Recent Posts, Project Updates, and more

July 17, 2024

Hey everyone! 👋🏻 Hope your last few months have been great! It's been a busy season for me with the launch of Agathist, learning the ropes of running a...

A new adventure that needs your help

January 26, 2024

Hey friend! 👋🏻 It's been so long since I've written a newsletter to you, I'm not even sure I remember how! I appreciate your patience between letters and,...

A New Mini-Course and Course Platform

December 3, 2021

Hey there! It's been a while since I've written a newsletter to you. In that time, I've written a bunch of blog posts, spoken at a conference, and made a...

Using Hooks to Break Apart Component Logic

May 19, 2020

Hello there! 👋 Recently, I've been building a lot of new features and hooks for work and it's really got my brain gears turning. 🧠⚙️ So many of the concepts...

My XState course is now free on egghead.io!

May 4, 2020

Hey there 👋 I wanted to take a minute and give you the heads up that my XState course on egghead.io is now a free community resource. That means it's...

Recursion and React

February 20, 2020

Hey friends! 👋 Whenever I teach someone React for the first time, I take the time to demonstrate React without JSX by first using React.createElement(). "Why...

Check Out My Newest Egghead Course!

December 18, 2019

Hey friends, Hope this finds you well! Wanted to send you a quick email about something I worked very hard on. My latest course is released into the wild...

⚠️State Machine Workshop Imminent and Boolean Complexity

November 11, 2019

Hey folks, This the last email I send you about my online State Machine workshop on Wednesday. If you're interested in attending, you can get your ticket...

🤖 What do you know about State Machines?

November 4, 2019

Hey everyone, I’ve got my head down, working hard on finishing up all the material for my online live workshop, next week on November 13th. It’s going to be...

Announcing my State Machine and XState Workshop

October 24, 2019

Hey everyone! I've been hard at work for the last month or so putting something together for all of you. I'm excited to share that I will be releasing a new...

Ever wanted to add Algolia Search to your Gatsby site?

September 23, 2019

Hey everyone! Recently, a reader of my blog asked if I could add a search feature. Honestly, I never knew my blog needed it until that moment! I had no idea...

Just Enough Functional Programming is LIVE!

March 22, 2019

Hello friends! As the subject line says, my new course "Just Enough Functional Programming in JavaScript" is LIVE on egghead. Please check it out, share it...

Update to the Course Release Timeline

March 20, 2019

Hey everyone! Mere hours after I sent out my newsletter yesterday, I got word that the timeline for my new course has been moved up to drop this Friday,...

Did you know curry was a verb, too? 🍛My new course on functional programming is about to drop. 💧

March 19, 2019

Hey everyone, it's been a while since I sent y'all an email. A lot has changed since then, but I'll have to tell you more about that another time. Today, I...

My First Egghead Course Just Dropped!

November 29, 2018

The day has arrived! 🎉 My first egghead course ever is now published: Intro to Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript. I am so stoked to get this...

How Computer Science Kept My Project Afloat

November 26, 2018

Back in 2016, I was working for a small company building digital interactives with web technologies. Most of the time, I worked on projects for museum kiosks...

My Sincere Thanks to You

November 22, 2018

Hey everyone! It's Wednesday evening, and off the cuff, I just wanted to take a moment and express my gratitude for all of you. I appreciate you giving me...

The Importance of Competing Thoughts

October 29, 2018

Hey everyone! If you're wondering why I didn't post a newsletter the last few weeks, the answer is simple. I went on vacation! My wife and I went down to...

The Role of Timing in a Job Hunt

October 1, 2018

If you read the last newsletter, then you know I've started to hunt for a new job. I shared with you several tips on how to make that hunt go better for you....

How to be More Successful in a Job Hunt

September 18, 2018

How to be More Successful in a Job Hunt If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen this tweet go out into the universe. I'm in the process of exploring...

The First Beard-o-gram: Three Tips for New Coders

September 4, 2018

The Very First Beard-o-gram! Welcome to my first newsletter! I'm incredibly honored that you subscribed. I was legitimately surprised at the response I got...