Google has an extensive amount of user data and services around that data, and they allow access to these via APIs that third party software can call. There are so many opportunities to build something new on the foundations laid…
When developing a React application, you may find that you repeat several common tasks to help ensure the integrity of your code. At a minimum, whenever I write a React application, I have ESLint, Prettier, and automated testing set up.…
Project ADD If you’re like me, every time you end up with some free time, you start thinking of all the different projects you want to work on as a software engineer. The skills you develop in software engineering leave…
What is a web API? A web API is a server that listens for an HTTP request, and is used largely to manage online data. There are many reasons why web APIs exist, but one of the easiest to see…
What is NewPipe? NewPipe is an open-source Android app that can be used to watch YouTube with no ads. It works by screen scraping the YouTube website and streaming from their front end. Because it screen scrapes YouTube and doesn’t…
What is Termux? Termux is a Linux terminal emulator you can install on your Android. From this terminal, you can type in commands just like in Linux, and it has several packages available to install using the same repo methods…
This is a broad question and the possible answers to this question are really going to be different based on several factors. Nonetheless, there are some general considerations that should be reflected on before putting in your work for a…
Throughout my career as a software engineer, I have spent at least as much time reading through code as I have writing code. By “reading” I don’t just mean a casual read, but taking time to understand what the code…
While looking at starting new projects earlier in my career, I was obsessed with trying to build everything from the ground-up. As a new software engineer, I was ready to build everything I could with the attitude that I don’t…
Automation really is the talk of the future. The general zeitgeist is that automation will slowly take over the world and make an increasing number of jobs obsolete. The trend is definitely moving in that direction with the cheap availability…
