Lucia Cerchie

software engineer | JavaScript | GraphQL

Phoenix, AZ Joined on Oct 30, 2020 https://luciacerchie.dev/

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Work

Software Engineer at StepZen

Confluent

Arctype

StepZen

problem-solving-pattern

5 stars

golang-quiz-cli

Play a golang quiz game 💡 with this cli tool.

TypeScript • 1 star

portfolio-site

Welcome to my static portfolio site, whipped up with HTML, CSS + JS and served on Netlify. 💼

CSS

Golang

Golang, Python, JS, SQL, HTML, CSS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Flask, Axios, jQuery, React, GraphQL

JS/Golang/Python

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Lucia Cerchie

Nov 9 '21

What I learned from building REST APIs in 3 different languages

#javascript #python #go #architecture

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Nov 5 '21

How to use git cherry-pick

#discuss #git #productivity #tutorial

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Lucia Cerchie

Nov 8 '20

Why Do Most Programming Languages Index From Zero?

#todayilearned #computerscience #codenewbie #programming

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Lucia Cerchie

Feb 24

Beyond the Basics: Windowing in Apache Kafka

#database #tooling #apachekafka #kafka

5 min read

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Lucia Cerchie

Dec 16 '22

A Framework For Knowing What You Don't Know

#beginners #productivity #career #devrel

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Dec 13 '22

What Are Apache KafkaⓇ Consumer Group IDs?

#todayilearned #apachekafka #programming #database

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Lucia Cerchie

Nov 16 '22

Three Things I've Learned About Writing Abstracts

#devrel #beginners #career #writing

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Lucia Cerchie

Oct 28 '22

What does 'batching' mean when we're talking about Apache KafkaⓇ?

#todayilearned #apachekafka #beginners #programming

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Lucia Cerchie

Oct 14 '22

Installing node-rdkafka on M1 for use with SASL

#todayilearned #tutorial #node #linux

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Lucia Cerchie

Oct 11 '22

Introduction to Key Apache KafkaⓇ Concepts

#todayilearned #apachekafka #programming #beginners

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Jun 21 '22

How To GraphQL - Tutorials to Get You Started

#graphql #tutorial #webdev #beginners

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Jun 10 '22

Consuming the Deepgram API: The GraphQL Edit

#graphql #api #webdev #tooling

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Jun 2 '22

3 New GraphQL Developer Tools to Increase Coding Productivity

#showdev #graphql #webdev #productivity

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May 31 '22

Convert REST to GraphQL: A New Low-Code Approach

#showdev #graphql #tutorial #api

5 min read

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May 16 '22

A New Postman Collection of GraphQL APIs for the SaaS Services You Love

#showdev #graphql #webdev #tutorial

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Lucia Cerchie

May 6 '22

Your 4th Grade Math Teacher Was Right

#watercooler #career #productivity

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Lucia Cerchie for StepZen

Apr 26 '22

How to Eliminate Duplicated Requests with GraphQL

#discuss #graphql #productivity

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Lucia Cerchie

Apr 10 '22

Tech Jargon Defined: What is Bikeshedding?

#discuss #webdev #beginners #codenewbie

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Lucia Cerchie

Apr 10 '22

Tech Jargon Defined: What is Dogfooding?

#discuss #beginners #programming

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Lucia Cerchie

Apr 10 '22

Tech Jargon Defined: What is Yak Shaving?

#discuss #codenewbie #programming #productivity

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Lucia Cerchie

Apr 10 '22

Tech Jargon Defined: What is Rubber Ducking?

#discuss #programming #codenewbie

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Apr 1 '22

Build a Production-ready GraphQL API Using StepZen’s Declarative Approach

#graphql #api #programming #webdev

4 min read

Lucia Cerchie

Mar 22 '22

Fun With Deepgram and NextJS

#hackwithdg #nextjs #javascript #webdev

3 min read

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Mar 22 '22

Convert a REST API to GraphQL and Deploy it in One Command

#graphql #programming #tutorial

5 min read

Lucia Cerchie for StepZen

Mar 8 '22

How To Use Mocks in Your GraphQL Development Workflow

#graphql #nextjs

4 min read

Lucia Cerchie

Feb 28 '22

Nevertheless, Lucia Coded in 2022

#shecoded #leadership

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Lucia Cerchie

Jan 29 '22

What makes a "good first issue"?

#opensource #beginners #programming #leadership

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Lucia Cerchie for StepZen

Jan 5 '22

Why GraphQL Directives Are Out of This World

#showdev #graphql #programming #webdev

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Lucia Cerchie

Jan 4 '22

Stubs vs Mocks in JS

#javascript #testing #programming #productivity

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Lucia Cerchie

Dec 29 '21

JS Types to Avoid Polyfilling

#discuss #javascript #programming #webdev

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Lucia Cerchie

Dec 29 '21

The Line Between Willingness to Learn and Shiny Object Syndrome

#devjournal #tooling #beginners #programming

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Lucia Cerchie

Dec 11 '21

My family solves a code challenge 🎁

#discuss #javascript #sideprojects #programming

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Lucia Cerchie

Dec 7 '21

Marvel-ize 🦸‍♀️ your repo with Github actions

#actionshackathon21 #productivity #github #wackywildcard

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Lucia Cerchie

Nov 26 '21

Writing A Caesar Shift De-Cipher Function with JavaScript: Part 2

#javascript #programming #node

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Lucia Cerchie

Nov 25 '21

Writing A Caesar Shift Cipher Function with JavaScript: Part 1

#javascript #programming #ciphers #puzzles

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Nov 24 '21

Announcing the Advent of GraphQL Challenge

#graphql #nextjs #netlify #javascript

2 min read

Lucia Cerchie

Nov 22 '21

Lighthouse Accessibility Update

#todayilearned #a11y #testing #tooling

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Lucia Cerchie

Nov 19 '21

How to ask your team for help

#productivity #codenewbie #motivation #leadership

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Nov 16 '21

Translate JSON to GraphQL SDL in a Few Clicks

#showdev #graphql #webdev #tooling

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Nov 9 '21

Make a Custom Portfolio Site Generator with StepZen's Developer Publishing Pack

#showdev #graphql #netlify #tutorial

5 min read

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Oct 26 '21

Designing GraphQL APIs - Best Practices & Learnings from REST API Design

#todayilearned #graphql #design #architecture

4 min read

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Oct 15 '21

What Does It Mean For GraphQL To Be A Runtime, Anyway?

#discuss #graphql #architecture #runtime

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Sep 17 '21

Hacktoberfest 2021: Announcing StepZen's Goals

#hacktoberfest #react #graphql #nuxt

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Lucia Cerchie for StepZen

Sep 16 '21

How to Connect A GraphQL API and A MySQL Database in Your GraphQL Layer

#graphql #mysql #database #architecture

5 min read

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Aug 6 '21

Leverage Your REST Ecosystem With GraphQL

#discuss #graphql #healthydebate #architecture

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Lucia Cerchie

Aug 2 '21

How To Hide Your .env While You're Livestreaming

#todayilearned #vscode #security

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Lucia Cerchie

Aug 2 '21

How To Use `git diff`

#todayilearned #git #productivity #discuss

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Jul 30 '21

Connect A GraphQL API to Your StepZen Data Layer

#todayilearned #graphql #discuss #showdev

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Jul 26 '21

How To Layer a GraphQL API on a MySQL Database With a Single Command

#todayilearned #graphql #mysql #database

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Jul 12 '21

What Are Scalar Types In GraphQL?

#todayilearned #graphql #discuss #beginners

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Jul 12 '21

How To Use Fragments To Clean Up Your GraphQL Schemas

#todayilearned #graphql #discuss #tutorial

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Jun 28 '21

StepZen and Eve Porcello: A Conversation About GraphQL

#todayilearned #graphql #architecture #discuss

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Jun 22 '21

How To Generate QR Codes with GraphQL Mutations Using Google Sheets

#todayilearned #graphql #discuss #tutorial

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May 31 '21

Make A React App With a GraphQL API in One Command

#graphql #react #npm #tutorial

4 min read

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Apr 28 '21

GraphQL Hackathon: It's a Wrap

#discuss #graphql #leadership #javascript

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Lucia Cerchie for StepZen

Apr 13 '21

How To Build a GraphQL API Connected to a MySQL Database Using StepZen

#discuss #graphql #database #mysql

6 min read

Lucia Cerchie for StepZen

Mar 25 '21

How To Condense Your GraphQL Queries With the @materializer Directive

#discuss #graphql #mysql #showdev

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Lucia Cerchie

Jan 19 '21

What Does `slice(1, -1)` Do?

#todayilearned #discuss #algorithms #javascript

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Jan 18 '21

UUIDs vs Auto-Incrementing Primary Keys in SQL

#discuss #database #sql #programming

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Jan 11 '21

A Quick Developer's Guide To Avoiding Repetitive Strain Injuries

#discuss #devjournal #health #codenewbie

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Lucia Cerchie

Dec 12 '20

3 Ways to Make`target="_blank"` Accessible

#html #css #a11y #webdev

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Lucia Cerchie

Dec 12 '20

Database Design and the GDPR

#todayilearned #discuss #database #sql

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Lucia Cerchie

Nov 4 '20

How Learning to Code Gave Me A Growth Mindset

#gratitude #webdev

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Two Year Club

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Deepgram x DEV Hackathon Participant Prize (Analytics Ambassadors)

Beloved Comment

2021 GitHub Actions Hackathon Participant

4 Week Streak

One Year Club

Hacktoberfest 2020

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