Alex DuterteCoding and the Holidays. Advent of CodeI was recently introduced to the Advent of code. It’s an Advent Calendar of code challenges!2 min read·Dec 28, 2020----
Alex DuterteFailing to plan is planning to failWhen it comes to working on a project, I find it best to plan as much as you can before hand before even writing down a single line of…2 min read·Dec 21, 2020----
Alex DuterteWhy programmers should write a technical blog.When I attended a coding bootcamp, part of our assignments was to write a technical blog. To be honest, I hated it. I don’t like writing…2 min read·Dec 14, 2020----
Alex DuterteHow I go about solving a code challenge.I’m going to pick a random kata from code wars and document my thought process as I go through it.3 min read·Dec 7, 2020----
Alex DuterteZSH and Git Aliases.The other day I was watching a video and noticed that when they would “git add” and “git commit” they would type “ga” and “gcm”. I became…2 min read·Nov 23, 2020--2--2
Alex DuterteDynamic Programming: Bottom-UpPreviously I talked about using recursion and memoization top-down approach to solving recursive problems(specifically the Fibonacci…6 min read·Nov 11, 2020----
Alex DuterteDynamic Programming: Memoization (The Top-Down Approach)Last week I talked about Recursion and the Fibonacci Sequence. This week I’m going to go into using a dynamic programming technique called…3 min read·Nov 9, 2020----
Alex DuterteLet’s talk about Recursion.Recursion. What is it? It is where a solution to a problem depends on solutions to smaller instances of the same problem. Let’s use the…3 min read·Nov 2, 2020----
Alex DuterteScrum on a one-person team? Sure!First off, what is Scrum? Scrum is an Agile methodology that is used to facilitate a project. Typically a scrum team would consist of…2 min read·Oct 26, 2020----
Alex DuterteJavascript, it’s not just for web.So you’ve learned JavaScript. You start wondering, “How can I build actual programs not just websites.” or “How can I build mobile apps…·2 min read·Oct 19, 2020----