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19 posts tagged #Story
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Learning Through Grit, Not Grades
School taught me the game, but real learning came from desire—working hard, screwing up, and improving. Schooling has its place, but it doesn’t make you learned. That’s a heart thing, built through books, watching others, and 100 failures. Life trumps grades every time.
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Drinking the Ocean: The Humility of Faith
Have you ever tried to drink the ocean? It sounds absurd, right? The ocean is vast, and attempting to consume it would only result in you being consumed by it instead. This analogy reveals a profound truth about belief systems and the role of faith within them.
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4 Key Learnings From Many Years of Tech Experience
Taking written notes leads to doing work right. Work done right leads to deep learning and the ability to teach. Teaching makes you wise enough to know when to use AI and when AI is using you.
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The Brain-Numbing Implications of Writing Blog Posts with AI
I've been using AI to assist with writing and coding, and while it's powerful for improving grammar and efficiency, it can also be brain-numbing, stifling my creativity and critical thinking. AI's ability to generate ideas quickly can lead to a reliance that diminishes my own creative process. I'm working to ensure that AI elevates my capabilities without replacing them, maintaining a balance where it supports but doesn't overshadow my creativity.
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A July Workday In Downtown Greenville
A day working in downtown Greenville, SC, exploring local coffee shops and restaurants.
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How Does AI Change What It Means To Blog?
AI is shaking the information and blogging landscape, so I'm wrestling with how to adapt my blogging model to fit that landscape.
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Should You Consider Attending a Laracon?
Analysis and personal experience of attending Laracon 2023 conference for Laravel developers.
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Deep Learning. An Edge Case Fix For Laravel.
A little journal entry and lesson learned. Push through hard problems to learn deeply.
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How To Clear PHP-FPM Logs Daily On macOS (M1 Chipset)
To clear your php-fpm logs daily set up a CRON job to run the following script.
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April Has Come and Gone
When April started I decided it was time to blog again. So, how is it going?
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Lost Time
Lost time is a tribulation to us all. But, there is hope if we make better choices. Choose the better over the good, and joy will come for a little while. Then choose again. And again, joy may find you.
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Q1 2020 Desk Setup
Review of the hardware and tools used for a productive developer workspace in 2020.
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Blogging Again
Why returning to personal blogging matters more than relying solely on social media platforms.
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Code Merged: Laravel
How Laravel transformed my development journey and inspired the creation of the TypeRocket framework.
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The Poetic Tragedy of Privacy
Rethinking privacy expectations in the digital age and how to make informed choices about data sharing.
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Gutenberg and WordPress 5.0
Analysis of WordPress 5.0 and Gutenberg's impact on the WordPress community and platform direction.
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Entering the SitePoint Podcast
Announcement of joining the SitePoint Podcast as a host and discussing web development topics.
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The day I denied Batman
A personal story about denying childhood dreams due to fear of what others might think.
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Web Fonts: Foundries Evolved
History of web fonts and how font foundries embraced @font-face through services like Typekit.
