Poem: The Spider and The Serpent One of them was quiet, The other liked to hiss; I never knew they'd bite me once They leaned in for a kiss; The venom power's strong, I fell right for their trap; One spun a bed of web, The other tripped me for a nap. I watched a YouTube video the other day where the speaker spoke...

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Malachi 3:10, The Bible This morning, I attended church...

BEM (Block-Element-Modifier) in CSS is an industry standard in web development; I know a lot of people who use it. I learned it, mastered it and started using it in my own projects. However, like all systems and tools I've used, I started to question it. Was BEM really the prized gem that I've always thought it was?...

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16, The Bible The only thing I hate more than recording my own singing is releasing the audio to the public. But I love Jesus so I had to drop this. Best you listen on...

Chess is a war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind. Bobby Fischer, chess grandmaster Poem: Battle ready The pawns are pushed, the bishops set, The horses out the stall; A castled king, a centered queen, The rooks ready for war. Back in college, I played lots of chess. I would play with my...

Jazz is the only real music that is gonna last; all that other bullshit is here today and gone tomorrow. Jimmy Smith, jazz organist A quote from Jimmy Smith that I heard from the last track of Drake's album Nothing Was The Same got me thinking about how many unique contexts the idea could fit in. The full original...

A lot of bloggers that I follow have responded to the ultimate Blog Questions Challenge and I thought I would give it a go myself. Why did you start your blogging in the first place? Funny enough, this question was supposed to be what my first blog post answered, but at the time I had no idea, so I didn't make the...

Poem: SQLite ain't bad SQLite is not so bad It has a couple perks But so does every other file — Be sure to use what works With all my recent mentions of SQL, the title may seem clickbait-y or a little tongue-in-cheek, but I mean it: SQLite is not all that bad. How did I come to this new conclusion? I read an...

A game is the complete exploration of freedom within a restrictive environment. Vineet Raj Kapoor Let my web-game-creating career begin 🥳! Today, I would like to present my first game for the web called Simon Says, and I did it all using web components. Without further ado, let's just jump in. The game Here she is:...

I admit it; I used to hate testing. It never made any sense. Why would I want to write more code (test code, that is) when I already have code to write? With time (and many years of force by the industry), I have learned to understand its importance and place in a software project. However, I have also learned to...

If you can’t give me poetry, can’t you give me poetical science? Ada Lovelace Today I read a couple articles on Ada Lovelace. She was the first programmer ever, which makes her the grandfather of my profession, programming 🤓 (a real G 😉). But she wasn't only a programmer, she was also a prophet. Long before the...

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft You may not have noticed, but my blog is missing a lot of features 😆. I am well aware of these omissions. They exist because I'm building this blog progressively: I add features as I need...