@tabonham

Reset... Restart...Refocus...

Dec 14, 2022 · 4 min read · Last year I embarked on a new journey into the unknown (for me). I decided to switch gears and start a new career as a software engineer. I jumped ship. It was hard. I failed. I'm not smart enough for it. Now, that is where I was unfair to myself. I ...

Test-Driven Development TDD and its benefits

Jan 21, 2022 · 2 min read · I set out to learn something new or refresh my knowledge about something as much as possible. Fully understanding something really helps, you know? I'm one of those people that if they don't use it often, they forget it. Not my best quality. I prese...

The End of One Journey into the Next

Jan 5, 2022 · 2 min read · I will not be afraid to admit defeat, especially when I tried my best. I am the tortoise and the hare. The hare in me wants to race to the finish and be done with what I'm doing. That means, rushing through things and not stopping when I don't compre...

Practice, practice, practice!

Dec 13, 2021 · 2 min read · I'm currently making a blog web app to practice React js. I learned how to use Hooks, React Router, event handlers, and use Axios in my boot camp, but, never all in one project. They were split up into small individual projects where "the design is p...

Attempts at making my first API

Dec 9, 2021 · 1 min read · On Tuseday, AWS had an outage for a while. A long while. And that affected my database creation. So, this morning I log on and it finished! YAY! Now, I need to test out my CRUD skills. I use Postman to test out my routes. I'm not very very good at th...