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Victoria Drake
How to get hired as a software developer
What to know before applying for a software developer job.
life ☕️ ☕️ 7 min read 2021-01-12 05:50:53 -0500 -0500
Victoria Drake
How to become a software developer
The article I wish I had read when I started coding.
coding ☕️ 5 min read 2021-01-05 04:50:07 -0600 -0600
Victoria Drake
Responsive pages and color themes with minimal CSS
Building a responsive website with color themes? Start at the root.
websites ☕️ 4 min read 2020-11-17 06:04:58 -0500 -0500
Victoria Drake
Build your own serverless subscriber list with Go and AWS
How to build your own newsletter list with DynamoDB and SES email sign up confirmations.
api ☕️ ☕️ 7 min read 2020-11-10 04:52:50 -0500 -0500
Victoria Drake
Increase developer confidence with a great Django test suite
How to write tests for your Django applications that boost your team, and are actually useful.
coding ☕️ 5 min read 2020-10-01 05:50:37 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
Django project best practices to keep your developers happy
Using Makefiles, pre-commit, and GitHub Actions to help create a happy development team.
python ☕️ ☕️ 6 min read 2020-09-22 04:55:19 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
Manipulating data with Django migrations
How to update Django models and manipulate existing data using migrations.
coding ☕️ 5 min read 2020-09-14 02:12:57 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
How GitHub Codespaces increases productivity and lowers barriers
A look at how GitHub Codespaces can increase productivity and help new teammates and contributors start developing fast.
open-source ☕️ 3 min read 2020-08-15 16:08:08 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
How to create a self-documenting Makefile
Accelerate your workflow and DevOps with command-line aliases you can check in
coding ☕️ 4 min read 2020-08-05 08:55:19 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
Writing efficient Django
How to use Django's views, models, and queries to build a better application.
coding ☕️ ☕️ 6 min read 2020-07-09 04:02:47 -0500 -0500
Victoria Drake
Look mom, I'm a GitHub Action Hero
The GitHub blog interviews me for their GitHub Action Hero series.
ci/cd ☕️ 5 min read 2020-06-27 09:06:33 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
Technical ergonomics for the efficient developer
If you knew these tools existed, you'd probably be using them by now.
coding ☕️ 4 min read 2020-06-22 06:33:28 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
If you want to build a treehouse, start at the bottom
How threat modeling and pushing left help create a stable foundation for secure software.
cybersecurity ☕️ 5 min read 2020-05-11 05:46:47 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
Hugo vs Jekyll: an epic battle of static site generator themes
A comparison of nuances of creating themes for the top two static site generators.
websites ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ 13 min read 2020-04-27 06:34:41 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
Breaking bottlenecks 🍾
A talk on the benefits of non-blocking functions for programs, developers, and organizations.
computing ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ 12 min read 2020-02-25 12:50:29 -0500 -0500
Victoria Drake
The past ten years, or, how to get better at anything
Thoughts on learning software development, technical blogging, and what the past ten years have taught me.
life ☕️ ☕️ 9 min read 2019-12-31 08:27:31 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
Secure web forms for the front-end developer
How to design secure web forms: validate, sanitize, and control.
cybersecurity ☕️ 4 min read 2019-12-11 08:27:31 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
Secure application architecture basics: separation, configuration, and access
A starting point for building secure application architecture, for busy developers.
cybersecurity ☕️ ☕️ 8 min read 2019-09-30 08:03:12 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
Migrating to the cloud but without screwing it up, or how to move house
A practical guide to moving to cloud services with minimal downtime, using AWS examples.
aws ☕️ ☕️ 11 min read 2019-09-23 08:03:12 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
Git commit practices your future self will thank you for
Learn how to easily create a clean and readable Git commit history with git squash, message templates, git stash, and tags.
git ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ 15 min read 2018-08-06 08:54:56 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
An automatic interactive pre-commit checklist, in the style of infomercials
How to set up an interactive checklist using a Git pre-commit hook script.
git ☕️ 3 min read 2018-07-23 09:38:09 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
How to set up a short feedback loop as a solo coder
Strategies for continuous improvement when you're a freelance developer.
coding ☕️ ☕️ 10 min read 2018-07-02 10:08:41 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
How to code a satellite algorithm and cook paella from scratch
A guide to expertly tackling seemingly complicated problems that you'd rather never tackle in the first place.
algorithms ☕️ ☕️ 7 min read 2017-09-08 16:50:24 -0400 -0400
Victoria Drake
Making sandwiches with closures in JavaScript
An explanation of closures and how they can emulate private methods in JavaScript.
javascript ☕️ 4 min read 2017-05-28 09:16:35 +0700 +0700
Victoria Drake
Understanding Array.prototype.reduce() and recursion using apple pie
An explanation of JavaScript reduce() method and recursive functions using delicious, attention-retaining apples.
javascript ☕️ ☕️ 6 min read 2017-05-18 11:40:06 +0700 +0700
Victoria Drake
Iterating over objects and arrays: frequent errors
A quick reference to why your code isn't working, or some errors I frequently make with iteration when the coffee wears off.
coding ☕️ 4 min read 2017-05-16 10:46:46 +0700 +0700
Victoria Drake
Top free resources for developing coding superpowers
The go-to resources from my bookmarks folder for anyone who wants to learn to code.
coding ☕️ 3 min read 2017-04-27 08:14:09 +0800 +0800
Victoria Drake
Iteration in Python: for, list, and map
The basics of writing iterations in Python using for loops, list comprehensions, and map.
python ☕️ 4 min read 2017-01-18 21:58:28 +0700 +0700

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