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Rich Dad Poor Dad Book Notes

2023/07/27 Justin Hammond 5 minutes Books

Broke is temporary poor is eternal Affirming you're rich is a big deal. You can have a rich life without having loads of money Money comes and goes but education about money is powerful Lesson 1 The Rich Don't Work for Money You can only chan ...

Harvey Deadlock Issues - Making Docker, uWSGI, and Nginx Play Nice

2023/05/26 Justin Hammond 8 minutes Software

Exploring the Problem Its pretty standard to writeup a postmortem after stuff breaks in production. It helps to identify and analyze what went wrong how it was fixed and how it can be avoided in the future. Join me on my 1.5 year journey of fixing a n ...

Book Notes: Leadership and Self Deception

2023/05/04 Justin Hammond 3 minutes Books

Dont treat people as objects dont view them as threats nuisances or problems Get out of the box which is viewing people as people Learn peoples names and faces it humanizes them People dont respond to what you do as much as who you are being Self ...

Book Notes: Software Engineering at Google

2022/11/02 Justin Hammond 5 minutes Books

I just finished reading Software Engineering at Google which was a fantastic read. For anyone in the space I'd highly recommend it. Here are some of my notes I took down A programming task is often an act of individual creation but a software engineer ...

I Built an iOS Game (Crazy Color Clash) - Here's What I Learned

2022/09/17 Justin Hammond 10 minutes Software

Where Can I Get the App Crazy Color Clashhttpsapps.apple.comusappcrazycolorclashid1641436535 is available on the iOS App Store download it today for free! How the Project Got Started I've dreamed of publishing something on the App Store for yea ...

Build vs Buy in Software Engineering

2022/04/22 Justin Hammond 3 minutes Software

There has long been a debate of build vs buy when it comes to a software solution. You can either build the thing yourself which allows for complete control and customization or you can go out and buy the thing or find an open source alternative which all ...

Attending One of the Largest Tech Conferences in the World (Silicon Slopes Summit 2021)

2021/11/10 Justin Hammond 9 minutes Stories

The following are my notes from attending the Silicon Slopes Summit in 2021. They are not well formed but hopefully they are useful to someone! Check out my vlog about the adventures I had while attending httpsyoutu.bemdLPX3oraZM Notes Day 1 ...

Pin Your Dang Dependencies

2021/06/04 Justin Hammond 3 minutes Software

Flask made an oopsie. I love the framework it works well and is simple enough to integrate in a Python project to spin up a quick API. But they don't pin their dependencies or didn't which caused massive issues across thousands of code bases overnight ...

iPhone 12 & 12 Pro Review + Unboxing: Worth the Upgrade?

2020/11/14 Justin Hammond 2 minutes Reviews

The iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are finally here but are they worth upgrading to? Check out my review and unboxing to find out the pros and cons of the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro. I've had a week to play with each device and determine if I made the right choice or not ...

A Day in the Life of a Software Engineer

2020/10/22 Justin Hammond 1 minutes Stories

People often ask me what I do for work. Here is a REAL look into a day in the life of a Software Engineer from yours truly Youtube A Day in the Life of a Software Engineerhttpswww.youtube.comwatch?vj1fc0FlCjyI ...

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