File logging, database logging, console logging? — In the world of back-end software development, proper logging is an integral part of any Application Programming Interface (API). Having the ability to see what is happening at all times with your API makes it easier to debug issues, see how your clients are interacting with the API and keep…

Reasons why Cloud Computing may or may not be the right decision for your team. — Over the last few years, I have been seeing more articles and job listings that include references to cloud computing. At least from what shows on my feed, as cloud computing is gaining popularity, some people swear by it, and others swear against it. Some of my colleagues say that…

Comparing NoSQL databases — I recently came across an article about CouchDB, and having not heard of it before I thought it would be an interesting read. At first, I was thinking that we haven’t had any MySQL versus articles in a while, but seeing that CouchDB is a NoSQL database it didn’t feel…

And does it work? — Recently, I came across this AI search engine called Phind. I hadn’t heard about it prior, but after all the hype with ChatGPT and being disappointed in Google Bard, I was eager to give it a try. I happened to also have the perfect reason to use it, being that…

Needs some features, but still awesome! — In my article from earlier this year, We Bought a Hobby Shop, I went into some detail about the long and grueling process my business partners and I undertook in order to become the new owners of a hobby shop in our hometown. On our first day as the new…

Predicting what Fields will trend in the DS world — With ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Sydney (Bing’s new chatbot), it’s become more apparent that the future of tech is starting to be defined. It looked like once ChatGPT grew in popularity seemingly overnight, other tech companies wanted to follow suit. Or perhaps all of these bots were finished at relatively…

Making Jinja code cleaner one component at a time. — Early one morning, I was reading the daily edition of the tldr.tech newsletter and came across an interesting snippet about a replacement for Jinja. For those of you who are not exactly familiar with Jinja, essentially, it is a high-performance template engine for Python. The possible replacement called JinjaX removes…

Testing ChatGPT’s coding skills until it breaks. — While researching ChatGPT, I noticed some people use the chatbot to write code, and some people even used AI to create websites. As I had mentioned in a previous ChatGPT article, one concern I first had was that one day, perhaps programmers’ jobs could be replaced with AI. Given this…

It’s so scary but so exciting… — When I was a young kid, I used to walk down the main street of my hometown and peer into the windows of the local hobby shop. Looking inside I could see all the different building kits, paints, board games, and trading cards. Seeing all of it, made me dream…