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Programming Deliberate Practice
For software developers there is an unhealthy prevailing belief that being a great programmer is some innate skill that others have. Brilliance with developing code is difficult to train for because it either requires some gift you don’t have or years of on the job experience. There is a large amount of impostor syndrome within…
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Programming Momentum
Writing code everyday has been an interesting challenge. In 2015 I started to work towards a long streak on GitHub which eventually capped out at 250 days. The questions I wanted to answer was: Can I apply ‘deliberate practice‘ to programming and get better? Can ‘free coding’ (like free writing) be effective way to push…
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Deploying a Python Flask App on Amazon Lightsail with Dokku
One of the welcome additions to Amazon’s AWS offerings is a simplified server provisioning service to compete directly with Digital Ocean called Lightsail. Lightsail provides a nicer web UI for launching instances, many quick launch options for common apps like WordPress or GitLab and simplified billing (yay!). With Lightsail you don’t need to pre-pay for Reserved…
