Dave Guymon

@daveguymon

Ruby on Rails engineer in the FinTech industry!

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Former public educator. Current software engineer. Always voracious learner. I lead a team of full stack engineers in the Open Finance and FinTech industry.

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DGDave Guymonblog.bydave.devOct 24, 2022 · 2 min read

Are Algorithms Really Like a Recipe?

If you've ever asked someone what a computer algorithm is, you might have been told that an algorithm is a sequence of steps, like a recipe. This is accurate. But understanding algorithms enough to appreciate and use them for creative problem solving...

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DGDave Guymonblog.bydave.devMay 27, 2022 · 6 min read

If Life Is A Game, How Do You Play It?

One of my favorite movies is War Games. This 1983 hacker classic tells the story of a tech-savvy teenager placing the world on the brink of global nuclear warfare without realizing what he's done. While hacking his school's grading system from his ho...

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DGDave Guymonblog.bydave.devMay 19, 2022 · 5 min read

There Are No Bad Seeds, Only Bad Gardens

I've spent the last few evenings preparing my garden for planting seeds. In doing so, I've taken care to till the dirt, add a fresh layer of topsoil, ensure the drip line is working appropriately, and remove any weeds, rocks, and debris from the gard...

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DGDave Guymonblog.bydave.devMay 11, 2022 · 5 min read

Improving Performance through Self-Reflection

Software developers like improvements. Uptime, low request duration, automation, and optimization are standard in programming vernacular. However, when it comes to improving programmer performance, many of us fail to grab the low-hanging fruit. We ha...

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DGDave Guymonblog.bydave.devMay 8, 2022 · 10 min read

Building a Reading Log App with the Google Books API and Ruby on Rails - Part 5

In part 4 of this series, we finally implemented the ability to create books in our database from Google's Books API response data and assign each book to a shelf when the book record is created! But, as any real book-lover knows, building a personal...

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Are Algorithms Really Like a Recipe?

If Life Is A Game, How Do You Play It?

There Are No Bad Seeds, Only Bad Gardens

Improving Performance through Self-Reflection

Building a Reading Log App with the Google Books API and Ruby on Rails - Part 5

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Dave Guymon's blogs

Recently published

Are Algorithms Really Like a Recipe?

If Life Is A Game, How Do You Play It?

There Are No Bad Seeds, Only Bad Gardens

Improving Performance through Self-Reflection

Building a Reading Log App with the Google Books API and Ruby on Rails - Part 5