One thing that I love about Buffalo is that there's basically a 3-degrees-of-separation for most anyone in the city.

I've seen the same people over and over at various events, and it's an awesome way to make better, deeper connections.

How can you tell I used AI to write this code?

Because there are comments

Also, proof of working on my side project 🤫🫨

For my birthday, I got to see an NHL game. They’re always really fun and it make me want to get season tickets.

Shoutout to my buddy Nate for going with me!

Sabers V Ducks - was 0-2 Ducks going into the 3rd period, but the Sabers came back strong ending the game 3-2 Sabers.

I love hockey <3

You could sword fight with the icicles coming off my roof. They’re bigger around than my wrist!

First Buffalo Code & Coffee is on the books!

Huge shoutout to those who made is possible - @theradr.bsky.social for the idea, Steve Chen for execution, and Zack Glink for spreading the word.

Definitely going to be doing this again soon!

If you're in the Buffalo or WNY area, come meet with us!

Fellow engineers!

Hit me with your favorite or most used aliases!
I'm looking for good ones to add to my arsenal :D

Here is one of my most used:

```sh
alias j="jq '.scripts' package.json"
```

This uses the jq package to list all the "scripts" in a package json file to the terminal.

Yesterday marked my 12th day on Duolingo! It felt long, but I’ve learned a lot:

Understanding reading ≠ understanding speech.
Understanding speech ≠ forming sentences.
Reading grows vocab but is tough.
Daily practice prevents forgetting.
Direct translation (Eng → Ger) overcomplicates sentences.

If you have to go into multiple terminals to start your project, you're doing it wrong.

Containerizing + shell alias means that I can boot up all my project services just by typing "dcu", aliased to "docker compose up"

I can also do this for _all_ of my projects, so the cmd doesn't change.

Transitioning from a super messy codebase to a clean one with good abstractions, effective layers, proper pipelines, clear separation of concerns, easily modifiable configs, and proper containerization for multiple envs, is just so satisfying.

It's a long process, but feels so good.

If you've never seen Callback Hell in a NodeJS app, here's a little taste of what you're missing out on.

Hey Delta, what the fuck is this?

🧠
Hypothesis testing CSR vs SSR using NextJS after a conversation with @dthompsondev.bsky.social

Left is CSR, right is SSR

SSR is powerful b/c it allows heavy-lifting to be done server-side rather than client side.

Google bumps up results based on page load time, increasing SEO rank. Worth.

Exposure Therapy!

You won't learn anything interesting by watching this.

I'm doing it to get over my own fear of posting myself to the internet.

Got a ergonomic keyboard for the holidays and it’s awesome. I didn’t realize how much my wrists would appreciate it!

Keychron k15 Alice

I didn't expect to see an internet result with the top answer coming in 54 years ago...

Awe yissss

Desk finally setup. It only took a a couple attempts to get the cables going in the right direction… 🤦🤓

It’s time to get cracking.

This book has been on my radar for years, but since I’m brushing up on my technical chops, I figured it was time to get a copy.

Here’s to learning new things and growing.

Attending #CommitYourCode with @dthompsondev.bsky.social and so many others has been revitalizing. I forgot how much I missed connecting with humans in person.

Can’t wait to give my talk after lunch, “Benefits of Joining the Mob.”