Kevin B. Ridgway's Blog

I've done it. This thing is no longer Next.js, but Django.Many reasons. But wanted to get this cut over, and continue from there.There will be some dust for a bit while I ramp this thing up. :)

It’s been a pretty exciting couple of days in Las Vegas attending React Conf 2024. Not only was it the 10th (+1) anniversary of React, but the vibes were awesome, and talking to the community was super inspiring. Both React and React Native are here for another 10 years.

As mentioned previously, I've really enjoyed working on this native macOS app that is built with Tauri!

These notes will be about what I've personally done during the week to ship, move forward, and will be a great way for me to keep track of my progress on things. All inspired by Simon Willson's weeknotes## Side Projects"Side Projects", (naming is hard, ok?) is a project that helps...

Then I realized that if I limited it to only a decade, I would be cutting out half the journey. Oh. My. God. This is a long time.

I loved the Choose Your Own Adventure books growing up. A childhood friend had almost an entire bookcase of these. Near the front door, on the side of the staircase, a short, squat bookcase, with an entire shelf dedicated to these gems.

In April 2010, Steve Jobs, co-founder, and then CEO of Apple outlined why Flash was not going to be included on Apple mobile devices.

In the third floor of Boelter Hall on the UCLA campus, in room 3420 some historical computing happened at 10:30pm, the 29th of October, 1969

I want to be a person who draws all the time. I used to do it all the time as a kid. My itch for drawing came back around again when I was doing sketches of Pokemon for my sons and putting it in their lunches for them to find.

Easily browse Indiehackers.com with this Alfred workflow.

This post was going to be about technical interviews, and how they're broken in our industry.

Talking about my note taking process with Bear Writer in the context of being a knowledge worker. This is what my setup/process looks like right now, for my work related notes.## Looking for a Notes App in All the Wrong PlacesAs I started a new job, I wanted to change...

Note: This was originally posted as a comment on Goodbye, Object Oriented ProgrammingA friend sent me your article, and I had replied to him with this, telling him what I think (he suggested I post it here, so I am):Yeah, I’ve been thinking about this one a little bit lately....

I recently started listening to the audio book Algorithms to Live By - The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths, and it has been very good. There are a few points that stuck out to me:Tradeoffs: In life, just like in computer science, it's all...

An Abstract Syntax Tree (AST), is a powerful concept in computer science. It is something that allows you to do some interesting things, especially in JavaScript, that you may not have thought possible. If you didn't come from a computer science background, then I hope to show you how you...

Reacts quickly, and decisively.Has a leadership philosophy. Has thought about it, a lot. Can speak at length about it.Is passionate about engineering. Is passionate about management. Understands the intersection of the two.When there is a problem, fixes it quickly.Cares about women being in tech. (Also see diversity.)Understands the engineering hierarchy,...