What the cuteness is this??

We all have those days where we're doubting ourselves and everything seems so difficult and practically impossible. For me, that was yesterday. When I was trying my best to follow along with the bootcamp's Javascript Tic-Tac-Toe video. I kept thinking to myself, how could I ever come up with this on my own? There are functions within functions and yet more functions everywhere! It's on those days that I particularly need the Codenewbie for some inspiration. I found out about this most adorable CSS game. Flexbox Froggy is now my new favourite game. It's a great way to kill time and just take your mind off impossible functions. You use CSS to move the little froggies to their lilypads. It reminds me of another game I love- Hoppers. Many an hour has been spent playing that game as well. <3 <3 <3

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So long and thanks for all the fish! Part 1 of 2

I have been with the Tech Academy both as a software developer bootcamp student, as well as an employee. After my bootcamp, I was hired first as the live project instructor, and then as Live Project Director. This, I believe, gives me a unique point of view. I have absolutely no regrets and would join the bootcamp again. But there are a number of things I would do differently. What I have learnt as a former student 1. DO NOT WORK PART TIME. I worked part-time(20-30hrs) during my bootcamp. I was up at 2.30-3.00am every day to work for several hours. I took a short nap, and then I took a 1hr bus ride down to campus. Studied for 7- 9 hours. Took a 1hr bus ride back home. Lather, rinse, repeat. I also had some family obligations. My weekends and half the summer were taken up caring for my young stepdaughter. I was completely exhausted by the end of the bootcamp and I didn't know if I could do more. Learning to program is HARD. You need to be fully focused. I am fortunate because I di...

Shortcuts

I saw one of my colleagues do something magical. He automatically fixed the alignment of student code on Visual Studio with just 1 little keyboard shortcut. Ctrl-k, followed by D. Holding down Ctrl the entire time Sometimes shortcuts really do work and make your life better!

Inserting data from CSV into Postgres table with Python

I've been looking into how to insert data from a CSV file into a Postgres Table with code. Turns out it's pretty simple and straightforward. I personally prefer doing it in code than with a command, but I'm not sure what is more common in the industry. So now I should be able to load data from a CSV file into a Postgres table to create a REST API. The next step is trying to figure out how to convert that data into JSON format. 🤔

I do it for my cat

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