Erik

Sr. Software Engineer at CallRail building microservices to support 3rd party integrations. PhD student at the University of Nebraska studying bioinformatics, machine learning, and algorithms.

Omaha, NE Joined on Jul 31, 2019 erik@erikwhiting.com https://erikscode.space

Education

BS CIS (2018), MS Software Engineering (2020), PhD Computer Science (in progress)

Pronouns

He/Him

Work

Sr. Software Engineer

LuluTest

LuluTest is a Python framework for creating automated browser tests.

Python • 15 stars

TDD, Software Architecture, Performance Engineering, Database Development

Python, Ruby, C#, Java

Machine learning, Kubernetes, C++

As a senior software engineer, I build microservices with an eye on testing, performance, and architecture.

As a PhD student, I'm building computational tools to explore problems in biophysics.

Research collab, 1 on 1 chatting, OSS

41 posts published

101 comments written

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Erik

Sep 26

An Introduction to Software Architecture

#softwareengineering #architecture

15 min read

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Erik

Sep 25

How to Debug Code (with Python Examples)

#debugging #python

12 min read

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Sep 17

Python Exception Handling and Customization

#python

11 min read

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Sep 16

Test-Driven Development with Python: a Primer

16 min read

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Aug 8 '22

Understanding INNER, OUTER, LEFT, and RIGHT Joins in SQL

#database #postgres #sql

11 min read

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May 8 '22

Is there a Better Label for "Self-Taught" Developers?

#discuss #opensource

3 min read

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Feb 20 '22

How to Implement Many-to-Many Relationships in Relational Databases

#database #sql

6 min read

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Sep 28 '21

Improving Browser Automation Tests: How to Add Microsoft Edge and Edgedriver to Linux CI Systems

#ci #hacktoberfest #testing

5 min read

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Jul 10 '21

Professional Version Control with Git: Pt 3 – Rebase and Bisect

#bisect #git #rebase

12 min read

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Jul 10 '21

Professional Version Control with Git: Pt 2 - Collaboration

#cicd #git

12 min read

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Jul 10 '21

Professional Version Control with Git: Pt 1 - The Basics

#git #svc #cicd

19 min read

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Apr 21 '21

What was the hardest concept for you to grasp when learning Object-Oriented Programming?

#discuss #watercooler #oop

1 min read

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Apr 21 '21

What off-the-beaten-path CI/CD Tools Do You Like?

#discuss #devops

1 min read

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Apr 16 '21

Python Palindromes: an Exhaustive Tutorial

#python #tutorial

4 min read

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Apr 7 '21

Three Things I Learned from Moonlighting as a Software Engineering Consultant

#career

4 min read

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Mar 2 '21

5 Things I Wish Someone Told me when I Started my Career

#career #firstyearincode

3 min read

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Aug 6 '20

Implementing the Decorator Pattern in Python

#python #tutorial

7 min read

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Aug 4 '20

Do You Use Python For Anything Besides Data Science?

#discuss #python

1 min read

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Apr 24 '20

Stop Worrying About Which Programming Language to Learn First

#beginners

5 min read

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Apr 14 '20

Why You Shouldn't Learn C

9 min read

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Apr 13 '20

Install Browsers and Webdrivers in TravisCI

#testing #travisci #cicd #devops

5 min read

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Nov 30 '19

5 Great Programming Books Rarely Mentioned in "Great Programming Books" Articles

585

4 min read

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Nov 22 '19

Liskov Substitution Principle in 3 Minutes

#java #oop

105

2 min read

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Nov 10 '19

Designing Public Interfaces the Right Way

#csharp #oop

11 min read

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Oct 5 '19

Going the College Route? Some Encouragement from a Career Switcher

#career

5 min read

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Oct 1 '19

An (almost) Shameless Plug for my Beginner Friendly Project for #Hacktoberfest

#python #testing #hacktoberfest #contributorswanted

2 min read

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Sep 27 '19

Getting Started With Browser Automation Testing in Python

#python #tutorial #testing

13 min read

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Sep 14 '19

How To Work With Memory Optimized Objects in SQL Server

#database #sql #sqlserver

6 min read

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Sep 9 '19

Find the nth Sequence of a Fibonacci Sum

#python #tutorial

6 min read

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Sep 3 '19

Calculate Derivative Functions in Python

#python #tutorial #math

2 min read

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Aug 30 '19

Let's Hide a Secret Message in an Image with Python and OpenCV

#python #tutorial #steganography

7 min read

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Aug 27 '19

Tragically Underrated Soft Skill: Requirements Management

#career #productivity

9 min read

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Aug 24 '19

Passing Functions as Parameters in JavaScript

#javascript #functional #tutorial

3 min read

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Aug 22 '19

Decided to Change Careers 5 years ago: What I'd do differently now

#career #firstyearincode

4 min read

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Aug 21 '19

Ruby Gem rest-client 1.6 compromised

#ruby #rails #security

1 min read

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Aug 20 '19

C Pointers 101: part 3, Pointer Arithmetic

#c #computerscience

3 min read

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Aug 20 '19

C Pointers 101: part 2, passing pointers to functions

#c #computerscience

3 min read

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Aug 20 '19

C Pointers 101: part 1, a gentle introduction

#c #computerscience

4 min read

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Aug 16 '19

Simple SQL Tutorial: How to Pivot

#sql #tutorial

3 min read

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Aug 9 '19

Observer Design Pattern tutorial in JavaScript + Fun With a Language API

#javascript #tutorial #designpatterns

9 min read

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Aug 4 '19

How to Use C Functions in Python

#c #python

3 min read

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