Nov 10, 2020An important note to all developers, network-stakeholders, and intellectuals about algorithmic abuse (a post-hoc analysis of a case of Facebook Ads abuse)Allow me to preface this article by saying, you don’t need knowledge of every word to understand my overall point. If you bind up on a term, try Googling it, or ask for clarity. Leave a comment at the bottom if you find anything confusing. …Algorithms5 min readAlgorithms5 min read
Sep 8, 2020How to make Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) better than today (Sept. 8, 2020)Preface One thing I find constant is that it’s extremely difficult to ascertain where humans are at today. So I am inclined to reduce my confidence in the article’s headline. I am also inclined to cite “With these words, I can sell you anything” by William Lutz because it details weasel…AGI14 min readAGI14 min read
Jul 11, 2020How to setup unit testing in a Laravel and Vue mono-repo application, with PHPUnit and JestIntroduction To help you understand the level at which I might approach this, I will say I am aware of Kent Beck TDD, avoidance of the ice cream cone testing-style, and the idea of testing against feature list requirements and mandatory behaviour while avoiding brittle implementation details. …Laravel12 min readLaravel12 min read
May 26, 2020How to pass data from Laravel to a Vue/React SPA appI might not recommend using this pattern to pass hyper-sensitive information because window; however, I do like good object composition and function composition, so I appreciate the data flow channel that this pattern creates. spa.blade.php (root layout file) @php $config = [ 'appName' => config('app.name'), 'jwt' => […Laravel4 min readLaravel4 min read
Apr 11, 2019How to use JSX with Laravel and Vue with Laravel-MixDo you find functional components to be a nightmare in Vue due to the horrific syntax? Well then stop doing it the hard way, and use JSX. If you read that Twitter thread, you will see Adam has a name similar to mine and is recommending to use the…Laravel2 min readLaravel2 min read
Nov 9, 2018Functional Programming in JavaScript and React (Part Two)NOTE: I did not mean to publish this. But I will leave it anyway yolo style. It’s still in progress. I wouldn’t recommend reading it, but you could. PART TWO — THE IMPORTANT FACTORS The way I would like you to approach these next parts is to imagine the type of things you should and must…JavaScript27 min readJavaScript27 min read
Jul 14, 2018React’s setState is a special function, and it helps with asynchronous concurrencySo how do we use it properly? Let’s investigate this code example here: componentDidMount() { fetch('http://example.com/rss.xml') .then((response) => response.text()) .then((response) => { parseString(response, function (err, result) { this.setState({ articles: JSON.stringify(result.rss.channel[0].item) }) console.log('RAW: ' + result.rss.channel[0].item); console.log('THIS: ' + this.state.articles); }); }); }JavaScript12 min readJavaScript12 min read
Jun 14, 2018How to set up ES Lint for Airbnb, Vue JS, and VS CodeGreetings human code-scavenger. Today, I will show you how to get ES Lint working with Vue JS. If you are using Laravel to some degree, your environment will probably be ready to go for these instructions. …JavaScript7 min readJavaScript7 min read
May 18, 2018An intro to Functional Programming in JavaScript~ (and React and/or Vue)This article is worth your retinal zoom-in time, but remember that good is subjective to the observer. This is about Functional Programming and data flow over time. …JavaScript34 min readJavaScript34 min read
Apr 22, 2018How to rig a character model for THREE.js in BlenderI started making notes for myself about Blender hotkeys, but I realized I should put those notes on an electronic medium, keyword searchable for my future self. This article should be all I need in the future to get a model rigged up in Blender. This article is part one…Blender14 min readBlender14 min read