PHP/Laravel: the good, the bad and the meh: Why we rewrote our app in Go
(Modern) PHP: Does it really suck?
Gratitude
How I got here is already far too long, so I must include a separate post for all the credits and gratitude I need to extend to those who made this possible.
To my parents: who supported me every single day of the decade I have spent behind bars, and who never gave up on me, even when I definitely deserved it and had well past given up on myself.
To Mark Spahr and Rachel Mclean: Who I work with in the Education Technology department, who gave me a chance to prove myself, and without whom I would never have had any of the access or resources I needed to gain the skills, knowledge and experience that I have today. I owe virtually all of my success to them for giving me the opportunity.
To Haley, Jessica and the entire team/family at UnlockedLabs. Definitely the only company that was going to do anything with my resume but chuckle and throw it away. I couldn’t be more proud to be part of the team.
To the Commissioner of the MDOC and all who approved the policies that make things like this possible.
and finally I just want to throw a thank you to Andreas Kling and The Primeagen, who I have been following for a long time, but who will most likely never read this, but nevertheless who inspired me with their stories and their work and who I look up to very much. I have been clean and sober for going on 3 years now, and it’s not easy in this environment. It has been a huge inspiration to see success stories of others that have gone through addictions.
2024
Confusing or misunderstood topics in systems programming: Part 0
Processes, Pipes, I/O, Files and Threads/Async
2023
How I got here
My story, and how this is all possible
Just learn everything
Unsolicited advice for anyone seeking to learn computer science or software development in 2023.
Gratitude
How I got here is already far too long, so I must include a separate post for all the credits and gratitude I need to extend to those who made this possible.
OCaml - Rust: A comparison of simple solutions
Following up on the first impressions post, let’s solve a problem in OCaml and compare the Rust solution.
The hackers guide to the hackernews front page
Humorous article, completely unrelated to, and written before, the others ended up actually on the front page.
OCaml: A Rust developer’s first impressions
OCaml: First impressions