Me!👋

I'm a JS software developer from the US who started a new adventure in Lisbon, Portugal in August 2019. Around my site you will see some of my work history (Experience), coding preferences (Projects, Snippets, Blogs), and hobbies (Hobbies, Map)

Hope you enjoy exploring a bit about my life

Roadmap

Next.js - this portfolio is a good start

- Pluralsight: Server side rendering in React

- Pluralsight: Next.js the big picture

- Article: Hitchhikers guide to Next.js

Start using typescript generator for backend schema

Use ChatGPT API - completed 1 paid and 1 personal project

Figma course on Frontend Masters

Designs/produce a watchOS/iPhone yoga app that includes breathing promps and ML for tracking moves

Create private NPM package with AWS connectors I frequently use (DynamoDB, SES, S3)

Harvard Comp Sci course

Storybook course on Frontend Master


Favorite Blogs

Sean Allen - Youtube channel that stays pretty up to date on Swift and iOS

Josh Comeau - So much fun getting into transitions with him

Dan Abramov - The man, the myth, the legend (he doesn't write much though)

Kent Dodds - Another legend in the world of React. I took his testing JavaScript course and he is a great teacher

Lee Robinson - Helped me get into Next.js

Recent Blogs

Saving Images in Swift/AWSOverview of my approach for saving image from iPhone app to AWS

Swift
AWS
CI/CD pipelinesOverview of my setup using Bitbucket pipelines and Xcode Cloud Workflows

Project Management MethodologiesReflections on my experience and what has worked

Project Management
Health Journey to Becoming a Functioning AdultHow am I in my 30s and just learning this stuff

Fitness

Coming Soon

  • Image upload architcture/writeup (Swift/Node/AWS)
  • CSS Transitions Starter Pack
  • Handling dependency issues
  • Setting up a new mac

Thoughts on Others Articles and Topics

A deep dive on forms with modern ReactKent Dodds article to help explain forms release in React 19

React
Why Do We Age?Hallmarks of aging and the biology behind it

Fitness
How Exercise Strengthens Your BrainExercise is awesome and we should all do it

Fitness
Are You Eating Too Much Salt?Yes, yes we are eating too much salt

Fitness
Making Sense of React Server ComponentsJosh Comeau blog about using React Server Components inside of Next.js

React
React Gets First Class Support for Async Await — Yay or Meh?A look into the React RFC Draft proposal support for data loading

React
Discussion around Create React AppLong Dan Abramov post on the current state and history of create react app

React