Alex DuterteCoding and the Holidays. Advent of CodeI was recently introduced to the Advent of code. It’s an Advent Calendar of code challenges!Dec 28, 2020Dec 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…Dec 21, 2020Dec 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…Dec 14, 2020Dec 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.Dec 7, 2020Dec 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…Nov 23, 20202Nov 23, 20202
Alex DuterteDynamic Programming: Bottom-UpPreviously I talked about using recursion and memoization top-down approach to solving recursive problems(specifically the Fibonacci…Nov 11, 2020Nov 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…Nov 9, 2020Nov 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…Nov 2, 2020Nov 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…Oct 26, 2020Oct 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…Oct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020