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Jan 29, 2021

Don’t Forget Your Fundamentals

I had the opportunity to tutor college computer science students for a living a few years back. It was honestly one of the best experiences of my life as a engineer because it gave me a chance to realize what really makes a brilliant new engineer. It’s not the programming…

Software Engineering

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Software Engineering

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Jan 29, 2021

Immutable Data and Data Ownership

How to handle data is one of the two major issues that programming languages have historically had to wrestle with (the other being how to structure code for long term maintenance). The problem in many languages is that data can become corrupted (in an improper state of some kind) when…

Software Engineering

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Software Engineering

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Jan 28, 2021

5 Mistakes People in Their 20’s That Negatively Affect Their Finances

I know, there are a thousand opinions by people all over the financial world about what to do with money in your 20’s. Are credit cards the Devil’s handy work, or the second coming of Jesus himself? To get a car/student loan or not? How much to put into a…

Money Management

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Money Management

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Oct 23, 2020

Functional Programming (Oct. 2020)

Let’s face it, functional programming languages are a bit of a flop. That is a very controversial statement. People who love functional languages would swear by them. And they are a very interesting set of languages. They can do amazing things, and come along with a very interesting set of…

Prgramming

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Prgramming

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Oct 22, 2020

Why I’m Excited For Python 3.9

Only the nerdiest of nerds get excited for new, incremental Python releases, but here we are! I am absolutely ecstatic for Python version 3.9, and here is why: PEP 585 “Wait, what?” I hear you asking. PEP 585 basically makes optional type checking a first class feature of Python. While…

Python 3

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Python 3

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Oct 22, 2020

Programming: To College or Not To College

Let me conceal at the outset that I did graduate from university in Computer Science. I’ll also give you the TL;DR, I come down in favor of college. Some people may chalk this conclusion up to the fact that I just want to justify my investment or don’t want to…

Software Engineering

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Software Engineering

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Oct 21, 2020

There Is No Silver Bullet

People who pursue a career in technology tend to come from diverse backgrounds, but they do tend to have a common personality feature. They are a hammer in search of a nail. Those of us who make this our life’s passion love to find problems and solve them. As such…

Software Development

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Software Development

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Mitchell Sinclair

Mitchell Sinclair

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Full Stack Software Engineer in Des Moines, Iowa.

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