dotnet Developing with .NET Core on macOS and Linux We've been working on a C# API Client over at Clarifai that targets the .NET Standard. .NET Core is a cross platform implementation of this standard. It's definitely confusing for the uninitiated but
til TIL: You Can Use A Button As An Input Value For A From Today I learned from my rad coworker @brettdewoody that you can use a <button> as an input value for a <form>. Turns out there are a bunch of cool
EndGrid And What's Next Monday, June 3rd, 2013 was my first day at an incredible company SendGrid, and Friday, July 24th, 2015 was my last. In my two years there, I met some outstanding people and had
til TIL: Keeping Secrets Out Of Your ZSH History I'm a big fan of zsh because of the power and customization it gives you. One nice little trick I learned is that you can prevent commands from being added to your history
Joining the PHP Parade I can't say I was excited to learn PHP, but after the previous maintainer of our library went on to become the new Commissioner of Major League Hacking, it fell on my plate.
Xcode Command Line Tools Quick one here. I frequently help beginners set up their Mac's for development at hackathons. The first step is always to install the Xcode command line tools. These include: git gcc (llvm) make
Why HackRU Is My Favorite Hackathon My all-time favorite hackathon took place this past weekend at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. Now, I'm definitely biased this being my alma mater and all (plus having helped plan and run
tips Clean Your Laptops I've been meaning to write this one for a while now. Hackers, please clean your laptops. Clean your keyboard. Wipe down your trackpad or mouse. Scrub where your palm rests and around the
node The Magic Behind Basic HTTP Authentication It's very easy to take things for granted as a developer. We almost always try and use libraries for every and anything to not reinvent the wheel. As I continue to grow, I
node The SendGrid Ruby Gem and My Mama! A sample of the things I love are, Ruby, webhooks, and my mama! In this post, I'm putting all of them together! Let's start with how excited SendGrid is to announce the release
sendgrid Tips and Tricks for a Beginner Developer Evangelist (Part 2) In my previous post, I talked to a few colleagues about the tips and tricks they would give me as a beginning Developer Evangelist. The first tips were from evangelists outside of SendGrid,
sendgrid Tips and Tricks for a Beginner Developer Evangelist (Part 1) My onboarding as a Developer Evangelist at SendGrid was brief because I had been with the company for a year before I joined full-time. I started as an intern on the Ops team
Awesome Alternatives to an Internship @virjog had a great question in response to a comment I made on the Rutgers Hackathon Club page. I thought about it and realized that it was a great question that many people
Making HTTP Requests with Telnet In case you didn't know, I am a big fan of curl. You can check out the very basic slides from a talk I gave here along with some example code. Whether I'm
node Deploying Node.js with PM2 and Nginx Production can be a scary place. Most hackers finish up a totally rad web app and don't really know what to do with it other than run it on port 80 as root.
xv6 Compiling Xv6 on OS X 10.9 What follows here is how I managed to compile Xv6 on Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9 This semester I am super excited to be taking Operating Systems Design. A large chunk of
Chef: A View from the Infrastructure Kitchen Taken from my post at SendGrid. Chef is something we use quite a bit here at SendGrid. If you’re not too familiar with it, Chef is an open source tool written in