I've had a bunch of conversations with other #100Devs folk about motivation & consistency. They're ever-present on people's minds. Last night, these 3 vids came up in my feed & I watched them. I think some of you might benefit from what they share.

Took a break from other stuff I was working on & went through @rachelktyjohnson.bsky.social's Vue course on @scrimba.bsky.social yesterday. It was my first time using @vuejs.org & I really liked it. So much simpler than what React has been turning into. #100Devs #webdev #vue

Listened to Ep 22 of The Programming Podcast from @leonnoel.bsky.social & @dthompsondev.bsky.social this afternoon on the road. It's from April 10th. They spoke with Andy Wong about working for FAANG, startup & other companies & about senior devs. #100Devs #webdev

I'm 10 mins into this episode of the #freeCodeCamp podcast. If you're job-hunting, watch/listen to it. Its really insightful so far. @jason.energy is dropping bombs. #100Devs #webdev

Hit the #learntocodela meetup in Ktown with @sirashtondev.bsky.social yesterday. Last one of the year. Got there early to beat LA traffic, so we explored Ktown for 2 hours & walked about 4 miles. Met a bunch of cool new people - several of whom I want to hit shows with in LA next year.

Listened to Ep 21 of The Programming Podcast from @leonnoel.bsky.social & @dthompsondev.bsky.social on the road. It's from April 3rd. If you're on the job hunt, listen to this one. Great questions & answers about the hunt. #100Devs #webdev

Listened to Ep 20 of The Programming Podcast from @leonnoel.bsky.social & @dthompsondev.bsky.social on the road yesterday. It's from March 27th. It was interesting hearing that ai would write 90% of all code in 6 months' time (there's context). It's now 9 months in the future. #100Devs #webdev

All of the Developed By Ed courses are free now! drive.google.com/drive/folder... #100Devs #webdev @developedbyed.bsky.social

Listened to Ep 19 of The Programming Podcast from @leonnoel.bsky.social & @dthompsondev.bsky.social on the drive back home. It's from March 20th. Detoured & visited with @sirashtondev.bsky.social. walked 4.5 miles through Monrovia to get some steps in together. #100Devs #webdev

Listened to Ep 18 of The Programming Podcast from @leonnoel.bsky.social & @dthompsondev.bsky.social while driving. It's from March 7th. I last listened on April 17th. So behind... #100Devs #webdev

The wait is over - it’s finally here! After months of work behind the scenes, our brand new Backend Developer Path is now live 🚀 👉 scrimba.com/the-backend-... Here’s what’s inside 👇

About to chat with @jasminepvo.bsky.social in 10 mins On building the community, neuroplasticity, and resilience it takes to make it through the trough of sorrow and break into tech Bouncing back from burnout and how to move with intention Really excited for this one! 🍵 leonnoel.com/100devs

@devmansam.net released his freelancing app today. I've tested it in the past & its amazing. Its the strongest free resource I've seen for people looking to hunt web dev clients. There are tools to find businesses, contracts, proposals, tracking systems & so much more. #100Devs #webdev #freelance

Demoing a system to feel confident and 360 Slam Dunk any technical interview in 60mins on Discord

What's in a name? Apparently, mine is a mobile menace now...

Pumped to chat with #100Devs alum @marciac95.bsky.social in 60 mins to talk about Going from farming to data science Landing clients even in rural areas And getting the first paying customers for their apps ⤵️

Working on the homework for Class 35 at #100Devs. We had to review a Node server. Commenters on the YouTube video said that it was a difficult class, so I did a little writeup on my blog to try & explain the code for those who'd like the help. #webdev #javascript @nodejs.org

From thinking "I'll Never Learn Math" to Distinguished Professor of Engineering & one of the world’s leading experts on learning! @dthompsondev.bsky.social & I had the HONOR of chatting on the pod with the 🐐 Dr. Barbara Oakley A DEEP DIVE into How To Learn in The Age of AI + so much more

!checkin for Class 35 at #100Devs. Went through promises & async/await. Learned that setTimeout(), setInterval(), fetch() and THE DOM are not JavaScript. They're web APIs! Finally started backend with Node. #webdev #javascript @nodejs.org

Helping people craft stories that lead to better resumes and more interviews live in 20 mins! Come hang out with 400+ new friends all making moves this October to improve their job hunt!

!checkin for the 6-hour JS Super Review between classes 34 & 35 of #100Devs. Haven't touched any of the material since the end of March & this was a lot. Variables, functions, conditionals, loops, arrays, objects, APIs, OOP & more. Job-hunt material, too. On to backend, next. #webdev #javascript

Yesterday, #100Devs talked about crafting a story that gets you hired! Today @grahammcbain.bsky.social who went from bootcamp grad to Senior Developer Advocate working on Amp Code is Telling their story, breaking down the agentic coding space, & giving everyone free credits in 30 mins!

I've helped 1000+ people get jobs in tech This is the most amount of interviews, callbacks & offers I've seen in almost two years For the next 30 days, I'm going live on Discord every day to help you land one too! If you are feeling stuck, join us in 15mins leonnoel.com/discord

Yesterday, I found that hex colors can have opacities by adding a 2-character alpha value to the end (for 8 chars total). Its called an RGBA hex. So black (#000000) can be 50% opaque as #00000080 or 10% opaque as #0000001A. Its been a thing since 2018! #100Devs #webdev #css

This is an interesting take. Its like spaced repetition. #100Devs #webdev

Scrimba's data structures & algorithms course dropped this AM. You need a pro subscription to access it. #100Devs #webdev

Trying something different with the Nav. It starts as a little button in the top-center of the screen. Clicking it drops it down, carrying the menu with it. Absolute positioning & translate-y based on state did all the work here. The colors are just for testing so I can see. #100Devs #webdev

In the previous iteration of the agency website, I used a Header component to render the hero section for each page. It was called from each page, so they passed props with h1 text. Now, I'm using a Layout component, so its different. I got it working like this: #100Devs #webdev #react #reactrouter

Quick rundown of how to add a Layout component with React Router 7: 1. Make a Layout component somewhere (you can name it anything, I used Layout). Import { Outlet } into it. Its like { children } & is where the page component content will render. #100Devs #react #reactrouter #webdev

Its been 2 months since I kept up with Bluesky. Sorry about that - I want to catch back up with what everyone is doing. I've been really busy building. I largely finished the agency website a few weeks ago. There are small things that needed adjusting, but I switched gears. #100Devs #webdev

Hit Denny's with @sirashtondev.bsky.social by accident after kiddo #1's concert. They were listed as The Burger Den online. It was a trap! That said, the triple was pretty good & someone got ice cream.

Kiddo #1 became a teenager yesterday & had her 1st band concert of the year (she's percussion). @sirashtondev.bsky.social went with me to see her play.

Revised the portfolio section for the agency website yesterday. Working on the Team section, but I'm not going to finish it before I run out later. #100Devs #webdev #weGoGet

I haven't kept up with Bluesky in a bit. Today is 6 weeks since I checked anything in my feed, so I hope everyone is ok & that all of you developers & #100Devs folk have been building things & progressing. I'll try to catch back up this weekend. #webdev

T Burgers in Monrovia with @sirashtondev.bsky.social & the kiddos.

Took the girls to the library in Monrovia with @sirashtondev.bsky.social.

Watched The Dark Crystal with the kiddos. Haven't seen it in decades. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Kiddo #1 liked it. #2 got scared a few times. They've never seen puppetry like this before.

Met up with the friend kiddo #1 made on 4th of July at the 80s concert & her family. Explored the Redwood Grove at Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Yorba Linda. They dug up owl pellets & found animal skulls & other bones.

Took the kiddos to Michael's for arts & crafts. They made autumn wreaths. The kid who runs it is friends with them & my sister from past events. We talked about all kinds of stuff from D&D to comics to anime & movies & video games. It's fun seeing how this generation has carried stuff on.

Kiddos had me watch Kpop Demon Hunters with them after they had burgers with me. It was fun. They played tracks from it on the ride back from the meetup on Thursday & were singing songs from it with @sirashtondev.bsky.social.

Learn Teach Code LA programmer meetup in Koreatown with @sirashtondev.bsky.social & the kiddos. Met some interesting folk. Added them to LinkedIn.

Chino Hills Community Park again. Kiddo #2 is getting better at biking.

Took the kiddos to Chino Hills Community Park. Brought kiddo #2's bike.

I hope everyone is making progress with their projects. Its been a while since I posted anything code-related. Last week I started redesigning/rebuilding my LLC's website. I worked on layout & have placeholder images & text on every page. I'll use it for freelancing once its done. #100Devs #webdev

Went to Hidden Hills Park on our quest to check out more local parks that we haven't been to. It was nice. Very quiet & broken into different areas connected by pathways.

Tried to take the girls to Walnut Creek Nature Park yesterday. The entrance is behind a gated community. Found a back entrance but it wasn't to the main park, apparently. It was an unfinished area.

Took the girls to MAG Laboratory in Pomona for an event to paint a big picture projected onto a canvas by throwing balloons filled with watercolor paint at it. Ended up learning that it's a makerspace with really interesting people who we hung with for a few hours.

Took the girls to see My Neighbor Totoro at the Regal Theater in Yorba Linda for Ghiblifest. They loved it. Kiddo #2 said it's her favorite movie.

Went to the Learn Teach Code LA meetup in Koreatown with @sirashtondev.bsky.social & the kiddos yesterday. Met a few new folk & caught up with the host. The cat that hits the meetup joined at the end but left because there was no coffee left for it.

Hit Little Tokyo with @sirashtondev.bsky.social & the kiddos yesterday. It was more like how it used to be before ICE. Some places were still boarded up though & there were protesters with signs returning from a protest.