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Time To Celebrate Women In Tech

Mar 29, 2022 · 3 min read · I Am Not A Woman In Tech... As some of you may or may not have realised, I am not actually a woman in tech... nor am I a woman at all! I can hear the shock from here. But I think it's time that we start celebrating and normalising women in tech roles...

What Is a Flexbox? And What Do I Put In It?

Mar 8, 2022 · 5 min read · I Like To KISS If you have read any of my other blog posts, you'll know I like to keep things simple stupid (KISS) and get straight to the point. Flexbox is essentially a way that allows a container to best fill the space available. The rest of the b...

Basic Intro to Functional Programming

Mar 4, 2022 · 3 min read · Functional Programming Background Functional programming is a programming paradigm that avoids shared state, mutability and side effects; this is done by using pure functions. Because functional programming aims to avoid side effects and mutability i...

I Just Had My Mind Blown: Variables In Vanilla CSS 🤯

Mar 3, 2022 · 2 min read · Yesterday, I was having a little chat with a friend on Twitter about creating HTML templates; this is something I'd looked at doing before but I wasn't able to provide the level of customizability that I would have liked. I have been trying to aim my...

7 Fun, Cool & Free APIs For Your Next Project

Mar 1, 2022 · 1 min read · A Small list of free APIs for your next project! Just a quick list of fun and free APIs that you can use for your next web development project. Poke API - Access all pokemon data including characters, sprites, moves, stats and more! Bored API - Gene...