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Recruiting Site Upgrades

I have been working hard on Coalition’s recruiting site and making upgrades to it. Yesterday we just launched our new platform on Laravel 5.5 and PHP7! Still trying to work out all the bugs, but looking good so far!

 

Work Verk Verk

The downside to working on the weekends is that sometimes you have less motivation during the week. I generally find that I try to ride the waves of motivation. I do need to eliminate some of the distractions like my Xbox though… I spend too many evenings playing that.

Software Bug Hunting Advice

My personal experience in bug hunting has taught me a few things:

  1. Actually READ the error message… usually that is exactly the problem.
  2. Google search the error message and see what other people have done in similar situations.
  3. Ask for help from other developers sooner rather than later.
  4. Take a break and do an entirely different activity away from your computer and the answer often comes then.
… read more “Software Bug Hunting Advice”

Prison Alternatives

I visited Alcatraz and was horrified listening to the prisoners tales of endlessly wasting away or sharing criminal knowledge. Our prison system is such a waste.

I would like to see prisoners be able to volunteer to work in different areas. This should of course depend on their good behavior.

I thought it would be interesting if any company could register than hire prisoners for jobs… but the prisoners can choose which company and which job.… read more “Prison Alternatives”

Oma

Oma is Katie’s 95 year old grandmother. She is in excellent shape for her age and pretty sharp. She even is currently writing a 200,000 word memoir about her life! My hope is to be in as good of shape as she is when I reach that age (if I ever even get close to that age it would be shocking, considering my weight and height and enjoyment of high risk activities).