Published in Towards Data Science·PinnedMember-onlyLearning Generics in GoGenerics is released in Go 1.18 and it is time to learn how to leverage this new feature — Generics came to Go in update 1.18 (To be released in February 2022) with a bunch of other shiny new features. You can read about all the changes in my 1.18 patch note summary. Go 1.18 Comes With Many Amazing Changes The long-awaited Go 1.18 is just around the corner, and it is probably the most discussed update to Go in a long time…medium.comGolang11 min readGolang11 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·PinnedMember-onlyHow to Implement Domain-Driven Design (DDD) in GolangThe easy way of learning how to use DDD in a Go application — Microservices have become a very popular approach to build software in recent years. Microservices are used to build scalable and flexible software. However, randomly building microservices across many teams can cause a big frustration and complexity. It wasn’t long ago that I hadn’t heard about Domain-Driven Design — DDD, but…Technology17 min readTechnology17 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·PinnedMember-only7 VS Code Tricks Every Developer Needs To KnowLearn to get the most of your IDE and make sure you use the full power of it to speed up your development. — I’ve been using VS Code as my main IDE for many many years. Though I’m going to be honest, it took me a few years before I began USING it. In my earlier years as a developer, I was simply leveraging the defaults in VS Code, the syntax highlighting, code…Technology7 min readTechnology7 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·PinnedMember-only5 Reasons That Makes Golang a Good First/Startup LanguageI wish Go existed when I first started learning to program — Recently I have been seeing the same question appearing over and over in the Go subreddit. Is Golang a good first language to learn? — New Aspiring Developer We have posts like these occurring frequently, along with questions if Go is good for a certain type of project Go as…Technology6 min readTechnology6 min read
Published in ITNEXT·PinnedMember-onlyBuilding a Decentralized Application with BEP-20 contract in SolidityIf you’ve found this article then I’m guessing you are interested in learning more about how to build an application using blockchain. We will go through how to set up the environment used, building a simple application that can use a BEP-20 token. The token will have a super simple…Blockchain21 min readBlockchain21 min read
Published in Better Programming·Jan 9Member-onlyWant Free and Secure Self-Hosting? Use Cloudflare TunnelsA tutorial that covers how to use Cloudflare Tunnel to provide a secure connection to your local resources without publicly exposing an IP — Recently, I have been deploying everything to the cloud. It is painless and developer friendly. But let’s be honest. Sometimes, I have small applications I play around with. It can be a personal project that I run, and running it locally is very easy. I can run databases in Docker…Self Hosted20 min readSelf Hosted20 min read
Jan 1Member-onlyHappier New Technological YearA summary of my year as a blogger and Youtuber, and what goals I am to achieve in the coming year. — Every year I like to make a summary, of the year, from the perspective of my Blog. It is a way for me to see progress and make new goals for my writing and blogging. It’s been a rough two years, Corona and War have dreaded the life of many. …Resolutions6 min readResolutions6 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Dec 22, 2022Member-onlyLearn How to Use NeoVim as an IDEA step by step tutorial on how to set up and use NeoVim, for complete beginners — Many years ago I tried NeoVim, I was horrified by the amount of setup needed and I ran. I ran to the comfort of my regular VS Code. An IDE that worked, looked good and had the most features I wanted. I thought I was effective in VS Code, but…Programming27 min readProgramming27 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Dec 9, 2022Member-onlyThe Open Graph Protocol — Why And How You Should Use it On Your WebsiteEver considered how Twitter, Facebook, and other Social Media know what Image and Title to display when you copy in a link? — I recently rebuilt my whole website using SvelteKit, and when I was done I was going to share my site on Twitter. Image my disappointment when I copied the link in, and the Tweet Preview looked a little bit boring, like this.Programming6 min readProgramming6 min read
Dec 8, 2022Member-onlyChatGPT Might Make Developers Unemployed In A Few YearsI was stunned when testing ChatGPT, and you should also test it — On the 30th of November OpenAI released their new GPT3.5 trained bot, ChatGPT. It has only been a few days since they released it so that anyone can sign up and test it, and yet it is all over the internet. The past week I have seen ChatGPT everywhere, I…AI8 min readAI8 min read
