I’ve been self-studying Korean for 5 years, here’s what I’ve learnt. — Learning a new language is something we are always told is good for our brains. As children, we are encouraged to learn a modern foreign language to expand our world view and even help us with language development in our native language. For me, language learning started from a young…

My 6 Accessibility Tips To Make Your Websites More Accessible — What Is Accessibility and Why Is It Important? Web accessibility in its purest form relates to the usability of a website for all people. Can a website be used by everyone? Can everyone perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the functionality of your website / digital product? Unfortunately, this can’t be said for every website you may stumble…

A Beginner’s guide to testing Node & Express projects using Mocha & Chai ☕️ — Software testing verifies that our code works as intended and meets the technical, functional, and user requirements that it needs to. Testing is a vital part of developing any software, but is so often overlooked by new engineers as an area to learn and develop their skills. It doesn’t help…

Impostor Syndrome is very real, but it doesn't define you. — We have all seen these words popping up more and more frequently recently, but what does it really mean? and how can we recognise when impostor syndrome begins to manifest itself in our own lives? Impostor syndrome refers to the state of feeling or believing that you are not as…

Free tools every developer should know about. — Tools can make your life as a developer a whole lot easier, but as a new developer, knowing which tools to use can be confusing. Until now, you’ve probably ended up sticking with tools you were introduced to early on in your coding journey, or ones recommended to you by…

Three beginner-friendly methods for creating an API from scratch — APIs are everywhere, and they play a vital role in modern-day technology. From payment platforms to stock market updates, everything is an API nowadays, and learning to create one yourself is a fundamental step in the path to becoming a full-stack developer. Note: If you aren’t sure what an API…

Mistakes I made when starting my blog, and the things you can do to avoid them. — There are so many things I wish I knew when I started blogging, and I definitely made a fair few mistakes starting out. Looking back after a whole year of consistent blogging, I wanted to give some insight into 5 mistakes I made when I first started my blog (and…

When Setting Goals, Bigger Isn’t Always Better — As we make a start to the new year, many people will begin with setting goals for the year ahead. While I am all for dreaming big and laying foundations for what you want to achieve in the next 365 days, putting big expectations on yourself and holding yourself to…

Stay curious, stay focused, stay true to yourself. 5 Important learnings from my first 100 days in tech. — In September, I took my next step and started my first job in tech. As of this December, I will have officially been “in” the tech industry for 100 days. Here are the 5 most important things I learnt in my first 100 days in tech. There Is Always Something More To Learn I can be quite…