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Open in app Sign In Get started Home Notifications Lists Stories -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Write Travis Weston 195 Followers Follow Home RESPONSES (17) What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. Published in Level Up Coding ·Pinned DEATH TO DIV: CREATING A BETTER HTML Why everyone’s favorite element should likely never be used. — Most homes have a room in them that exists solely because four walls were created around it, and now it needs a purpose. These placeholder rooms can end up being used more often than any other room in your house, but that wasn’t their original intent. Their versatility and uniqueness… HTML 4 min read RESPONSES (2) What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. 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However, for this modification, we wanted to hide the child… Word Press 2 min read RESPONSES What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published in ILLUMINATION ·Mar 30 WE SHOULD DISTINGUISH BETWEEN TARGETS AND GOALS FOR OUR CAREERS If you shoot for the moon and miss, you’ll still land among the stars, right? — You’ve likely heard that saying, “if you shoot for the moon and miss, you’ll still land among the stars.” It’s a great saying. It can help us realize that if we dream big, we can still fail into someone else’s success. What do I mean by that? Let’s say that… Goal Setting 6 min read RESPONSES (4) What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. 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Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 9, 2021 MY SON ISN’T JUST A GAMER He may be a future entrepreneur. — I was walking from my office today when I saw my son sitting at his computer, as usual. We don’t have a strict screen time policy since I believe if I can’t abide by the rule, why should they? But today, I noticed something different — my son wasn’t playing… Parenting 2 min read RESPONSES (1) What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published in Level Up Coding ·Nov 7, 2021 THE (TECHNICAL) DEBT SNOWBALL Pay down technical debt without going bankrupt in the process. — One of the first lessons that you learn when getting into business is that there are two types of debt: Good debt and bad debt. Good debt can allow your company to expand, get ahead of your competition, and get paid off almost freely using the profits made by taking… Technical Debt 7 min read RESPONSES What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published in Level Up Coding ·Oct 24, 2021 HOW TO HOST YOUR OWN PRIVATE PACKAGIST FOR FREE (OR EXTREMELY CHEAP) A private Packagist account can be too expensive for freelancers or small companies. Why not host your own, free? — I don’t think it’s too far to say that Composer and Packagist could be considered a turning point in the history of PHP. With the ability to include packages in your projects more easily, the community gathered around a single tool, and it quickly became the defacto standard for package… PHP 9 min read RESPONSES What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published in Work Today ·Oct 18, 2021 USE JOB INTERVIEWS TO IMPROVE YOUR CAREER Need to know how to move up in your career? Afraid of interviews? Need to make contacts in your industry? Try this. — I was having a conversation with a colleague the other day when the subject of job interviews came up, and once again, I was made aware that my position on interviews is outside the norm. My colleague has what I have come to understand is the normal position on interviews… Job Interview 5 min read RESPONSES What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published in Work Today ·Oct 18, 2021 HOW TO MINE JOB LISTINGS FOR GOLD What if I told you career planning wasn’t complicated if you know what you’re looking for? — If you’ve worked in the technology industry for more than five years, you’ve likely seen the wave of skill changes hit you. The skills that you started your career with will not be enough to carry you through to retirement. The languages you know die out. … Job Hunting 3 min read RESPONSES (1) What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published in Level Up Coding ·Oct 8, 2021 LOOPS ARE JUST CONDITIONALS THAT REPEAT How to make a PHP developer cry, with examples. — I have a few friends that have been learning how to program, and they come to me for advice, or to vent at times. Most recently, my friend was explaining to me how it was difficult for him to wrap his head around loops. So naturally, I started thinking about… PHP 3 min read RESPONSES (2) What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published in Hello, Love ·Jul 13, 2021 THE DAY I REALIZED MY WIFE SAVED ME It only took me 13 years to realize. — I met my wife when I was 20, and she was 18. We were kids becoming adults, with nothing in the world but our ignorance and optimism. We worked a combined 20 hours a week, earning $7/hr. But it was just us, so we didn’t care. I have ADHD, which… Adhd 7 min read RESPONSES What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published in Dev Genius ·Jul 10, 2021 RUN WP-CLI COMMANDS ON VAGRANT BOX THROUGH SSH Skip the step where you sign into vagrant. — I was struggling tonight. I don’t like keeping an SSH connection open just in the off chance that I’ll need to run a command line tool. I also don’t like having to connect to a vagrant box every time I want to run a command line tool. Worse yet, I… Word Press 3 min read RESPONSES (1) What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published in Hello, Love ·Jul 3, 2021 THE BIGGEST LIE OF MY MARRIAGE — REVEALED I felt it was time to admit this publicly. — The most important value in any relationship is trust. We achieve trust by having clear and open avenues of communication. This communication must be free of lies, or it breaks down. These are all things I thought I believed in until I started understanding my ADHD, and in turn, myself. … Adhd 4 min read RESPONSES What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published in ADHDev ·Jun 29, 2021 THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS “UNMEDICATED” ADHD You may not take prescriptions, but you’re medicating your ADHD somehow. — Addiction runs in my family—primarily alcoholism, with a sprinkling of narcotics in the younger generations. Growing up, I was terrified of the prospects of becoming an addict, so I avoided any hard drugs, even though they were the pastime of choice for my friend group. I drank a little, mostly… Adhd 5 min read RESPONSES What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published in Hello, Love ·Jun 26, 2021 MY BRAIN WANTS ME TO BE CONTROLLING — THAT’S WHY I’M DEPRESSED How my love helps me overcome parts of my own mental illness. — I’m depressed. I’ve been depressed, off and on, for most of my life. It’s a clinical thing, tied to my ADHD, and usually easily handled. Usually. Lately, though, it’s been worse. I’m on new medications, and they aren’t working great. I’m in a new job, and it’s stretching my skills… Adhd 6 min read RESPONSES What are your thoughts? Cancel Respond Also publish to my profile There are currently no responses for this story. Be the first to respond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published in Work Today ·Jun 15, 2021 ABSOLUTE CAREER ADVICE IS ALWAYS A BAD TAKE There is no right or wrong way to grow your career. — You should work weekends to make progress in your career at a young age. You shouldn’t work weekends and instead should protect yourself from burnout. You should get into open-source software, so you can grow a portfolio and impress potential employers. … Career Advice 3 min read RESPONSES What are your thoughts? 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