A breakdown of the concepts to get started on this mighty analytical search engine. — Elasticsearch is a distributed, scalable analytical search engine that supports complex aggregations for unstructured data. Akin to NoSQL data stores, Elasticsearch is built to handle unstructured data formats and dynamically determine fields’ data types. Its primary data format is JSON (Javascript Object Notation) documents. …

Stop asking us to hack your exes' Facebook account. — I grow weary addressing the mountain of questions and comments as a software developer. Most of the questions and comments don’t make sense because they‘re grounded in stereotypes. What we learn and what we do takes a lot of time, energy, and dedication. Our profession is no different than the…

It’s hard to function when your body and mind feel on the verge of shutting down. Here are my tips for getting through this unrelenting burnout season. — This year has put everyone’s mental and physical health to the test, including yours truly. There’s the ongoing pandemic, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, the 2020 American elections, the End Sars movement; the list goes on. This year, I’ve dealt with an assortment of health issues, which became incredibly…

There's a really critical problem with this story, the junior was not completing their tasks on company time (and they clearly weren't trying to make up for that work on their own time). Regardless if a company has that policy, it is outlandishly disrespectful to miss (not one, but TWO)…

Cheating without a doubt is not the way to go, but this also exposes a major problem with interviews (and my personal gripe). Interviews are not testing on skill or actual problem solving, they're testing how well a candidate can memorize solutions and algorithms, and how fast they can spit…

Testing doesn’t have to be painful with these simple tricks — One of my most hated past-times is testing in Javascript. Nothing turns my gears more than fumbling with mocks, handling errors, and trying to figure out what the hell is going on with my code. Despite strongly disliking testing, there’s extreme value in it, especially in development styles such as…

It’s been a long time since I’ve written, there have been many changes in my life lately, and unfortunately, writing has taken a backseat for the time being. But, not to worry, I will resume writing shortly. These past few months have taught me the importance of stopping and dropping…

We're at a point where we need to start reimagining what marriage, families and happily ever after's look like to us. We've been conditioned to believe that the order of events are: Marriage > Kids > Retirement But women are evolving in our society. We're not just caregivers anymore. And unfortunately, both the biological clock and the hunt for the right partner, don't always fall inline. But, that's okay!

It's remarkable that the African-American story is so similar to the Afro-Carribbean story. My mother had the same issues growing up. My grandmother abandoned her (at the age of 6) with abusive family members, and left for England. Not once looking back. My mother grew up telling herself "I am…