Published in Level Up Coding·2 days agoMember-onlyWe’ve come full circle; Java is now cool again.If you have a passion for programming, you probably experienced a phase of your career where every shiny, new toy was the new way to do things. If you weren’t using <insert JS framework here> you were old school — and you should get out of the way for the…Programming6 min readProgramming6 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Nov 10Member-onlyWhy I Switched From Rust to Go on the BackendAn unpopular story of a solo-backend developer. — Pitchforks down, please! I felt your anger as soon as you clicked on the article. I have nothing against Rust — I prefer it for various use cases. All programming languages are means to an end. In my case, Rust simply did not cut it, and I had to gut…Rust4 min readRust4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Jun 13Member-onlyLearning Docker Will Be The Best Decision of Your SWE Career, From an Ex-Docker HaterI used to hate docker. It was scary — I didn’t fully understand it, nor did I want to. I liked my processes: I liked writing code and running it on my machine, straight on the metal. I liked having to write long “READMEs” about how to install all the…Code4 min readCode4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Mar 27Member-onlyThe Quick Guide to Flutter Unit TestingThe guide for new Flutter testers, but Junior level coding experience. — There’s a misconception in the Medium world that unit testing isn’t for MVP’s. On the contrary, unit testing is a boon for MVP’s! Without unit testing, you have two options: Inevitably eventually ship out a bug to your users Manually test everything, every update The first one is not good…Flutter5 min readFlutter5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Mar 24Member-onlyThe Good and Bad of One Year of GraphQLThis morning I got an email from Google Domains, telling me my domain is about to expire (I never set auto-renew on domains I’m not sure if I’ll keep or not, so thanks for the email, Google!). …Graph QL8 min readGraph QL8 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Mar 2Flutter local_value Package: Simplest Way to Store Local DataThe easiest way to write values to local storage. — TL;DR: Here’s the pub.dev! Around a year ago, I wrote this article, about the different ways you can write values to local storage. Even a year later, it’s one of my most active articles. A disproportionate amount of my views are on that article. This means that Flutter devs are…Flutter3 min readFlutter3 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Dec 2, 2021Member-onlyWhat I Learned Mentoring New DevelopersHonestly, I’m not sure how it happened: it wasn’t a formal arrangement. I didn’t ask to be a mentor, nor did I intend to be. …Programming6 min readProgramming6 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Dec 2, 2021Member-onlyFlutter State Management: 2022 EditionToday marks another year of Flutter for me — I’ve been deep into the Flutter community for nearly 3 years (time flies!) now. If you’re interested in my recommendations for the previous year, feel free to read them here. I’ll go through each state management solution that I have used…Flutter10 min readFlutter10 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Nov 12, 2021Member-onlyHow I Launched my Website In Three HoursDon’t get me wrong: I love Medium as a platform. It’s by far the best way for a writer to get their writing noticed — publications provide a natural and helpful mechanism for content filtering, and a good way for readers to discover new writers. In short, It’s one of…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Oct 11, 2021Member-onlyClean Codebases, or How to Make Your Team Thankful for You And Increase ProductivityI’m a programmer by projects, and if I’ve learned one thing about projects, it’s that spending an extra 30% time upfront following spotless conventions saves 300% time later down the line. …Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
