Ryan Palo

Ryan is an engineer in the Sacramento Area with a focus in Python, Ruby, and Rust. Bash/Python Exercism mentor. Coding, physics, calculus, music, woodworking. Message me on DEV!

Work

Mechanical Engineer at ProtoQuick, Inc.
Location

Elk Grove, CA
Work status

I'm looking for work!
Education
Joined

Mar 15, 2017

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Ryan Palo

Nov 9 '18

The Programmer and the Sea

#learning #story

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9 min read

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Jun 20 '18

Bash Brackets Quick Reference

#bash #shell #cheatsheet

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9 min read

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Dec 16 '17

Wishful Coding

#tricks #focus #productivity

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3 min read

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May 16 '17

Douglas Adams's Whale

#python #physics #scientific #fun

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6 min read

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May 6 '17

Plan Your Commits

#git #gittricks #beginners

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2 min read

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Jul 30

Scheduling Jekyll Posts on Netlify with Cron

#jekyll #cron #netlify #automation

7 min read

I Asked DEV for Resume Advice and Here are 14 Things I Learned

#resume #career

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Ryan Palo

Jul 9

#helpLooking for Feedback on my Resume

#help #resume #jobsearch #forhire

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3 min read

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Jun 23

#helpWhat's the best way to render specific items from a Rails collection?

#help #rails #ruby

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Jun 19

Returning Multiple Values (“Tuples”-ish) from Bash Functions

#bash #scripting

4 min read

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Jun 9

Dev Journal 6/8/2020: Avoid the Pull of the Rabbit Hole

#rails #javascript #devjournal

4 min read

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May 27

Dev Journal 5/27/2020: Good Progress and Some Footguns

#ruby #rails #models #architecture

3 min read

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May 26

Dev Journal 5/26/2020: rails new Who Dis

#devjournal #rails #ruby

2 min read

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May 12

Untangling a Complicated TypeScript Function Signature

#typescript #beginners

3 min read

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May 12

Strings: A Neat Hexdump Alternative

#bash #cli #steganography

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2 min read

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Apr 29

Dog-Fooding as a Roadmap

#brainstorming #projects

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Apr 16

This Was Puzzle Day 2020

#cs50 #puzzles

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Mar 4

Java Programs, Packages, and Class Paths Explained… Plus a Bonus Mystery

#java #bash

5 min read

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Mar 1

I’m Looking for My Next Job

#job #employment #hireable

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Jan 24

Dev Journal 1/24/2020

#linux #awk #cron #devjournal

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Dec 5 '19

Type Aliases in Rust

#rust #readability #types #adventofcode

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2 min read

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Nov 27 '19

Advent of Code is Almost Here!

#adventofcode

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2 min read

Ryan Palo

Nov 11 '19

Want to Run DEV's Advent of Code?

#adventofcode

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Oct 31 '19

Don't Let Big Ideas Stop You from Doing Small Things

#encouragement #productivity

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3 min read

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Oct 25 '19

#discussWhat are your Favorite Text-Processing Tools?

#discuss #textprocessing #tools

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1 min read

Ryan Palo

Oct 4 '19

Mounting Network Drives into Windows Subsystem Linux

#linux #windows #wsl

2 min read

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Oct 4 '19

Count Child Directories with PowerShell

#powershell

1 min read

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Sep 23 '19

3 Hypothetical Security Hacks and Discussion

#security

3 min read

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Sep 21 '19

#helpNeed Laptop Recommendations for Linux

#help #laptops #linux

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Aug 26 '19

Mocking by Adding Attributes to Functions

#python

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3 min read

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Aug 26 '19

#discussWhat Are Your Favorite Command Line Hidden Gems?

#commandline #discuss

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1 min read

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Jul 26 '19

#helpHelp Me Understand This Vectorized Logic

#help #python #datascience #numpy

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Jul 19 '19

Solving Eggnog Problems with Binary

#python #binary

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9 min read

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Jul 12 '19

Learning is Sneaky

#encouragement #learning

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4 min read

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Jul 10 '19

Fixing Python Markdown Code Blocks… with Python!

#python #scripting #cli #bash

5 min read

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Jul 4 '19

Rust, Iterators, and Skill Regression

#rust #python #learning #iterators

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Jun 27 '19

#discussPets of DEV

#discuss #pets #animals #watercooler

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Jun 21 '19

#discussWhat MacOS Writing App is Your Favorite?

#discuss #writing #markdown

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Jun 20 '19

Seeing Context with `grep`

#bash #linux #tricks

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3 min read

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Jun 17 '19

#discussHow Do You Manage Dotfiles Across Environments and Machines

#discuss #dotfiles

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2 min read

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May 17 '19

Read a Delimited File Into a 2D Array in Julia

#julia #beginners

3 min read

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May 16 '19

Fixing a DNS Issue that Makes Your Emails Look Like Spam

#email #dns

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3 min read

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May 14 '19

My Compiler is a Machinist

#mechanical #engineering

9 min read

Ryan Palo

Apr 28 '19

#newsEleanor 0.1.0 Released

#news #devbaby

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1 min read

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Apr 9 '19

Short Circuiting in Bash

#bash #beginners #basics

3 min read

Ryan Palo

Mar 28 '19

The First Person to Say a Number Loses

#interview #softskills #negotiating #career

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4 min read

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Mar 26 '19

Python's random.choices is Awesome

#python #tricks #standardlibrary

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2 min read

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Mar 25 '19

Bitwise Operators

#computerscience #basics #beginners #binary

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10 min read

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Mar 14 '19

Giving Meaning to Magic Numbers with Python Enums

#python #standardlibrary

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5 min read

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Mar 11 '19

Advanced Argument Handling in Bash

#bash #scripting #advanced

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14 min read

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Feb 25 '19

Handling Arguments in Bash Scripts

#bash #scripting #beginners

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5 min read

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Feb 15 '19

Coding Intentionally in Bash Grains

#bash #designintent #intentionaldesign

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Feb 2 '19

Using Python to Make Art with Math

#math #python #art #generative

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Jan 17 '19

Bash If Statements: Beginner to Advanced

#bash #scripting

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6 min read

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Dec 25 '18

#discussAdvent of Code Wrap-Up

#adventofcode #discuss

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1 min read

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Dec 25 '18

#discussAoC Day 25: Four-Dimensional Adventure

#adventofcode #discuss

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Dec 24 '18

#discussAoC Day 24: Immune System Simulator 20XX

#adventofcode #discuss

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Dec 23 '18

#discussAoC Day 23: Experimental Emergency Teleportation

#adventofcode #discuss

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Dec 22 '18

#discussAoC Day 22: Mode Maze

#adventofcode #discuss

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1 min read

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Dec 21 '18

#discussAoC Day 21: Chronal Conversion

#adventofcode #discuss

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Dec 20 '18

#discussAoC Day 20: A Regular Map

#adventofcode #discuss

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Dec 19 '18

#discussAoC Day 19: Go With the Flow

#adventofcode #discuss

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Dec 18 '18

#discussAoC Day 18: Settlers of The North Pole

#adventofcode #discuss

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Dec 17 '18

#discussAoC Day 17: Reservoir Research

#adventofcode #discuss

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1 min read

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Dec 16 '18

#discussAoC Day 16: Chronal Classification

#adventofcode #discuss

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