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What Is a NextLevel Software Developer?

Sep 30, 2022 · 4 min read · Excerpt from my upcoming book, The NextLevel Software Developer. What Do Software Developers Really Do? Just Write Code? I’ve worked in IT for thirty years, twenty-two of them as a Software Developer. I’ve noticed that most beginning Software Develo...

What Do Software Developers Really Need?

Sep 30, 2022 · 2 min read · Excerpt from my upcoming book, The NextLevel Software Developer. What Do Software Developers Really Need? There are a few things that every software developer needs. A Basic Starting Point - what are the basics of what we are supposed to build? Use...

What Makes You (as a Software Dev) More Valuable?

Aug 18, 2022 · 6 min read · My Story : Could Be Your Story In 1989 it seem that the only computer (software development) training you could get was by taking one of three University degree paths: Computer Engineering - excruciatingly difficult classes based on computer hardwar...

Encrypt Data With AES256: Complete Process with Sample JavaScript

Jul 1, 2022 · 6 min read · Authenticated Encryption If you're going to use a symmetric encryption algorithm like AES256 then it is necessary to insure that the encrypted data has not been tampered with. High-Level View This can be done by Generating a random IV (Initializat...

Write Once, Run Everywhere (Part 3 of N)

Jan 9, 2022 · 7 min read · Save Data to Remote Storage For Later Retrieval The entire reason I'm writing these articles is because I'm attempting to get to a place where I can : Store a user's data Retrieve the user's data Make it possible for the user to save/retrieve data n...