Practical writing on Java, Spring, AI, and the craft of software engineering.

If you're building with Java and Spring (or trying to figure out where AI fits into your development workflow) you're in the right place. I write practical, beginner-friendly deep dives on Spring Boot, Spring AI, and software engineering fundamentals, collected here in chronological order.

How I created a CodeSandbox plugin for Gridsome
· 25 min read

How I created a CodeSandbox plugin for Gridsome

In this article, I am going to introduce you to CodeSandbox and tell you a little bit about why I love it so much

Everything you need to get up and running with VueJS
· 25 min read

Everything you need to get up and running with VueJS

In this article, I am going to tell you why I love Vue and give you 4 different ways you can write your first application.

My new blog post workflow
· 13 min read

My new blog post workflow

In this article I will outline for you the tools and process I use to create a new blog post

Gridsome Blog Post Generator
· 21 min read

Gridsome Blog Post Generator

In this article I will show you how to crate a blog post generator for your static site.

How to run multiple npm scripts in parallel
· 8 min read

How to run multiple npm scripts in parallel

In this article I will talk about a problem I ran into recently and a couple of the solutions I found.

Tips for Vue Developers: Avoid directly manipulating the DOM
· 10 min read

Tips for Vue Developers: Avoid directly manipulating the DOM

In this article I will look at an example of where manipulating the DOM in our components might not be the best approach.

Personal Blogs: Don't Call it a comeback!
· 10 min read

Personal Blogs: Don't Call it a comeback!

I'm not sure if you have noticed or not but the personal blog is making a comeback

Adding Twitter Cards to Gridsome
· 15 min read

Adding Twitter Cards to Gridsome

In this tutorial I will show you how to add Twitter Cards to your Gridsome Blog.

How to find the max id in an array of objects in JavaScript
· 11 min read

How to find the max id in an array of objects in JavaScript

A quick tutorial on the thought process on how you would go about finding the max id in an array of objects in JavaScript