Frontend-driven APIs are better than backend-driven ones—but API-driven architecture is best. Here’s why.

Why Your App Should Be API-Driven

A development philosophy that promotes extensibility by solving general cases and deferring constraints to the application layer.

Code for N, Support for 3

In the Bible, YHWH means "I am what I am" or "I am" (it can also mean "I will be what I will be" or "I cause what I cause")

Unpacking YHWH as 'Is'

What does it mean to be godly? What does it mean to be a man? Can you be one and not the other?

On godliness and manliness

I'm listening to Vivek Ramaswamy's newest book "Truths: The Future of America First" and am currently in the chapter where he mentions a rare "third sex" that isn't strictly XX or XY. There's a simpler way to address this anomaly without accounting for every chromosomal variation and resorting to the non-existent "third sex". Please consider the framing below.

There are two genders

The role of women as 'deacons' in the church

In July of this year I turned 35. It's an old idea that each person undergoes significant change approximately every 7 years, or that their lives can be sectioned out into 7 year chapters. I think there's something to this.

The 7-year cyles of my life

I've added featured posts to the blog. Now, any post tagged with 'featured' will get special decoration and be included on the front page (the first 10 anyway). A shout out to my friend Colby for the idea!

Blog update: Featured posts

Swift remains at the forefront of iOS development with its focus on safety and clarity. Among its features, one stands out for its elegance and utility: the 'defer' keyword. This tool ensures that specific actions are taken as a scope concludes, regardless of how it terminates.

Using 'defer' in swift

Earlier this week, I attended the first 2024 Republican Presidential Debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it was a blast. It was a long day for me outside, hanging out in 100 degree weather, meeting and seeing famous celebrities and politicians. Eventually the debate time arrived and I entered into the rather beautiful Fiserv Forum building anticipating that of the candidates who actually showed up, Vivek Ramaswamy would win the debate--and I was right.