Zachary Flower
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Lakewood, CO, United States
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My Favorite Kind Of Coding Interview Exercise
How to prepare for a job interview as a programmer looking for a job that needs coding, how these simple exercises will help you prepare fully for it. → Read More
Raising Kids And A Startup
Kids are great. They're funny, smart, beautiful, the light of your life and exhausting. Kind of like a startup...so how does one go about balancing both? → Read More
Disabling My Favicon: How and Why
It turns out that disabling a Favicon is surprisingly easy and eve a good idea when you don't really want to deal with the hassle of another part of a website → Read More
Embracing Offline-First Technology
Along the way, after getting smartphones and voice-controlled assistants, we've lost the plot. Perhaps embracing offline-first technology will help us find it. → Read More
You Are Not Worth Tracking, Sorry
I do not track you. I don't have to, and I don't care to. → Read More
Try these 3 Alternatives to Heroku
In this article, I will be sharing 3 awesome Heroku alternatives that are relatively new to the PaaS space. → Read More
I Made 3 Major Open Source Contributions. Here's How
What open source projects have you always dreamed of contributing to? I have been able to check off three - Faker, Electron, and Vagrant. → Read More
Extending Laravel Using Artisan Commands
I love Laravel. As a PHP developer with a history of working in everything from WordPress to CodeIgniter, when Laravel came on the scene it was a revelation. From the design to the usability, it is an absolutely top-notch framework that contains untold depths of power. That said, sometimes Laravel's own opinionated structure can get in the way of what can feel like pretty simple intentions, such… → Read More
Light My Web Exploration Fire
Like-minded people created their own communities, rather than joining one that already exists. → Read More
WTF is a Postmortem
A postmortem is the analysis of an event after it occurs. → Read More
How To Build an Absurdly Backwards Compatible Website
Let’s face it: the internet is broken. → Read More
The Joy of Using Single-Purpose Tech
What is it about smartphones that make them the most useful technology ever created? → Read More
About Mac Sunsetting macOS Catalina
Every Apple computer released prior to 2013 will be rendered obsolete and insecure, thanks to the impending death of macOS Catalina. → Read More
How To Write The F*cking Manual: Best Tips Ever
Maintaining documentation can be a struggle at any organization, but well-crafted documentation strategy can make that struggle seem far less real. → Read More
I Converted To Docker for Containerization and Haven't Looked Back
It took me a while to adopt Docker. Docker just didn’t feel mature enough to me until just a few years ago, but boy have I seen the light. → Read More
Why These Four Developer Debates Are A Waste Of Time
I’ve never been a particularly confrontational person. In the workplace, I would much rather maintain good relationships with my coworkers than engage in endless debates over something that doesn’t actually benefit the product or the team. → Read More
5 Git Aliases I Can’t Live Without
Git aliases are the perfect vessel for the over-optimization of your productivity workflow. These are my five favorite. → Read More
How developers focus despite open offices, concurrent projects
How can developers focus when their attention must go to three concurrent projects, nonstop chat streams and multiple user requirements meetings? Here are six tips for how to return focus on programming, including shorter meetings and do-not-disturb signs. → Read More
Working with Serverless Log Data
Working with Serverless Log Data from Twistlock. Dev-to-Production Docker and container security for enterprises. → Read More
Using Historical Incident Management Data to Plan for System Upgrades
Learn how implementing an incident management solutions allows you to identify specific pain points early and often, and fix them immediately. → Read More