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Diversity & Inclusion In Tech. Who Bears Responsibility?

Diversity & Inclusion In Tech. Who Bears Responsibility?

To preface this discussion, there are no answers within this article. It showcases the different thoughts and opinions I’ve encountered when posing a scenario to people in my life. The idea for this article was sparked inside a Fast-Food Restaurant outside a Cathedral as all great ideas are. My

Golang Meetup Map - 3 Days to Put Markers on a Map. Dear Jelly Beans, Why.

Golang Meetup Map - 3 Days to Put Markers on a Map. Dear Jelly Beans, Why.

TLDR (Spoilers) * Started a Side Project Golang Meetup Map, (Github) * Inspired by Map of London open mic nights (created by @apuchitnis) and Developers Conference Agenda (created by @aurelievache) * CSV Input, Generates a HTML page, Deploys Page to Internet (As opposed to something else) Introduction & Showcase This is the Golang Meetup

Gophercon UK 2022 - Slightly Behind The Scenes At One of Europe's Biggest Go Conferences

Gophercon UK 2022 - Slightly Behind The Scenes At One of Europe's Biggest Go Conferences

This year, I was given the illustrious 'team’ badge from Gophercon UK by volunteering to help out. I’ve been to Gophercon UK before as an attendee, so this time around I actually got to peek behind the curtain of what makes things tick. And honestly, there’s a lot

An Introduction to TinyGo, and The Tools That Will Help You Flourish

An Introduction to TinyGo, and The Tools That Will Help You Flourish

TLDR (Skip to Avoid Spoilers) * TinyGo is a Go Compiler For Small Places. It allows Go to start getting involved with microcontrollers, embedded systems, The Internet of Things and WebAssembly. * Useful Tools for TinyGo: TinyGo PlayGround, VSCode Plugin, GoLand Plugin * Join the TinyGo Community! It’s friendly and they have

I Spent a Year Making a Game and Regret it (kind of) - A.K.A My Video Editing Nightmare

I Spent a Year Making a Game and Regret it (kind of) - A.K.A My Video Editing Nightmare

TL:DR (Skip for spoilers) * It’s done! Yay * Troubleshooting Premiere Pro Problems is a bit of a rabbit hole, there seems to be a lot of internalized knowledge and issues that are ‘known’, but there are workarounds so don’t worry about it. What Took The Video So Long?

Mistakes I Made When Failing To Create A Video For Today

Mistakes I Made When Failing To Create A Video For Today

TL:DR * I goofed * Video Editing can be a long process, better to focus on keeping it simple, especially when you’re new to it. * The Video is still being worked on and refactored. It’ll have to be released during the week instead of today. Backstory I wanted to

How I Created A ‘Create Your First Go Application with GoLand’ Video

How I Created A ‘Create Your First Go Application with GoLand’ Video

TL:DR (Skip to avoid Spoilers) * Spotted a blogpost that JetBrains was looking for a Developer Advocate, so created my own version of Creating your first Java application with IntelliJ IDEA by Trisha Gee, but for GoLand A Brief Retrospective I was digging through Golang Weekly and saw a job

Before Hello World - Or Why I Never Got Round to Reading That C++ Book

Before Hello World - Or Why I Never Got Round to Reading That C++ Book

In an effort to avoid writing my first tutorial, I found something I wanted to investigate beforehand. What is it that makes someone switch to or learn a new programming language, like Go? What comes before ‘Hello World’? TL:DR (Skip if you don't want spoilers) * At different stages and

The Road To Advocacy - Or How To Effectively Manage Your Quarter Life Crisis

The Road To Advocacy - Or How To Effectively Manage Your Quarter Life Crisis

This and other erroneous titles coming soon to the Jaminologist. But, in case you don’t wish to read all the way to the end… TL:DR * I’m working my way towards becoming an Developer Advocate. * Making a horizontal jump like this can be scary and nerve-wracking. * It’s