One of the many things I have loved about coding from the start is styling (or as I would have called it before learning about styled-components, CSS). Even before coding, I have always loved the design aspect of things. Whether it be creating the layout for a woodworking project of…

Something that has become exceedingly clear to me as I’ve continued in my backend learning is the importance of having a populated database. …

Wrapping up my first backend focussed Bootcamp phase, I struggled to solidify my understanding of the relationship between frontend and backend. In short, like so many relationships out there… it’s complicated. But I’ll try my best to explain (on a very simple level) how this relationship works. A couple of…

Just as I was really starting to feel like I get it, it’s on to the next thing. Phase one of the software engineering Bootcamp was a lot (to say the least). The first week was incredibly overwhelming, and I felt extremely behind. Things got a bit better during the…

Day one: panic attack. I had been strangely calm in the days leading up to the program, which made me feel pleasantly optimistic about how well it would go. But then came day one. …