The awesome Advent of Code is back for 2022! You can follow along on my github repo or follow on Twitter or Mastodon. Check out my finished Advent of Code solutions here. You can plug in your own puzzle inputs and find your own answers too! This year, I'll be doing my puzzles in React... Continue Reading →
A Quick Git Survey
Hello! I am preparing a talk on using git for a new dev team and wanted to crowdsource some content. If you're a developer or use git, could you take a quick survey for me? Click below Quick Git Survey Thank you so much! And if you're new to git, check out these two posts:... Continue Reading →
Publishing your new blog post
This is the last part of a mini-series on blogging. I suggest you check out Should You Even Blog and How to write a blog post. You're a writer now! Congrats! Now, you need a place to hold your genius, your thought leadership, your ramblings, your content, whatever it is. There are a slew of... Continue Reading →
Help me fight cancer with the PMC and Dana-Farber
Cancer sucks, right? No, I don't have it (thank God!) but there are too many people who do. I've had friends and family go through it and thankfully some recover and are in full remission! However, that's not always the story, some have that nasty thing come back. I'm blessed no one I know has... Continue Reading →
How to write a blog post
I am a huge fan of blogging as itโs a great way to give to the community, or in my case, give back to my community. Sometimes it's difficult to know how to get started in writing your post. I would like to share my process on how I write a blog post, I welcome... Continue Reading →
April Fools with these terrible NPM packages
NPM, hosted at npmjs.com, is a repository for storing open-source libraries, frameworks, and packages that anyone can publish to, and anyone can download from. This has great packages in it like ReactJS, Okta, DataDog, Material, Luxon, and many, many more. However, there's also garbage in here. There are some really terrible NPM packages out there... Continue Reading →
Should you even blog?
I am a huge fan of blogging as itโs a great way to give to the community, or in my case, give back to my community. I push my teammates to blog, some have done so hesitantly, some more willingly. Itโs always been a great discussion just sharing my experience with blogging. The joys. The... Continue Reading →
Debugging Safari/Chrome on your iPhone/iPad/iOS device
Debugging web apps on different browsers & devices can be tricky, but with these methods for Chrome & Safari on iOS, you'll be a pro in no time! Learn how to check console messages, use dev tools & troubleshoot granular issues with ease.
Advent of Code 2021 is here!
Time for my second year into Advent of Code! The first year was fun, you can see all of my challenges, answers, and thoughts here: https://davidlozzidotcom.wordpress.com/tag/advent-of-code/. If you're new to this, let me share what I shared last year: I found this neat little site, big thank you to Eric Wastl, called the Advent of Code. It... Continue Reading →
Challenge #4 – Taking what’s long and making it short
I'm going to be honest upfront, Challenge 4 of our coding challenge feels, well, less than challenge 3. I thoroughly enjoyed the 3rd challenge, so this was a little bit of a letdown. We went from making a search tool against Star Wars movie scripts to a URL shortener. Right? Not as much fun, but... Continue Reading →
