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My MetaData - Blog & Learning Notes

My MetaData

Notes and blog posts created from things I've learned. All these articles I've written that helped me level up my skills and knowledge. Discover insights on web development, programming, and technology.

  • Professional networking diagram with connected nodes and database schema visualization

    Scheming Is Always Good: A Developer's Guide to Networking

    • 1 view • 18 min read
    Career Development, Networking, Community
    networking career community softskills developer-growth
  • Developer journey 2025 - conference speaking, coding projects, and career growth visualization

    Perfected Imperfection: My 2025 Journey from Junior to Competent~ish Mid-Level Developer

    • 15 views • 16 min read
    Career Development, Year in Review
    career-growth vue-js typescript astro developer-journey 2025-recap
  • Developer working on side project with planning notes and laptop, implementing the Kill List Framework for better project completion

    Start With the End in Mind: The Developer's Guide to Shipping Side Projects

    • 74 views • 23 min read
    Productivity, Side Projects
    productivity side-projects project-management developer-workflow motivation
  • Working on a project with a grinder

    Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): Applied [Astro Implementation]

    • 23 views • 7 min read
    SEO & Applied Practice
    generative engine optimization GEO implementation AI search
  • AI and search optimization

    Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): Explained

    • 18 views • 4 min read
    SEO & AI
    GEO AI optimization search chatbots
  • Carolina Codes 2025

    Carolina Codes 2025: My First-Time Speaker Experience

    • 5 views • 10 min read
    Conferences, Speaking, community
    speaking community polyglot conference
  • D3.js data visualization library logo

    Mastering D3.js for Interactive Data Visualization

    • 11 views • 7 min read
    Tutorials, Data Visualization, freeCodeCamp
    d3js javascript data-visualization frontend web-development
  • Documentation Image

    And It Was Written: An Introspective on the Importance of READMEs

    • 15 views • 8 min read
    Documentation, Best Practices, Developer Tips
    documentation readme opensource bestpractices sideprojects
  • plant growing from concrete

    How !To Be Mentored V2 : Building Resilient Tech Careers Through Strategic Mentorship

    • 27 views • 5 min read
    Mentoring, Growth
    mentoring mentalhealth career programming
  • Legos building blocks, with and without instructions

    Building with TypeScript: A Lego-Based Guide

    • 26 views • 12 min read
    Tutorials, Upskilling, Programming
    typescript javascript learning programming
  • Karate kid learning basics

    11 JavaScript Fundamentals for Vue Developers

    • 20 views • 6 min read
    JavaScript, Fundamentals
    vue javascript frontend career
  • A day in a garden

    11 in 11: Concepts Learnt or Relearnt from Zero Day

    • 26 views • 13 min read
    Reflections, Code
    javascript career typescript learning
  • Vue.js internationalization tools and multilingual development setup

    Vue-elingual: Teaching Your App to Speak Multiple Languages

    • 10 views • 9 min read
    Tutorials
    javascript vue webdev i18n
  • A man walking into a new room.

    Tech-nically Speaking: 30 Days In

    • 26 views • 7 min read
    Reflections, Process
    onboarding tooling softskills
  • A man running a race in the early morning.

    How !To Be Mentored

    • 22 views • 4 min read
    Methodologies, Practices, Learning
    mentorship careerdevelopment softwareengineering developer
  • Render 2022, Westside stage

    So....This is your 1st Tech Conference : #AttendeeEdition

    • 29 views • 5 min read
    How-To-Do, Conference, Learning
    productivity conference learning community
  • The lobby at Refactr Tech Conference in Atlanta in 2023.

    So ... This is Your 1st Tech Conference : #VolunteerEdition

    • 20 views • 7 min read
    How-To-Do, Conference, Learning
    beginners career learning community
  • A thunderstorm on the prarie.

    Now What : How To Keep Learning after Landing the 1st Tech Job

    • 27 views • 6 min read
    Practices, Learning, Methodologies
    softwareengineering developer
  • Networked Image

    Developer Networking Tools : A Brief IRL Edition

    • 24 views • 4 min read
    Tutorials, Networking, Productivity
    developer beginners javascript networking
  • Sunset in Newton, Georgia

    6 Strategies Learned from 6 months of Job Hunting

    • 23 views • 11 min read
    Interviewing, Jobhunting, JavaScript
    jobhunting interview networking javascript
  • Man thinking about life.

    My Takeaways From Sit-Downs with Senior Devs

    • 20 views • 6 min read
    Careergrowth, Mentership, Practices, Specialization
    mentors developers practice react
  • People organizing at a coffee shop

    My #2Cents on How To Build A Beginner Friendly Developer Community

    • 28 views • 10 min read
    How-To-Do, FreeCodeCamp, Learning, Community
    developer freeCodeCamp learning community
  • Planting a garden

    Hackathons - A Junior Developer's Growth Tool

    • 23 views • 3 min read
    Hackathons, Tooling, Documentation
    hackathon blogging flatiron growth
  • Black female developer writing.

    Writing The Needed ReadMe

    • 24 views • 4 min read
    Tutorials, Documentation, ReadMe
    flatiron bootcamp opensource documentationvscreation
  • devloper with ar glasses

    Sight beyond Sight... How Blind Software Engineers Make It Work

    • 24 views • 4 min read
    Blog, Flatiron, FreeCodeCamp
    Flatiron FreeCodeCamp developer blogs