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How to Fetch G Suite Service Status Programatically

05 Sep 2020 3 min read Software Engineering

Here's one approach to fetching G Suite's service status since Google doesn't offer an API for it.

Name Redux Actions After States, Not Getters and Setters

29 Jun 2020 4 min read Software Engineering

If you're using your Redux actions like getters and setters, you might as well be using something else because you are not using Redux to its full potential. Dan Abramov seems

iOS Widgets I Think Will Dominate

29 Jun 2020 4 min read Software Engineering

Last Monday, on June 22, 2020, Apple announced that iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and MacOS 11 would be including a new feature: widgets! I've spent the past few days reading Apple

My New Job at WePay

20 Jun 2020 3 min read

On June 1, I started my new software engineering job at WePay, a payments processing company acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2017. Previously, I worked as a robotics software engineer at Built Robotics

Juneteenth: Reflecting on the Software Engineering Industry's Racist Terms

19 Jun 2020 3 min read Software Engineering

Today is June 19, which marks the 255th anniversary of the day celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. When I first heard that JPMorgan Chase instituted