Jonathan Irvin

I'm a full-stack cloud-minded engineer who enjoys devops and clean code.

San Antonio, TX Joined on Jul 20, 2018 jonathan.w.irvin@gmail.com http://jonathanirvin.com

Education

BS Computer Science

Work

DevOps & Automation Engineer at AirStrip

Jonathan Irvin

May 20

Let's get one thing straight: Code is read by humans, interpreted by machines

#beginners #tutorial #programming #productivity

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Hey guys what's better Vue or React?

It depends.

May 26

It's OK To Be Replaceable

Yes, so much this. I don't want to be a bottleneck for anyone...

May 20

How do you overcome low motivation?

Caffeine

May 19

What is your preferred programming language and why?

JS, but boy do I love a well-written TS app.

May 19

How to tell a Junior Dev that what they've done is wrong?

I agree with being straightforward. It saves time on both par...

May 19

Have you considered starting a company?

I've considered it several times, but never had the mental fo...

May 19

What's your Git Personality?

I've been all of these!

Dec 16 '21

Does blogging make you a better dev?

I think that a good measure of expertise is what you external...

Oct 5 '21

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Jonathan Irvin

May 19

It's OK To Be Replaceable

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Jonathan Irvin

Dec 16 '21

What's your Git Personality?

#git #fun #github #programming

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Jonathan Irvin

Dec 16 '21

If you're going to use a poor commit message, just git rebase -i instead

#git #beginners #programming #productivity

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Jonathan Irvin

Dec 15 '21

Dynamically Create Jenkins Executors Using Docker

#docker #jenkins #devops #containers

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Jonathan Irvin

Oct 5 '21

Test Optimized Development

#testing #webdev #react #opinion

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Jonathan Irvin

Oct 5 '21

Clean Conventional Commits

#git #github #beginners #productivity

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 29 '20

Web Dev Wednesday: App Security

#beginners #security #100daysofcode #webdev

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 17 '20

Web Dev Wednesday: Docker!

#docker #webdevwed #dockercompose

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 17 '20

Web Dev Wednesday: Git

#git #webdevwed

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Jonathan Irvin

Nov 5 '19

How to zombie-proof your Git repo

#git #zombies #coronavirus #covid19

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 17 '19

Starting Over: And That's Ok

#jellyfin #javascript #opensource

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Jonathan Irvin

May 29 '19

Should I start "Office Hours"?

#officehours #meeting #mentoring

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Jonathan Irvin

Apr 18 '19

Want To Learn Programming? Learn How To Track Changes First

#git #beginners #career

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Jonathan Irvin

Mar 3 '19

Which .dev domains have you registered so far?

#discuss

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Jonathan Irvin

Jan 10 '19

What is your criticism culture?

#discuss

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Jonathan Irvin

Nov 24 '18

My First Four Weeks At A Startup

#wgvs #career #startup

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Jonathan Irvin

Nov 5 '18

What tense do you use in Git Commit messages?

#discuss #git

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Jonathan Irvin

Oct 18 '18

What I've Learned By Interviewing

#career #interview #mentoring

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Jonathan Irvin

Oct 3 '18

Ship everything to production! Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

#humor #agile #funny #video

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Jonathan Irvin

Oct 2 '18

Jelly Fin: A Little Bump & Grind 😉

#jellyfin #hacktoberfest #git #devops

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 26 '18

Jelly Fin: Hello, World!

#jellyfin #helloworld #vue #travisci

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 21 '18

Jelly Fin: Attacking The Monolith

#jellyfin #vue #reactnative

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 18 '18

Jelly Fin: Got a minute? We could use it!

#help #jellyfin #devops #ux

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 17 '18

Jelly Fin: Open Source From Scratch, What I've Learned So Far

#jellyfin #opensource #beginners #mentoring

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 16 '18

A JavaScript Haiku

#javascript #haiku

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 14 '18

What makes a successful standup?

#discuss #agile

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 14 '18

Jelly Fin: We're a GitHub Organization now

#github #jellyfin #imposters

1 min read

Jonathan Irvin

Sep 12 '18

Jelly Fin: Contributor Update 9-12-2018

#jellyfin #opensource #react #reactnative

2 min read

Jonathan Irvin

Sep 12 '18

A quick thank you to dev.to

#devto #meta

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 11 '18

We believe in open-source, so why can't everyone code?

#discuss #healthydebate

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 8 '18

JavaScript: In one sentence

#humor #javascript

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 6 '18

What tools do you use for your open source projects?

#discuss

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 6 '18

Jelly Fin: Calling all imposters! Yes, you! Let's Build Together.

#javascript #beginners #jellyfin #mentoring

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Jonathan Irvin

Sep 5 '18

Jelly Fin: Badges? Yes, we have badges.

#jellyfin #cicd #github #opensource

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 30 '18

Jelly Fin: Come chat with us!

#jellyfin #opensource #discord

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 29 '18

Git Staging Area: Explained Like I'm Five

#explainlikeimfive #git #beginners

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 29 '18

React vs. Angular vs. VueJS vs. Native

#healthydebate #discuss

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 29 '18

Jelly Fin: Looking For Contributors

#help #jellyfin #opensource #contributors

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 28 '18

Jelly Fin: Ok, we're going Open Source

#help #github #jellyfin

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 28 '18

I'm making an app to help manage personal finances, Ask Me Anything!

#ama #jellyfin

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 28 '18

Jelly Fin: Should I use a query or scan?

#help #jellyfin #aws #serverless

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 24 '18

Jelly Fin: Transaction CRUD

#jellyfin #aws #claudia #lambda

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 20 '18

Explain Knowledge Transfer vs Documentation like I'm five

#discuss #explainlikeimfive

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 14 '18

Jelly Fin: Serverless framework versus Claudia.js

#serverless #jellyfin #claudiajs #byefelicia

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 14 '18

#discuss What language do you think in?

#discuss #languages #programming

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 10 '18

Jelly Fin: Automate Money To Live Better

#serverless #javascript #jellyfin #automation

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 1 '18

How do you name your devices?

#discuss #namingconvention

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Jonathan Irvin

Jul 31 '18

Do your commits pass this simple test?

#git #scm

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Jonathan Irvin

Jul 23 '18

Who here learned to code with the Linden Scripting Language (LSL)?

#discuss #lsl #secondlife #lindenlabs

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Jonathan Irvin

Jul 20 '18

Teaching Git Some New Tricks

#git #gitnewbie #gitmaster #gitninja

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 1 '18

Getting Started With DevOps, Part 2

#documentation #devops #continuousdelivery #deployment

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 1 '18

Getting Started With DevOps

#development #git #github #discipline

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 1 '18

Semantic Commit Messages with Emojis

#git #engineering #emoji #ui

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Jonathan Irvin

Aug 1 '18

Check Out These 5 Git Tips Before Your Next Commit

#workflow #engineering #scm #git

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Hey guys what's better Vue or React?

It's OK To Be Replaceable

How do you overcome low motivation?

What is your preferred programming language and why?

How to tell a Junior Dev that what they've done is wrong?

Have you considered starting a company?

What's your Git Personality?

Does blogging make you a better dev?