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Erik

Sr. Software Engineer at CallRail building microservices to support 3rd party integrations. PhD student at the University of Nebraska studying bioinformatics, machine learning, and algorithms.

Education

BS CIS (2018), MS Software Engineering (2020), PhD Computer Science (in progress)

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He/Him

Work

Sr. Software Engineer

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Hacktoberfest 2019
How to Start Contributing to Open Source Software

How to Start Contributing to Open Source Software

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An Introduction to Software Architecture

An Introduction to Software Architecture

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How to Debug Code (with Python Examples)

How to Debug Code (with Python Examples)

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Python Exception Handling and Customization

Python Exception Handling and Customization

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Test-Driven Development with Python: a Primer

Test-Driven Development with Python: a Primer

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Understanding INNER, OUTER, LEFT, and RIGHT Joins in SQL

Understanding INNER, OUTER, LEFT, and RIGHT Joins in SQL

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Is there a Better Label for "Self-Taught" Developers?

Is there a Better Label for "Self-Taught" Developers?

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How to Implement Many-to-Many Relationships in Relational Databases

How to Implement Many-to-Many Relationships in Relational Databases

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Improving Browser Automation Tests: How to Add Microsoft Edge and Edgedriver to Linux CI Systems

Improving Browser Automation Tests: How to Add Microsoft Edge and Edgedriver to Linux CI Systems

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Professional Version Control with Git: Pt 3 – Rebase and Bisect

Professional Version Control with Git: Pt 3 – Rebase and Bisect

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Professional Version Control with Git: Pt 2 - Collaboration

Professional Version Control with Git: Pt 2 - Collaboration

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Professional Version Control with Git: Pt 1 - The Basics

Professional Version Control with Git: Pt 1 - The Basics

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What was the hardest concept for you to grasp when learning Object-Oriented Programming?

What was the hardest concept for you to grasp when learning Object-Oriented Programming?

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What off-the-beaten-path CI/CD Tools Do You Like?

What off-the-beaten-path CI/CD Tools Do You Like?

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Python Palindromes: an Exhaustive Tutorial

Python Palindromes: an Exhaustive Tutorial

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Three Things I Learned from Moonlighting as a Software Engineering Consultant

Three Things I Learned from Moonlighting as a Software Engineering Consultant

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5 Things I Wish Someone Told me when I Started my Career

5 Things I Wish Someone Told me when I Started my Career

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Implementing the Decorator Pattern in Python

Implementing the Decorator Pattern in Python

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Do You Use Python For Anything Besides Data Science?

Do You Use Python For Anything Besides Data Science?

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Stop Worrying About Which Programming Language to Learn First

Stop Worrying About Which Programming Language to Learn First

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Why You Shouldn't Learn C

Why You Shouldn't Learn C

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Install Browsers and Webdrivers in TravisCI

Install Browsers and Webdrivers in TravisCI

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5 Great Programming Books Rarely Mentioned in "Great Programming Books" Articles

5 Great Programming Books Rarely Mentioned in "Great Programming Books" Articles

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Liskov Substitution Principle in 3 Minutes

Liskov Substitution Principle in 3 Minutes

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Designing Public Interfaces the Right Way

Designing Public Interfaces the Right Way

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Going the College Route? Some Encouragement from a Career Switcher

Going the College Route? Some Encouragement from a Career Switcher

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An (almost) Shameless Plug for my Beginner Friendly Project for #Hacktoberfest

An (almost) Shameless Plug for my Beginner Friendly Project for #Hacktoberfest

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Getting Started With Browser Automation Testing in Python

Getting Started With Browser Automation Testing in Python

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How To Work With Memory Optimized Objects in SQL Server

How To Work With Memory Optimized Objects in SQL Server

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Find the nth Sequence of a Fibonacci Sum

Find the nth Sequence of a Fibonacci Sum

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Calculate Derivative Functions in Python

Calculate Derivative Functions in Python

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Let's Hide a Secret Message in an Image with Python and OpenCV

Let's Hide a Secret Message in an Image with Python and OpenCV

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Tragically Underrated Soft Skill: Requirements Management

Tragically Underrated Soft Skill: Requirements Management

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Passing Functions as Parameters in JavaScript

Passing Functions as Parameters in JavaScript

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Decided to Change Careers 5 years ago: What I'd do differently now

Decided to Change Careers 5 years ago: What I'd do differently now

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Ruby Gem rest-client 1.6 compromised

Ruby Gem rest-client 1.6 compromised

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C Pointers 101: part 3, Pointer Arithmetic

C Pointers 101: part 3, Pointer Arithmetic

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C Pointers 101: part 2, passing pointers to functions

C Pointers 101: part 2, passing pointers to functions

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C Pointers 101: part 1, a gentle introduction

C Pointers 101: part 1, a gentle introduction

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Observer Design Pattern tutorial in JavaScript + Fun With a Language API

Observer Design Pattern tutorial in JavaScript + Fun With a Language API

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How to Use C Functions in Python

How to Use C Functions in Python

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