Hello World
I'm Al, a software developer in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Currently, I am keeping busy with software development at Absolute Software, graduate coursework at Georgia Tech, and occasional open source development for various projects.
I keep some of my stuff on GitHub and track my reading on Goodreads.
Blog Posts
- 2022.09.20 - iPhone Settings to Improve Focus
- 2022.08.20 - Course Review: Software Development Process
- 2022.08.16 - Writing an App Uninstaller for macOS
- 2022.04.24 - Course Review: Computer Networks
- 2022.04.17 - On Shorter Retry Loops in Elden Ring
- 2021.11.29 - Course Review: Introduction to Information Security
- 2021.10.30 - Remap Caps Lock to Control
- 2021.08.15 - Why Use Analogies in Software Teams?
- 2021.07.21 - Windows for Software Development
- 2021.06.19 - Software Development as Craft
- 2021.05.09 - Vim Tips: Editing as Super User
- 2021.04.28 - How I Manage My Dotfiles
- 2021.03.07 - Setting Up a Home Server
- 2021.02.21 - Practical Vim by Drew Neil
- 2021.02.15 - Vim Tips: Macros
- 2021.01.13 - Vim Tips: The Dot Operator
- 2020.12.30 - Changes to this Site for 2021
- 2020.08.07 - Real Wood Keyboard Skins from WoodWe
- 2020.07.11 - A Guide to Mosh
- 2020.06.28 - Learning What to Learn
- 2019.12.02 - Changes to this Site for 2020
- 2019.01.14 - Demystifying Events in C#
- 2018.10.22 - Demystifying Delegates in C#
- 2018.09.28 - JavaScript Pitfalls, Part 2
- 2018.08.20 - Neat Developer Tools on Windows
- 2018.06.28 - JavaScript Pitfalls, Part 1
- 2017.10.31 - The JavaScript Scope Chain
- 2017.09.08 - Languages: Strong or Weak, Static or Dynamic
- 2017.08.01 - Insert Row and Return an Auto-Generated Id in Oracle
- 2017.07.05 - When is Tail Recursion Worth the Trouble?
- 2017.06.12 - Better String Building in C#
- 2017.05.12 - First-class Functions
- 2017.04.02 - Coercion in JavaScript
- 2017.03.20 - Using params in C#
- 2017.02.10 - Static Classes vs Singleton Pattern
- 2017.01.27 - What's in my Tool Stack for 2017?
- 2016.12.21 - Multiple Inheritance in Python
- 2016.11.05 - Implementing a Date Range Parser
- 2016.10.27 - A Classic Case of Simpson's Paradox
- 2016.09.10 - Improvising Float Division in Tableau
- 2016.08.05 - The Basics of SSL/TLS
- 2016.07.29 - Access Modifiers in C#
- 2016.06.13 - Synchrony and Event Handling in JavaScript
- 2016.05.09 - A Simple Example of Big-O Analysis
- 2016.04.28 - Jekyll: An Incomplete Overview