Botched Deployments (Page 7)

This is where I give myself the opportunity to rant and vent and let everyone know my struggles 😊

Breaking out of vendor lock-in (part 2)

Where I try to describe a general approach for replacing one tech stack for another

This post continues the story from my previous post about vendor lock-in. The previous post wasn't very general in nature, and focused a lot instead on my specific woes; mostly talking about a problem, and not so much a solution.

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JAMstack appeal

Where I dive into JAMstack stuff for a little while

Short for "JavaScript, API, and Markup". In short, the idea is that a website/webapp doesn't need server side processing, but can be precompiled to a set of markup files and scripts that communicate with APIs to deliver dynamic and data-bound features.

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Python isn't a silver bullet

Where I evaluate my experience with Python

Back at school, our first dive into code was MoscowML (for some unholy reason). Strictly functional language, and not a lot of fuzz. We learned how types mattered, and we learned how to get something working without loops and control flow. An interesting exercise, but not really what I was there for.

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