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Mark Michon

Developer, accidental educator, and erstwhile designer.

Location Portland, OR Joined Joined on  Personal website https://markmichon.com github website

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Technical writer, editor, and developer educator

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Six security risks of user input in ruby code

Six security risks of user input in ruby code

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Let’s scan DEV’s forem project with Bearer and analyze the results

Let’s scan DEV’s forem project with Bearer and analyze the results

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How to scan your ruby or JS project for security improvements, for free.

How to scan your ruby or JS project for security improvements, for free.

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Measuring Performance in Node.js with Performance Hooks

Measuring Performance in Node.js with Performance Hooks

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The Importance of Request Timeouts

The Importance of Request Timeouts

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API Security Best Practices

API Security Best Practices

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Top Tools to Make Debugging APIs Easier

Top Tools to Make Debugging APIs Easier

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Sort, Filter, and Remap API Data in Python

Sort, Filter, and Remap API Data in Python

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API Monitoring: What should you measure?

API Monitoring: What should you measure?

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Use Javascript's Array Methods to Handle API Data

Use Javascript's Array Methods to Handle API Data

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Machine Learning APIs for Web Developers

Machine Learning APIs for Web Developers

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Making API Requests with Python

Making API Requests with Python

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How to Listen for Webhooks with Python

How to Listen for Webhooks with Python

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How to Recover from API Downtimes and Errors

How to Recover from API Downtimes and Errors

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Automatically Monitor API Calls and Requests in Node.js

Automatically Monitor API Calls and Requests in Node.js

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Custom Exception Handling in Ruby

Custom Exception Handling in Ruby

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Add Retries to HTTP requests

Add Retries to HTTP requests

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Best Practices for Building API Integrations

Best Practices for Building API Integrations

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Use the Node.js HTTP Module to Make a Request

Use the Node.js HTTP Module to Make a Request

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Create a Server with the Node.js HTTP Module

Create a Server with the Node.js HTTP Module

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How We Cross-post from Ghost to DEV with Node, Express, and Glitch

How We Cross-post from Ghost to DEV with Node, Express, and Glitch

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Build your own Dev.to API client in Node.js

Build your own Dev.to API client in Node.js

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What is GraphQL?

What is GraphQL?

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What is a REST API?

What is a REST API?

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What developers mean when they say "API"

What developers mean when they say "API"

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Error 429 Too Many Requests - What to do when you've been rate limited

Error 429 Too Many Requests - What to do when you've been rate limited

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The Top Node.js HTTP Libraries in 2020

The Top Node.js HTTP Libraries in 2020

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Building a Circuit Breaker in Node.js (Part 2)

Building a Circuit Breaker in Node.js (Part 2)

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The HTTP Status Codes You Need to Know

The HTTP Status Codes You Need to Know

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Building a Circuit Breaker in Node.js (Part 1)

Building a Circuit Breaker in Node.js (Part 1)

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Working Remotely: Insights from the Bearer Team

Working Remotely: Insights from the Bearer Team

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The Top Ruby HTTP Clients for 2020

The Top Ruby HTTP Clients for 2020

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What is a Service Mesh?

What is a Service Mesh?

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What is an API Gateway?

What is an API Gateway?

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Consuming Webhooks with Node.js and Express

Consuming Webhooks with Node.js and Express

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The top 4 reasons to start monitoring third-party APIs

The top 4 reasons to start monitoring third-party APIs

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The Circuit Breaker Pattern

The Circuit Breaker Pattern

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Step by Step: How to configure the Slack API and find your credentials

Step by Step: How to configure the Slack API and find your credentials

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Best Practices for Navigating an API's Documentation

Best Practices for Navigating an API's Documentation

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Fun with APIs: Search for and upload images with the imgur API

Fun with APIs: Search for and upload images with the imgur API

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Create events with the Eventbrite API

Create events with the Eventbrite API

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