine and damp earth after a […]
Job App Tracker AWS Promotion
Getting my application finally running on AWS was its own hurdle. AWS gives us so many choices, that we can easily suffer paralysis by analysis. That happened to me a […]
Production Readiness Features
When getting ready for a final move to production, there are a few things one needs to review: performance and monitoring. This brought out the last few items that I […]
Setting up AWS Production MariaDB
This was an extremely exciting and pivotal milestone: I “set up” my AWS Production MariaDB. Kind of. Honestly, the AWS RDS options can feel… pricy for somebody with limited funds. […]
Docker
Getting Docker set up for my project was a HUGE step for me. I’ve never played with docker before, yet it has shown up in at least two separate interview […]
Frontyard Garden Hardscape
Many people who know me know that I’m not a cold-weather person. Yes, in Sacramento, the winters are “cold”, with the lows in the lower 40s and sometimes in the […]