Categories Software Dev Journey July 21, 2022 Grind 75 Question 7: Valid Anagram In which I complete the "easy" Grind75 question Valid Anagram in 14 of the suggested 15 minutes! I winnnnn! Hire me, Google.
Categories Software Dev Journey July 20, 2022 Grind 75 Question 6: Invert Binary Tree In which I attempt the "easy" and quintessential Leetcode question, Invert Binary Tree. And learn a thing or two about binary trees in the process.
Categories Software Dev Journey July 19, 2022 Grind 75 Question 5: Valid Palindrome In which I solve, without help!, the "easy" Leetcode question Valid Palindrome. It ain't pretty, but it works.
Categories Software Dev Journey July 18, 2022 Grind 75 Question 4: Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock In which I attempt the "easy" Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock Leetcode question, get more practice with two-pointers, and learn Math.max().
Categories Software Dev Journey July 14, 2022 Grind 75 Question 3: Merge Two Sorted Lists In which I spend a *mere* 4 hours solving my third Grind 75 problem, the "easy" Merge Two Sorted Lists problem, and learn all about linked lists.
Categories Software Dev Journey July 14, 2022 Grind 75 Question 2: Valid Parenthesis In which I spend a day solving my second Grind 75 problem, the "easy" Valid Parentheses problem, and learn how to implement a stack in Javascript.
Categories Software Dev Journey July 13, 2022 Grind 75 Question 1: Two Sum In which I spend a day and a half solving my very first Grind 75 problem, the "easy" Two Sum problem, and learn about i-loops and hash maps.
Categories Uncategorized July 12, 2022 Five Things | July 12, 2022 I'm bringing five things back! Two books I'm reading, the current state of my development career, and a kindergarten assessment.
Categories Software Dev Journey May 3, 2022 So It’s Been A Second: the Best Kind of Life Update I sort of disappeared off the face of the internet, but for good reason. Hi. It’s May. I’m alive! And tonight, bedtime with the kids..
Categories Food January 11, 2022 Toffee Biscuit Slices: Go Home Scandi Kitchen, You’re Drunk Toffee Biscuit Slices from Scandi Kitchen! I have thoughts on how the recipe was written, and how the biscuits turned out.
Categories Writing January 6, 2022 January Writing Update: Slow and Steady December was a crazy month, but I did manage to get a bit of writing work done throughout it all. Here's all I did!
Categories Reading List January 4, 2022 My 2022 Reading Plan This year, I'm approaching my reading a bit differently: I'm reading what I actually want to read, instead of what I think I need to read.
Categories Adulting December 30, 2021 Resolutions for 2022: Here We Go Again It's that time of year again...resolution time! Here's everything I'm scheming for 2022.
Categories Adulting December 21, 2021 Stalogy 018 Editor’s Series: The Best Notebook You’ve Never Heard Of I really enjoy my Stalogy 018 Editor's Series notebooks, so much that I have four for different purposes. Here's what's so great about them.
Categories Food December 16, 2021 Trim Healthy Mama Hot Drink Base Need a nourishing, caffeine-optional and protein-loaded drink to sip on now that the weather is finally turning frightful? Look no further!
Categories Food December 14, 2021 Bacalao: Easy, Stinky, Delicious Bacalao seems scary, but it's actually super easy and delicious. Here's my favorite recipe for the Portuguese salt cod stew.
Categories Writing December 9, 2021 December Writing Update: Boom or Bust Life’s been crazy. But I’ve been writing…haven’t I? Uhh, the answer is…not so much. Just like my reading this past month, my writing has suffered...
Categories Reading List December 7, 2021 What I Read in November Well, I didn't read much this past month. So here's a very short oh-poor-me post and a promise to do better this coming month.