Sophie DeBenedetto

Engineer at GitHub, graduate of + former teacher at Flatiron School. Cat lover, but I admit I have a dog. Supporting students and junior devs through https://www.break-in.tech/

Brooklyn, NY Joined on Sep 12, 2017

Work

Software Engineer at GitHub

Sophie DeBenedetto

Mar 30

Synchronizing Go Routines with Channels and WaitGroups

#go #concurrency #debugging #channels

23 1

7 min read

Recent Comments

re: Composable Query Builders in Rails with Arel Mar 8 '19

Hey Kayla! Yes I totally remember you!! So thrilled to hear...

re: Understanding Recursion with Elixir Jan 23 '19

Thanks for pointing these out! I've updated the post to use...

re: Understanding Recursion with Elixir Jan 21 '19

Awesome! I love this solution, definitely more simple. Than...

re: Who's looking for open source contributors? (November 26th edition) Nov 27 '18

Elixir School is looking for contributions and its a GREAT ...

re: Uncomfortable Situations Don't Go Away Oct 14 '18

This is great advice and its so easy to forget and let your...

re: How to Get Un-Stuck Aug 11 '18

Thanks for sharing! I’ve actually been on the lookout for c...

re: How to Get Un-Stuck Aug 11 '18

So true that it’s easier to follow steps like this after yo...

re: How to begin a project with just an idea Apr 18 '18

The best advice I could give is to start small!! We all kno...

Sophie DeBenedetto

Sep 19 '19

Building Dynamic Outputs with Terraform Expressions and Functions

#terraform #terraformexpressions #terraformfunctions #devops

8 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Sep 11 '19

Knock Down Your House: Refactoring and The Creative Process

#refactoring #oop

5 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

May 23 '19

Elixir and The Beam: How Concurrency Really Works

#elixir #erlang #thebeam #concurrency

88 2

8 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Feb 16 '19

TIL GenServer's `handle_continue/2`

#elixir #genserver #elixirschool

4 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Jan 21 '19

Understanding Recursion with Elixir

#elixir #recursion

29 11

8 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Nov 3 '18

How to Ace the Dreaded Whiteboard Interview

#interview #whiteboarding #codenewbie

57 2

5 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Sep 13 '18

How to Learn to Learn to Code

#codenewbie #learntocode #juniordev #learning

75 3

5 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Aug 10 '18

How to Get Un-Stuck

#debugging #beginners #juniordev #career

95 14

7 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Jul 25 '18

Pair Programming for Interviewees

#interview #pairprogramming #juniordev

6 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Jun 18 '18

From Newbie to Presenter: My Path to Speaking at Empex

#conferencetalk #empex #elixir #phoenix

31 2

2 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Apr 11 '18

Custom Ruby Class Macros with Class Instance Variables

#ruby #macro #classinstancevar

30 2

6 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Mar 21 '18

Custom Form Validation in React with Redux Middleware

#react #redux #middleware #formvalidation

21 1

18 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Mar 13 '18

Junior Dev Survival Guide: How to Communicate About Code

#juniordev #pairprogramming #communication #teamwork

138 9

7 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Jan 17 '18

JavaScript's Functional Class Pattern

#javascript #objectorientation #javascriptclasses

37 1

6 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Dec 19 '17

Composable Query Builders in Rails with Arel

#rails #arel #activerecord #querybuilder

13 3

10 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Dec 1 '17

Smarter Rails Services with Active Model Modules

#rails #serviceobject #activerecord #ruby

193 26

11 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Nov 12 '17

The React + Redux Container Pattern

#react #redux #containercomponent #containerpattern

25 2

13 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Oct 19 '17

DIY reCAPTCHA with Ruby

#ruby #rails #googlerecaptcha #captcha

7 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Sep 27 '17

Building a Custom Logger with Active Support Tagged Logging

#rails #ruby #activesupport #taggedlogger

14 1

7 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

Sep 12 '17

JWT Auth with Phoenix and React Router 4

#phoenix #react #jwt #guardian

23 1

13 min read

Sophie DeBenedetto

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Synchronizing Go Routines with Channels and WaitGroups

Recent Comments

Building Dynamic Outputs with Terraform Expressions and Functions

Knock Down Your House: Refactoring and The Creative Process

Elixir and The Beam: How Concurrency Really Works

TIL GenServer's `handle_continue/2`

Understanding Recursion with Elixir

How to Ace the Dreaded Whiteboard Interview

How to Learn to Learn to Code

How to Get Un-Stuck

Pair Programming for Interviewees

From Newbie to Presenter: My Path to Speaking at Empex

Custom Ruby Class Macros with Class Instance Variables

Custom Form Validation in React with Redux Middleware

Junior Dev Survival Guide: How to Communicate About Code

JavaScript's Functional Class Pattern

Composable Query Builders in Rails with Arel

Smarter Rails Services with Active Model Modules

The React + Redux Container Pattern

DIY reCAPTCHA with Ruby

Building a Custom Logger with Active Support Tagged Logging

JWT Auth with Phoenix and React Router 4

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