I wrote something dashing for Smashing
My first article walks readers through creating a multi-author blog with Next.js. In this post, I share the story and process behind the experience.
Read full articleAll articles in “Education”
These are my articles on how we can better share what we know with others. Explore some of the other categories as well while you’re here.
Practical APIs for your next tech exploration
When you’re trying a new technology, you can use one of these APIs for the basis of your experiments. They let you build something fun at the same time.
Read full articleWhen you know too much to be helpful
Once you speak the language experts in your field use every day, it becomes harder to remember what it was like to not know what you know now.
Read full articleI published my first video tutorials!
After writing on my blog and newsletter, I’m adding a new medium to my rotation. I’m taking some of my content and recording videos for it.
Read full articleMemorizing a shuffled deck of cards
Distractions and the internet have conditioned us to do shallow work. To engage in Deep Work, we need to learn how to concentrate again.
Read full articleTired of learning by building todo-apps?
Tutorials often default to todo-apps. These twists on that idea help you dig into how the framework you’re learning really works.
Read full articlePicking what to learn
Options are good but distracting. By starting with an end in mind, we can find out what the best next thing to learn is.
Read full articleWhat do I know?
You know a lot of things others don’t. Help them by sharing what you know, no matter how easy or obvious you might think it is.
Read full articleInsights of a new screencaster
I recently published my first screencasts on programming. In the process, I learned a few first things about creating info products.
Read full articleDebunking whitewashed exam statistics
Looking at the official statistics of a recent exam, the numbers aren’t as positive as they are made out to be.
Read full articleScreencasts on Standard ML in German
A well-intentioned but ultimately unfair move by a lecture’s organizers inspired me to record a number of screencasts on functional programming.
Read full articleWhy students fail entry-level programming exams
The common approach to teaching development is rarely tailored to newcomers, which results in high failure and dropout rates.
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