Archive - The Technically Challenged Newsletter

Code days are good days

I’m not sure if it’s because I’ve had a lot of non-coding days recently but I’ve been thinking about this idea that code days are good days (usually).

May 8 •

April 2025

Vibe coding my way through an insurance claim

Here are two realities of my life: 1) My wife and I are in the middle of an insurance claim for a sudden leak in our dishwasher that flooded our…

Apr 19 •

March 2024

JavaScript: The Gateway Language

This is how JavaScript became my gateway language.

Mar 24, 2024 •

February 2024

Frustrating Apple Watch “features”

I’ve been an Apple Watch user since the beginning.

Feb 26, 2024 •

October 2023

Debugging my daughter’s broken e-reader

A few weeks ago my daughter brought me her Kobo e-reader and said she thought it might be beyond repair.

Oct 7, 2023 •

June 2023

Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

I bought the iPad Pro M1 chip in hopes of a lightweight, fast, multi-purpose device that I could also code on.

Jun 29, 2023 •

May 2023

Why someone might not have Netflix

A friend of mine has said to me on more than one occasion, “Oh yeah you don’t have Netflix, well there’s this show…”

May 10, 2023 •

April 2023

My $40 Coding Bootcamp

I spent $40 to learn to code.

Apr 16, 2023 •

February 2023

The next smallest thing

What’s the next smallest thing I can do that will contribute to my...

Feb 22, 2023 •

January 2023

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