One benefit to immersing myself in a new space, software development, is being exposed to new tools and practices I’d like to apply to Mechanical Engineering. The biggest is Pair Programming which is pretty central to The Recurse Center. If you’re not familiar, the basic idea is two people look at one screen together (either … Read more
This week I figured I’d write about what I’ve been working on since I haven’t really talked about it so far. I’ve been learning web application development with a balanced amount of front end (what you see in your browser) and backend (the database and API that manages data). If you’re into specific framework names, … Read more
I’ve been thinking a lot during week 2 about similarities between building big electromechanical devices and big software projects. The former is something I’ve done for over 10 years and I feel pretty good about. I’m getting “dramatically better” with the latter and here are some things I’m noticing: Test early and often: It’s so … Read more
When I talked to a “never graduate” of The Recurse Center, they highly recommended writing a weekly reflection. So I’m here to do that. But they also recommended not worrying too much about style and form, so I’m also here to do that. I’m one week into the 12 week experience which is like 10%. … Read more