Randall Brown

There are amazing communities where people are learning, improving, and finding support when things get tough. I’m so grateful they exist!

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I landed my first tech role!!! I hope this encourages anyone struggling. Starting or switching careers is not impossible! Things are constantly changing, but no matter what the goal is or what the future holds, taking steps now is better than waiting. Adjust and pivot while moving forward!!!

Days 30-37 of #100Daysofcode

Days 30-35
Designed and created a landing page
Integrated calendly and airtable for user feedback

Days 36-37
Troubleshooting for DNS issues
Connected domain for routing emails

Had an amazing summer! Finding and exploring new ideas with great people is where it’s at! Definitely closed some knowledge gaps, opened some new ones, and after a week of coding the marathon continues!!!

Went through the docs to pick up GitHub Actions and feeling good about it so far, a bit of frustration for what turned out to be simple fixes but I finally set up a workflow! Getting back into coding after a few weeks of research, excited to start building!

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The last two weeks were filled with new concepts and ideas so it’s been an adjustment, but the support and educational resources have been really amazing. Definitely learning a ton and grateful to be a part of the Blue Ridge Labs mission!

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Wrapping up this project for now, made some really good progress! Next step is to continue learning, build out some tools, and take on larger projects. Excited for the challenge!

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A Night of AI was an amazing experience!!! Thanks @thisdotlabs.bsky.social and @dthompsondev.bsky.social for hosting and packing so much value in such a short time!

Enjoyed being introduced to cutting edge tech, from RAG and MCP to rapid prototyping and enhanced chat experiences. Feeling inspired!

It’s definitely been a journey, thanks for the encouragement!!! 😊

Days 26-30 of #100DaysofCode

Day 26-28 (freelance page)
Integrated calendly for scheduling calls
Updated design for forms

Day 29-30 (project)
Refactor backend for error handling

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Now if something goes wrong, I can see where it starts at a glance, follow the error path and debug from there. The goal is to reuse this for multiple tools, so I still need to clean up the auth to extend later. I’m happy with the progress so far!!!

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Logic and data flow between services is a lot easier to follow since all controllers have a similar job. Parse/validate requests, call services, and send a response. Error handling is completely separated.

I also learned node has a native module for testing called “assert”. It can be reused to verify any condition and return an error message. TypeScript recognizes this as well so type guard checks are abstracted away. Every if-else condition was replaced with one line of code.

The express middleware catches any errors thrown within the app. And instead of try-catch blocks in every controller, a higher order utility function is used to wrap the controllers for each endpoint. It takes two arguments, an async controller and a string to identify the error location.

Finally finished the refactor so hopefully no more chasing ghosts!!! I was able to simplify a lot of code with the built in express error handling middleware and two reusable utility functions.

Found a better way to implement error handling!!! Got about halfway through refactoring this morning, and now it’s time to run some errands. Back at it tomorrow!

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Let’s goo!! 🔥🔥🔥

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TGIF mood 🎶

Intro got me locked in for the weekend

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Days 20-25 of #100DaysofCode

Day 20-23 (project)
- Setup auth flow
- Debug account verification

Day 24-25 (freelance page)
- Updated mobile navigation and design for footer
- Fixed theme transition/alignment issues
- Added contact links

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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads!!! 🫡 👔

Definitely trying this!! What are you making with the shredded chicken?

Happy that it’s early enough to refactor quickly. Next task, learn a better implementation. Definitely need to work on my debugging/error handling skills!!!

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Finally found the issue!!! The most annoying part was restarting the entire process each time to test (no intellisense warning, and the verification code was deleted since an error wasn’t thrown). Big headache because of a small typo with the verified property in the user interface.

Building a backend with auth to use for my 100hr project and having trouble debugging an issue with account verification. No errors thrown but the account is still unverified. So frustrating, really thought I’d finish this tonight.…time to adjust

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Day 19
- Fixed alignment issues for my portfolio page
- Adjusted feature requirements for my next project

Day 15-19 of #100Daysofcode

Day 15-16
- Added banner and hero sections to freelancing page
- Updated call to action links

Day 17-18
- Full redesign for freelancing page (themes, page sections, animations, & buttons)

Had a productive week coding and networking, went to my first tech event and connected with some great people, it was an amazing experience!!

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- Efficient and personalized healthcare
- Emotional health for children
- Retirement planning for underserved demographics
- Skills & resource sharing for gig workers
- Hiring resources for small business owners

Definitely a restorative and eye-opening experience!!!

Great event hosted by Blue Ridge Labs!!! There is some amazing work being done to solve real problems in:

- Affordable housing
- Automating workflows for government agencies
- Small business banking
- Future proofing skills for the next generation of professionals

Nice man, keep crushing it!!! 🔥🔥🔥