https://pgil256.github.io/blog/posts/Recent content in Posts on Gilhooley Developer BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioen-us© AthulMon, 11 Sep 2023 12:13:35 +0530https://pgil256.github.io/blog/posts/post-4/Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:13:35 +0530https://pgil256.github.io/blog/posts/post-4/Job hunting is NO fun. Countless hours searching, drafting cover letters and optimizing resumes (protip: Jobscan.co is GREAT for this), reconfiguring LinkedIn profiles, shaping up GitHub repos, getting professional pictures done, studying for interviews, waiting for callbacks—the list goes on and on. I spent the first few months of my job hunt clamoring at every job posting within reach and desperately trying to make things work. Days turned to weeks, weeks to months, and still less than one percent return on applications?https://pgil256.github.io/blog/posts/post-3/Fri, 08 Sep 2023 12:13:32 +0530https://pgil256.github.io/blog/posts/post-3/…while this is still fresh on my mind: I’d like to talk about the good, neutral (a.k.a. bad ;]), and ugly topics I referenced a week ago: Good: 3 application deployments, portfolio demo setup. Deploying is one of those things where, like installing package dependencies or resolving conflicts and degrations, or doing a simple pull request in git, that, with a little bit of experience, is not that crazy. But the FIRST time you do it, or rather incorrectly do it 37,814 times, is where the real ~~mania magic is.https://pgil256.github.io/blog/posts/post-2/Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:13:30 +0530https://pgil256.github.io/blog/posts/post-2/How not to develop a React Node.js application: Rush through your data structurization. As long as they contain the necessary columns and are relationally sound, you’ll be fine, right? No need to plan further. Never proof your API routes. If you mess up a variable name or return the wrong value in a route, surely you will catch that later. Those deprecation warnings you keep seeing in NPM install? Probably nothing.https://pgil256.github.io/blog/posts/post-1/Fri, 01 Sep 2023 02:01:58 +0530https://pgil256.github.io/blog/posts/post-1/So today marks my first day of blogging about my journey as a developer. A lot has happened lately, and there are some topics I’d like to cover: Good: 3 application deployments, portfolio demo setup. Neutral: Brushing up on my Python skills, PostgreSQL chops being tested. Ugly: Knex, Docker, Middleware. Trying to keep the faith. I have one more app to finish, then my static/github portfolio should be good to go.