Lucas ThinnesUnderstanding Linked List Cycles via Floyd’s AlgorithmThis week I had my horizons stretched to new lengths while being mock-interviewed. I was asked to solve an algorithm which accepts an…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Lucas ThinnesWeb Scraping with the Puppeteer JavaScript LibraryThis week I’d like to talk about a library I just learned about that makes web scraping super simple. Most of the time web scraping is…Nov 19, 2021Nov 19, 2021
Lucas ThinnesUsing JPA to Create Instances and Save to API / DatabaseIn my previous post I explained how to connect a Java backend to a Postgres database, but just because the two are connected doesn’t mean…Nov 10, 2021Nov 10, 2021
Lucas ThinnesConnecting a Java Backend to a Postgres DatabaseThis week I learned how to connect a Java API to a Postgres database and I wanted to share this technique with the world! This sort of…Nov 6, 2021Nov 6, 2021
Lucas ThinnesBuild a Restful API with Java, Maven and Spring Boot using Vim on OSXThis week I am going to explain a method I found for launching a server and creating restful APIs which can be done entirely from the CLI!Oct 27, 2021Oct 27, 2021
Lucas ThinnesUnderstanding RecursionA concept that is notoriously difficult to grasp with entry-level programmers is recursion. The reasons for this are plentiful, but from my…Oct 22, 2021Oct 22, 2021
Lucas Thinnes5 Tips for Accessing the Technical Interview MindsetAs a bootcamp grad, the gap between finishing up the work with the given program you chose and actually landing a job can feel like a…Oct 13, 2021Oct 13, 2021
Lucas ThinnesConnecting Rails Auth to JS FrontendThis post will be following up my previous post on creating a rails backend which supports authorization. There isn’t a lot of code…Oct 7, 2021Oct 7, 2021
Lucas ThinnesFull Auth Walkthrough Using RailsIn this article I am going to explain how to get backend user authentication working. My intent is to blaze through this and make it as…Sep 28, 2021Sep 28, 2021
Lucas ThinnesUsing Cypress for TDDThe applications of writing tests for your code extend far beyond simply verifying for yourself that a process is working, and in my few…Sep 22, 2021Sep 22, 2021
