Erik

Professional software engineer slinging Ruby on Rails. Computer science researcher learning about scientific computing. OSS contributor to bioinformatics.

Houston, TX Joined on Jul 31, 2019 erik@erikwhiting.com https://erikscode.space

Education

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

Work

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Aug 8

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

#database #postgres #sql

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Music Monday — What are you listening to? (June 27)

Been listening to the new Coheed and Cambria album on repeat ...

Jul 4

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

I get what you're saying but I feel like this also discredits...

May 13

What is your top priority as a developer in 2022?

as a developer, my top priority this year is getting other pe...

May 10

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

This is definitely something I thought about while writing th...

May 9

Why code review is an underrated skill in testing

yep that's me! thanks!

Mar 28

Why code review is an underrated skill in testing

Nice article! I wanted to just drop a comment and add that ac...

Mar 27

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

oh my gosh! I can't believe I missed that. Thanks for catchin...

Nov 21 '21

Does coding become less fun when its a job?

I find that my side projects get more fun every 6 or so month...

Sep 28 '21

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May 8

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

#discuss #opensource

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Feb 20

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

#database #sql

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Sep 28 '21

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

#ci #hacktoberfest #testing

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Jul 10 '21

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

#bisect #git #rebase

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Jul 10 '21

Professional Version Control with Git: Pt 2 - Collaboration

#cicd #git

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Jul 10 '21

Professional Version Control with Git: Pt 1 - The Basics

#git #svc #cicd

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Apr 21 '21

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

#discuss #watercooler #oop

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Apr 21 '21

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

#discuss #devops

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Apr 16 '21

Python Palindromes: an Exhaustive Tutorial

#python #tutorial

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Apr 7 '21

Three Things I Learned from Moonlighting as a Software Engineering Consultant

#career

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Mar 2 '21

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

#career #firstyearincode

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Aug 6 '20

Implementing the Decorator Pattern in Python

#python #tutorial

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Aug 4 '20

Do You Use Python For Anything Besides Data Science?

#discuss #python

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Apr 24 '20

Stop Worrying About Which Programming Language to Learn First

#beginners

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Apr 14 '20

Why You Shouldn't Learn C

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Apr 13 '20

Install Browsers and Webdrivers in TravisCI

#testing #travisci #cicd #devops

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Nov 30 '19

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

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Nov 22 '19

Liskov Substitution Principle in 3 Minutes

#java #oop

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Nov 10 '19

Designing Public Interfaces the Right Way

#csharp #oop

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Oct 5 '19

Going the College Route? Some Encouragement from a Career Switcher

#career

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Oct 1 '19

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

#python #testing #hacktoberfest #contributorswanted

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Sep 27 '19

Getting Started With Browser Automation Testing in Python

#python #tutorial #testing

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Sep 14 '19

How To Work With Memory Optimized Objects in SQL Server

#database #sql #sqlserver

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Sep 9 '19

Find the nth Sequence of a Fibonacci Sum

#python #tutorial

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Sep 3 '19

Calculate Derivative Functions in Python

#python #tutorial #math

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Aug 30 '19

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

#python #tutorial #steganography

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Aug 27 '19

Tragically Underrated Soft Skill: Requirements Management

#career #productivity

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Aug 24 '19

Passing Functions as Parameters in JavaScript

#javascript #functional #tutorial

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Aug 22 '19

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

#career #firstyearincode

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Aug 21 '19

Ruby Gem rest-client 1.6 compromised

#ruby #rails #security

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Aug 20 '19

C Pointers 101: part 3, Pointer Arithmetic

#c #computerscience

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Aug 20 '19

C Pointers 101: part 2, passing pointers to functions

#c #computerscience

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Aug 20 '19

C Pointers 101: part 1, a gentle introduction

#c #computerscience

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Aug 16 '19

Simple SQL Tutorial: How to Pivot

#sql #tutorial

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Aug 9 '19

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

#javascript #tutorial #designpatterns

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Aug 4 '19

How to Use C Functions in Python

#c #python

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