Enforcement of function keyword arguments in Python 🔗
Before starting in my new role a couple of months ago, it had been a very long time since I had programmed in Python. Incidentally, I kept working in [...]
Erica Pisani
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How to install a Nerd Font on Warp 🔗
I started using Vim as my IDE of choice recently, and one of the things I wanted early on was a more visually appealing icon and font set. I kept read [...]
Assorted Reads (September 2024) 🔗
Hi folks! I hope you're all doing well. It's become my favourite time of year in Toronto when the days are warm and the nights are cool. I've been tr [...]
A month of using Vim 🔗
I've wanted to dedicate time to learning Vim for probably a decade now. When I was just getting started as a junior developer, I remember thinking th [...]
Assorted Reads (August 2024) 🔗
Hi folks! I hope you've all had a great month. I've been getting settled into my new role at Float Financial over the past few weeks and, while I enjo [...]
Brag sheets, AI at the edge, and free tier economics 🔗
While my summers are usually filled with BBQs, camping trips, and seeing some of the festivals in my city, this summer needed a bit of time dedicated [...]
July 22, 2024 - Assorted Reads 🔗
Hi folks! I enjoyed writing the last 'assorted reads' post so much that I thought I'd make this a monthly thing. If you have something you've read rec [...]
Pride, ethical debt, and an e-card side project 🔗
It seems like I blinked and June has flown by! I'm now back home in Toronto and trying not to melt in the heat waves that seem to be happening more fr [...]
June 3, 2024 - Assorted reads 🔗
Hello from Winnipeg! It's nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of Toronto from time to time and even nicer to spend time with family that I hav [...]
Blogging for community vs blogging for showing competency 🔗
When I started blogging a number of years ago, it was a way to not only share lessons that I learned in my day-to-day work with others but to also ser [...]
How to change the version of an npm package associated with a specific tag 🔗
If publishing experimental npm packages is a somewhat regular part of your development workflow, you've likely experienced some nerves around publishi [...]
Lessons from the first issue of The 418 🔗
It's been about a month since Christina and I published our first issue of The 418 zine (check it out here if you haven't already!) and now that I've [...]
Soccer as a metaphor for software development teams 🔗
I'm sure I'm not the first person to think of software engineering teams as mini soccer (or 'football' for my readers outside of Canada and the US) te [...]
How to search and filter issues and pull requests in Github by author 🔗
If you ever find yourself needing to find issues or pull requests created by someone (or a few someones) in Github, here are a few quick tips for how [...]
Building my first Rust project 🔗
When I first joined Netlify, I worked on the Frameworks team which focuses on ensuring that all major web frameworks run out-of-the-box when deployed [...]