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Keeping a journal for a change

When I went into 2018, one of the New Year's resolutions I set for myself was to write more often. Up to that point, most of my writing was for either school assignments

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How to keep your Heroku dynos constantly awake

As a user on Heroku's free tier, I know how annoying it is to deal with the 30-minute inactivity timeout imposed on dynos. I don't mind it when seldom used applications like my

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Mass nouns: "codes" and "data"

I occasionally come across a sentence written as follows: He wrote computer codes at home. The "correct" way to say it would be like this: He wrote computer code at home.

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The right way to resolve values from Promises

The right way to resolve values from Promises

Last month, I was working on a Node.js project which involved Promises. When I was looking at example code from various sources, I noticed several different ways in which values were returned

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navd: My first-ever Node.js module

navd: My first-ever Node.js module

In an effort to further my knowledge on Node.js, I decided to write a simple Node.js module. This would also be a chance to play around with ES6's syntax (because it's

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My single-board computer picks

My single-board computer picks

So you might have heard here and there about a computer called the Raspberry Pi. In case you haven't, here's a picture of it so you know what I'm talking about: It's actually

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Goals for the New Year

Goals for the New Year

After yet another 366 days, it is finally another year. Hopefully this year, with the help of my friends and family, I can climb yet another mountain. But first and foremost, I need

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2016: What a ride!

2016: What a ride!

2016 is coming to a close very soon, and I'm glad we've all made it this far. This was a particularly important year, for both the world and me. Through the span of

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Adventures with Oca and Node.js

Adventures with Oca and Node.js

I made it my goal back in February to start learning how to use Node.js, and was finally able to start after nearly ten months of pushing it off. I had just

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Howdy, Ghost!

Howdy, Ghost!

I've been moving from service to service, looking for the best one to host my blog on. I'd love to write about everything I encounter, and a blog is what I would consider,

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Grades aren't everything

Grades aren't everything

Having good grades only shows you're capable of getting good grades. It isn't an indicator of future success. The successful people don't learn what they are required to learn, and instead, they put

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Me and coding, before high school

Me and coding, before high school

Not too many people know this, but I actually started making websites in the seventh grade. I didn’t actually write them, however. During that time, I was in a club named the

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Who is ifvictr?

I’ve been assessing the need to change my online username for awhile now, but it wasn’t until a couple days ago that I finally took the initiative and did so. I’

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