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Learning Tech with AI: Turning confusion into Confidence
If you’ve ever sat in front of your terminal thinking, “I know this command… I just can’t remember it,” you’re not alone. IT work is full of tiny details that…
Introduction to instrumentation with OpenTelemetry for Developers – Key Concepts
Introduction I'm a Rails web developer, why in the hell should I bother instrumenting my app if I'm already using Honeybadger? Or I could just spend dozens of hours suffering…
A Beginner’s Guide to Kotlin: Syntax, Basics, and Core Concepts
What is Kotlin Kotlin is an island in Russia… Wait… an island? Yes, that’s the joke: Java is an Indonesian island, and since Kotlin was created by Russians, Kotlin is…
Finite State Machines and how to build any step by step flow in React
I was working as a frontend developer at an event platform. One day, a task came up to redesign the ticket purchasing flow, where the user, after selecting an event,…
The Modern Terminals Showdown: Alacritty, Kitty, and Ghostty
Did a coworker ever ask you what terminal you use? If they have, they were probably referring to a terminal emulator - but what the hell is that anyway? What…