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…5 min read·Nov 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…3 min read·Nov 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…4 min read·Nov 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…6 min read·Nov 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!4 min read·Oct 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…2 min read·Oct 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…5 min read·Oct 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…3 min read·Oct 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…5 min read·Sep 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…3 min read·Sep 22, 2021----