Byron | Software Engineer

Last Thursday, I spoke with Code Differently cohort students about my journey in tech.

Immediately after, I volunteered to conduct mock interviews at Resilient Coders Technical Interview Night.

A busy Thursday, but I enjoyed sharing my experiences and providing advice!

“somebody gotta do it”

This is a great idea. I’m sure it will reduce the amount of retakes 😂

Googly eyes on a camera

I was telling someone at #kubecon my hack for keeping eye contact in videos

I don’t think they believed me

transparent cup of a matcha latte

Instead of drinking espresso today, I made a matcha latte

Good morning yall! Let’s get Monday off to a great start!

Yeah, my first social was MySpace 😂
If I’m tired, I can’t imagine how y’all feel 😂

I’m guessing you’re too young to remember the first 2 waves of social networks

Not only the popular ones that failed (MySpace, Google+) but there were lots of ones you never heard of (chime, ping, meerkat)

Don’t mind me plugging Threads… follow me on Threads 😂

https://www.threads.net/@codeherk

Too many social media apps being created. I think we are all due for a cooldown 😂

Will that ever happen? Absolutely not 😂

At least I’m making it myself instead of wasting 7 bucks DAILY on Starbucks.

No offense to the Starbucks lovers out there 😅

It’s safe to say that I’m addicted to coffee 😂

* many opinions flying around

*sigh* why can’t software design be easier 😂

My friend who codes in Java regularly shared this blog that takes a Domain Driven Design approach https://programmingpercy.tech/blog/how-to-domain-driven-design-ddd-golang/

As much as I disagree with him and his Java takes, I don’t have much to fight him with here 😂

this is not a standard Go project layout · Issue #117 · golang-standards/project-layout The README makes clear that this is not official, but even the claim "it is a set of common historical and emerging project layout patterns in the Go ecosystem" is not accurate. For example, the va...

Looking at this PR that’s been open for 2 years, I see many are opinions flying around 😂

https://github.com/golang-standards/project-layout/issues/117

Talking with a good friend of mine, I was complaining about how there’s no set standard for how Golang projects should be formatted.

What I love about Technical Writing is that it forces you to view concepts and think as a beginner. If your document can’t cater to the inexperienced audience, then perhaps your document is not translated enough.

Reddit users are literally fighting the company for access to THEIR user-generated content.

This is when the idea of decoupling user data from applications really looks appealing.

$3,500 for a VR Headset is insane.

Especially when it’s 4 of them back to back.

Technical interviews are mentally draining 🥲

Thanks! It’s definitely a great book. I found this to be useful as well for those who are short on study time https://www.educative.io/blog/complete-guide-to-system-design

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I really enjoy systems design. At my current level, I don’t get opportunity to participate in those discussions. I spent
a lot of time this weekend doing exercises.

What resources do you recommend for those preparing for a System Design interview?

What resources do you recommend for those preparing for a System Design interview?

Welcome Andy!!

Hi friends! I'm Andy, I'm a principal SWE, primarily working in TypeScript and React. I did about 13 years at Microsoft and I'm currently at Tableau. BlueSky seems pretty rad; happy to be here!

Panel judges for @codedbykids 2023 coding competition discussing scores

Panel judges for @codedbykids 2023 coding competition sitting at a table watching the presentations with the audience

Byron aka codeherk standing next to @codedbykids sign

I appreciate CodedByKids for having me as a judge for their 2023 Ctrl+Shift coding competition. As a Philly native and once a high school student, it’s amazing to see kids getting the exposure and opportunity in tech!