Andrew (he/him)

Got a Ph.D. looking for dark matter, but not finding any. Now I code full-time. Je parle un peu français.

Ottawa, Canada Joined on Sep 15, 2018 aww@awwsmm.com https://www.awwsmm.com/

Education

Ph.D. in [Astroparticle] Physics

Work

Senior Software Developer at Improving

2020books

20 Most-Recommended Books for Software Developers

51 stars

daily

Daily Coding Problems (https://dailycodingproblem.com/) solved using Scala and Java

JavaScript • 16 stars

covid_shiny

An R Shiny app for investigating COVID-19 data.

R • 4 stars

java-api-search

Search the Java API directly within the Chrome Omnibox.

JavaScript • 2 stars

PybGit

Example PyBuilder / Git project

Python • 2 stars

Learning Scala, Kafka, Akka, K8s, and all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down.

Best: Scala, Java, R
Worst: Klingon

Raspberry Pi Home Web Server
Home breadboard / electronics kit

I'm available to talk about code, physics, astronomy, or music any time. Ask me about my favourite exoplanets.

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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 9 '19

20 Small Steps to Become a Regex Master

#regex #beginners #tutorial #firstyearincode

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 19 '19

20 Most-Recommended Books for Software Developers

#books #career #beginners

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Andrew (he/him)

Aug 18 '19

What I Learned From Bombing An Amazon Coding Assessment

#career #amazon #beginners #interview

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Andrew (he/him)

Jan 13 '19

101 Bash Commands and Tips for Beginners to Experts

#beginners #bash #linux #ubuntu

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Mar 18 '22

Elegant Multi-Line Shell Strings

#showdev #shell #bash #zsh

4 min read

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Andrew (he/him)

Mar 6 '22

What's Wrong This Time? Part III: The Deep End

#beginners #typescript #javascript

6 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Jan 23 '22

What's Wrong This Time? Part II: Electric Bugaloo

#beginners #typescript #javascript

4 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Jan 16 '22

What's Wrong This Time? A Debugging Mystery in Three Parts

#typescript #git #github #nextjs

5 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Jan 9 '22

What's the Difference Between Nominal, Structural, and Duck Typing?

#java #typescript #javascript #computerscience

3 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Jan 2 '22

Eliminate Unnecessary Builds With Git Hooks in Bash, Java, and Scala

#bash #java #scala #git

4 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Jan 2 '22

Rewriting My Personal Website in Next.js and TypeScript

#showdev #nextjs #typescript #beginners

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Dec 10 '21

How I built 4 blogs in 15 minutes

#nextjs #gatsby #hugo #jekyll

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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 28 '21

What is a Functor?

#scala #functional #computerscience

4 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Nov 23 '21

(Kinda sloppy) Monad-based Options in Scala

#scala #functional

2 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Nov 23 '21

Is your website mobile friendly?

#webdev #beginners #mobile

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Nov 21 '21

Playing around with browser cookies in Scala.js

#showdev #scala #webdev #javascript

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Nov 18 '21

What does "functional programming" mean to you?

#functional #haskell #scala #erlang

4 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Nov 6 '21

Creating audio from raw bits in Scala

#scala #java #audio #music

3 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Jul 13 '21

Publish your Scala project to Maven in 5 minutes with Sonatype

#scala #maven #java #sbt

7 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Aug 9 '20

Understand Type Variances in 30 Seconds

#computerscience #inthirtyseconds #scala #java

4 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Aug 9 '20

Types vs. Classes

#beginners #inthirtyseconds #java #computerscience

3 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Jun 26 '20

Implementing a Ternary Operator in Scala

#scala #java #functional

4 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Jun 19 '20

5 Tips for Writing Articles People Will Want to Read

#writing #beginners #tutorial

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Andrew (he/him)

Jun 16 '20

Today I Learned: Pointer Swizzling

#todayilearned #basecs

2 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Jun 15 '20

What's your most embarrassing coding story?

#watercooler #beginners

2 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Jun 9 '20

How Does Liquid Cooling Work?

#computerscience #physics

5 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Jun 8 '20

Super Simple Markdown

#markdown #writing #beginners #tutorial

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Andrew (he/him)

Jun 3 '20

Code is Political

#news #blacklivesmatter #politics #history

3 min read

Andrew (he/him)

May 29 '20

I Wrote a BrainF*** Interpreter and REPL in TypeScript!

#showdev #esolangs #typescript #npm

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

May 27 '20

Why No Modern Programming Language Should Have a 'Character' Data Type

#healthydebate #history #javascript

6 min read

Andrew (he/him)

May 26 '20

"The Lean Startup" 10 Years On: Have We Failed?

#healthydebate #books #startup

4 min read

Andrew (he/him)

May 17 '20

What Causes Overheating?

#computerscience #physics

4 min read

Andrew (he/him)

May 17 '20

But How Does It Really Work? :: Understanding the Physics Behind Concepts in Computing

#computerscience #basecs #datascience #physics

2 min read

Andrew (he/him)

May 15 '20

What's the Best Place to Learn TypeScript?

#discuss #typescript #javascript #beginners

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

May 13 '20

20 Coolest Features of Non-Java JVM Languages

#java #scala #groovy #kotlin

40 min read

Andrew (he/him)

May 4 '20

Bits of Syntax: String Literals

#healthydebate #design #watercooler

6 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Mar 27 '20

Benchmarking Scala with ScalaMeter, Pt. 2 (Scala DCP #004)

#challenge #scala #beginners #dailycodingproblem

10 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Mar 21 '20

Benchmarking Scala with ScalaMeter, Pt. 1 (Scala DCP #004)

#challenge #scala #beginners #dailycodingproblem

10 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Mar 20 '20

Flatten a Ragged List N Levels Deep in Scala

#todayilearned #scala #functional #beginners

3 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Mar 9 '20

Custom (De)serialization with Scala (Scala DCP #003)

#challenge #scala #beginners #dailycodingproblem

9 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Mar 8 '20

Scala Daily Coding Problem #002

#challenge #scala #beginners #dailycodingproblem

4 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Mar 6 '20

Scala Daily Coding Problem #001

#challenge #scala #beginners #dailycodingproblem

3 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Mar 5 '20

I'm back!

#career #scala

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Jan 30 '20

I'm on a Podcast!

#techtalks #podcast #career

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Dec 13 '19

Installing and Running Hadoop and Spark on Ubuntu 18

#hadoop #spark #java #scala

10 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Dec 5 '19

Humbly Asking for your Help

#watercooler

2 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Dec 1 '19

What are your must-have Android apps?

#discuss #android #watercooler #healthydebate

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Dec 1 '19

Found My Old Zune... What Should I Do With It?

#watercooler #zune #discuss

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Nov 23 '19

20 Reasons to Move On from Java 8

#news #java

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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 16 '19

20 Intriguing, Unusual, and Goofy Programming Languages

#design #esolangs

158

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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 13 '19

What have you accomplished this decade?

#watercooler #discuss #career #yearinreview

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Nov 4 '19

Why is our source code so boring?

#discuss #design #healthydebate

2 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Nov 3 '19

"Haskell for the Front-End" :: Elm vs. PureScript

#requestforpost #elm #haskell #javascript

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Nov 2 '19

20 Ways to Fight Impostor Syndrome

#career #mentalhealth #firstyearincode #motivation

164

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Andrew (he/him)

Nov 1 '19

Darwinism in Programming Language Proliferation

#news #discuss #languagetheory

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Oct 28 '19

Concept of the Day: Homoiconicity

#todayilearned #lisp #java #javascript

3 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Oct 28 '19

Bits of Syntax: Function Application

#discuss #design #healthydebate #watercooler

5 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Oct 26 '19

Can someone explain Dev.To credits to me?

#meta

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Oct 26 '19

20 Fantastically Bad Predictions Made About Computing and Technology

#history

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Andrew (he/him)

Oct 24 '19

I think Dev's server is down...

#jokes

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Oct 23 '19

Underrepresented Authors Promotion Thread

#discuss #books #watercooler #healthydebate

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Oct 22 '19

Can we separate the artist from their art? Should we?

#news #watercooler #discuss

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Oct 21 '19

Is anyone else interested in #esolangs?

#discuss #esolangs #watercooler

1 min read

Andrew (he/him)

Oct 21 '19

"Haskell on the JVM" :: Frege vs. Eta

#help #discuss #java #haskell

1 min read

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