All my life, I’ve been fascinated by strangers. Whether it be experiencing the generosity of others while traveling, hitchhiking, and sleeping on the floor of strangers’ homes; or simply sitting in a park, people watching and wondering about everyone’s lives as they walk by. I’ve especially always enjoyed the feeling…

In examining meditation practices derived from Eastern religions, Western philosophers often choose to focus on the Buddhist concept of the “no-self”. They write about the importance of understanding that at a biological level, there is no “I” that exists. That there is no “I” that lives inside of our heads…

I didn’t always have trouble sleeping. Five or six years ago, I fell asleep on an airport runway in New York, woke up in Florida, and was confused as to why the plane hadn’t taken off yet. …

A crisp fall afternoon, a small group of friends, a Saturday free of any real plans or responsibilities, and a Ziploc bag packed full of psilocybin cubensis. This marks the beginning of my relationship with snails. We choose PB&J sandwiches as the sacred vessel to deliver 3 grams of the…

I was recently given this interview question to solve during a mock technical interview: Imagine you’re building a back-of-the-headrest entertainment system for an airline. You’re tasked with implementing a feature that will allow users to see pairs of movie whose total runtimes will equal the exact length of their flight. …

Hash tables are an instrumental data structure for storing relationships between large amounts of data. When designed correctly, they can offer the access efficiency of an array, and the search, insertion, and deletion efficiency of a hash (all constant time). Hash tables achieve this by storing values in an array…

While tech-centric meetups and events certainly have their place, I don’t think they are the best way to expand your professional network, especially as an aspiring developer. Why not? Well, if you’ve ever attended a tech event determined to network like a rockstar, but instead found yourself sipping a beer…

With examples — Put simply, call, apply, and bind are JavaScript methods that allow a single function to be used on multiple objects. While call, apply, and bind behave similarly, there are slight differences between them that are important to understand before you can start using these powerful tools to write less repetitive…

Let’s face it, if you’re new to programming, there are few things that feel as cool as learning to use the command line. Perhaps even cooler though, is the feeling you get when you actually start to make…