Still fresh off deploying Grub Grades I want to give a little more info on using publicly available data to build cool projects. First off, what is NYC Open Data? It's data made available by NYC city government that has datasets concerning … [Read more]
Grub Grades – A Simple Web App to Look Up NYC Restaurant Grades
Hey guys! Just deployed my latest creation! Search for you favorite restaurant and see if it gets a passing grade. Optionally, you can check the latest violation and see if your OCD will win over your desire for delicious food. Grub Grades I … [Read more]
Recursion!
Recursion! What is it? Recursion in its simplest definition is calling a method or function inside of itself. In other words, within a function definition, there is a function call to itself! It's basically inception.... via … [Read more]
Button Challenge Refactor
Hey guys, I refactored my super verbose brute force implementation and wanted to talk about my approach a little bit. You can see my previous post here. But to recap a little bit, I was to parse a string of numbers and operators, where the … [Read more]
Button Code Challenge
Hey guys, just got a code challenge while applying to a software engineering position at Button. This is pretty cool! Not the most difficult problem in the world, but some definite "gotchas" if you're not careful. Here's the "gist" of the … [Read more]
How To Meta Program A Dynamic Ruby `set_resource` Method In Rails
As an organizer of a meetup on Flatiron School's campus, I meet some interesting people and we do some silly things that are inspired by our founder Avi Flombaum. Now, one thing that's really awesome to experiment with in Ruby is meta-programming. … [Read more]