Certain programmers believe that code should be self-explanatory. These programmers give various reasons for not documenting their code. Yet these reasons often involve logical fallacies and cognitive dissonance. Here’s why the advice to “write cleaner code” is a fallacy. Humans Aren’t Machines The Evolution of Programming Languages highlights how programming languages are used…

This article is a non-explicit version of “You Got Microservices Wrong Again”. Religions, laws, and conventions have been created to address societal problems just as new technologies are created to address technological problems. The microservices architecture is a new technological development to a technological problem. Unfortunately, the concept remains controversial…

January 24th, 2023 — I started my Medium journey on August 23rd, 2022. In the first 120 days, I was able to acquire approximately 7,500 reads and 62 followers with 38 articles. I still have yet to release “content that may change everything” as I await an important decision from one more entity. So…

“Do you want fries with that?” The customer in front of me had just finished ordering. Management says that you can never be too sure. So you have to ask... I just give the people what they want. Of course, that always backfires on me. I remember the day that…

Before you build a house, you design a blueprint plan that shows how the house will be laid out. Once completed, you use a variety of tools to build the house according to that plan. Solving a programming problem is no different from this approach. When you encounter a programming…

Thanks to evolution, humans are relatively equal in capability as a species. This isn’t to say that differences among us are insignificant, but rather that most human activities lie within reach of the average person. Sure. A strongman — which is extreme in itself — might be able to deadlift…

Software Development — Using a programming language to solve a programming problem is one thing. Creating an entire project from scratch is another. Every programmer reaches a point where solving well-defined problems (i.e LeetCode) becomes manageable. However, it’s common for programmers to hit a wall once tasked with creating a project from scratch. …

You want to contribute to Disgo but don’t know where to start? Read this article. What Problem Does Disgo Solve? Discord is a chat application. In order to automate actions in Discord servers, you must create a bot. A bot is a software application, which is created using a programming language. In order for the…

Why do you use a programming language? The simple answer is to code. However, this answer does not provide insight into how programming languages work, nor which one you should use for a given task. Understanding the timeline of a technology is critical to using it effectively. Therefore, learning about…