Akira

DevRel @ fusionauth.io | Learning Facilitator @ MIT xPRO MERN Bootcamp | want more? 👉 www.akirabrand.com

Colorado Joined on Oct 13, 2018 https://www.akirabrand.com

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Self-taught

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DevRel at fusionauth.io

Ruby, Rails, SQL, Postgresql, Sinatra, Javascript, React, Node, HTML, CSS, oAuth, CyberSecurity, Authentication/Authorization, poorly explaining how JWTs work with badly written diagrams

all things OAuth w/ a smattering of CyberSecurity, figuring out my new job's dev environment 😅

fusionauth.io | MIT xPro MERN Bootcamp

Talks, workshops, writing, contract work, open-source collaborations

16 posts published

32 comments written

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Akira

Oct 14 '21

Explaining Like I'm Five: Connecting Front and Backend Systems

#webdev #api #programming #mentalmodels

3 min read

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Akira

Aug 13 '21

Hot Tips to Get the Most from your Bootcamp

#beginners

2 min read

Akira

Mar 12 '21

Setting up a JavaScript project

#javascript #npm #programming #tooling

3 min read

Akira

Jan 26 '21

Lessons Learned From Singing Opera

#programming #music #javascript #fullstack

2 min read

Akira

Dec 24 '20

Great places to meld music and code

1 min read

Akira

Nov 13 '20

Self-note: Try this to write a commit message when you're stuck in VIM

#vim #git #programming #commandline

1 min read

Akira

Oct 31 '20

Notes to Myself - First Dev Job Reflections

#career #juniordeveloper

2 min read

Akira

Oct 31 '20

Notes to myself - the DOM

#frontend

1 min read

Akira

Oct 5 '20

JS Array Stuffy Stuff

#javascript #beginners #datastructures #computerscience

1 min read

Akira

Oct 2 '20

Oh my God, WTF is Stack

#computerscience

1 min read

Akira

Sep 22 '20

How Scope Works & Why You Should Care

#javascript #beginners #computerscience

3 min read

Akira

Sep 19 '20

How-To Annoy Your Senator into NOT Voting in RBG's Replacement Until After The Election

#ethics #socialjustice #womeninstem

1 min read

Akira

Sep 16 '20

I Translated Big Scary Tech Terms to Human so You Don't Have To

#javascript #programming #computerscience #mentalmodel

1 min read

Akira

Nov 24 '18

Basic Data Types in Ruby

#programming #beginners #datatype #ruby

3 min read

Akira

Oct 26 '18

Solve long, then solve fast.

#programmingparadigm #programminglanguage #programmingtips #ruby

4 min read

Akira

Nov 24 '18

So, you’re gonna go to code school, huh??

#advice #softwaredevelopment #codeschool #programming

6 min read

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Explaining Like I'm Five: Connecting Front and Backend Systems

Want to connect with Akira?

Hot Tips to Get the Most from your Bootcamp

Setting up a JavaScript project

Lessons Learned From Singing Opera

Great places to meld music and code

Self-note: Try this to write a commit message when you're stuck in VIM

Notes to Myself - First Dev Job Reflections

Notes to myself - the DOM

JS Array Stuffy Stuff

Oh my God, WTF is Stack

How Scope Works & Why You Should Care

How-To Annoy Your Senator into NOT Voting in RBG's Replacement Until After The Election

I Translated Big Scary Tech Terms to Human so You Don't Have To

Basic Data Types in Ruby

Solve long, then solve fast.

So, you’re gonna go to code school, huh??