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Nancy's Triumph: Profiting during the Banking Crisis - A short Story

July 06, 2023

An attempt at writing a short story about a bearish trader in the stock market

The Greeks: A Series - Theta 𝛩

December 23, 2022

Theta in options trading

Playing credit spreads in a bearish market

November 19, 2022

Why I am investing in speculative assets by utilizing spreads to my advantage

Oh My Zsh Autocomplete

September 22, 2022

Setting up autocomplete for oh my zsh

Time is just flying

September 14, 2022

I'd like to get more active with writing on here - a quick reflection on my perception of time

Working On The Grid

October 17, 2021

Benefits of working from home

Currying in JavaScript

June 24, 2020

Understanding the process of Currying in JavaScript

Goodbye WordPress

June 16, 2020

Why I switched this site over to a static development environment with Gatsby.js

Photography Software with Darktable

October 11, 2019

Quick post on using the open source photography editor Darktable

Authorize with Ember

June 14, 2019

An authorization tutorial using the Ember.js Framework

An epic read: The Stand

June 06, 2019

My first Stephen King book i've read

Create a time-lapse with Blender

May 25, 2019

A tutorial using Blender animation software

Finally Landing Barre Chords

May 09, 2019

Barre Chords are tough!

My mining computer running Ubuntu

May 02, 2019

A post about my mining machine build

Practice Asynchronous code with Async Await

April 30, 2019

Using asynchronous code with JavaScript

Lightning Fast with Hugo

April 24, 2019

Quick post about the HUGO Development framework

Daemon by Daniel Suarez: A Review

April 14, 2019

A review of a recent book I read on a flight to London

First year of learning the guitar and my progress

March 31, 2019

My experience starting to learn the guitar now in my mid-20s

Always Write Effective Use Cases

March 21, 2019

Importance of writing use cases when it comes to software development

Top 5 CSS Frameworks to use in 2019

March 21, 2019

Popular CSS Frameworks you should utilize in your projects

Create a Blog in 10 Minutes for free

March 14, 2019

How you can create a blog quickly with a headless CMS

Understanding Closures

March 01, 2019

JavaScript Fundamentals Post About Closures

GiphyAPI Tutorial

February 23, 2019

A short tutorial on how to use an API with JavaScript

JavaScript and the DOM

December 07, 2018

DOM Manipulation with pure JavaScript

My Coding Bootcamp Experience

April 05, 2018

An account of my experience going through Ironhack Miami to learn software development

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