Sep 28, 2021Success secrets from Michael Phelps and Steve JobsAn interesting episode occurred during the Olympics in Beijing. The great American swimmer Michael Phelps won the seventh gold medal in swimming and was preparing for a historic swim to win the eighth gold. No one in the world had done that before him. He stood by the pool and…2 min read2 min read
Sep 2, 2021Mission: impossibleI remember on a cold autumn evening, the CEO asked me to see him. He went straight to the business: Daulen! You will have to fly to London for a Partners’ meeting. The situation is difficult — the two Partners have been arguing over the concept of business development for…Leadership2 min readLeadership2 min read
Jul 15, 2021How to create Auth0 APIIn this article, we’ll build a new Rails API, add JSON Web Token (JWT) support to make authorized requests and secure our endpoints, and use Auth0 as our authentication system to verify users and access tokens. …Rails5 min readRails5 min read
Jun 25, 2021How to use Serializer with Your Ruby on Rails API — Step by Step GuideSerializer can help you customize the JSON that we return after you created a Rails API and to set up our routes and controller. Serializer, the gem that allows us to format our JSON without touching your front end. …Ruby On Rails2 min readRuby On Rails2 min read
Jun 4, 2021Power of vulnerabilityI have noticed that there are now quite a few of those who have a very high opinion of themselves. They’re kicking their noses above the heavens. And recently I watched a video where Dan Abramov performed. …Leadership2 min readLeadership2 min read
Jun 3, 2021Ruby LoopsLoops are used to execute the same block of code a certain number of times. This post details main the loop statements used in Ruby. How do we build a loop, that executes exactly 5 times? In the first step, we need to set a counter. counter…Ruby2 min readRuby2 min read
May 18, 2021Why “soft skills” matter for IT people?I remember a guy with a Ph.D. degree was hired for our project. The management had high expectations for a rookie who shone in interviews and expected the scientist to “rip and throw.” However, over time it became clear that the “professor” was not the sharpest tool in the…Soft Skills1 min readSoft Skills1 min read
May 13, 2021How do I create a controlled form?In most applications, we need to accept user input and this is usually achieved with the HTML form and its collection of input controls. And this article will help you to find an answer to the question — “So how do I create a controlled form?” Controlled input form…React2 min readReact2 min read
Apr 27, 2021Let’s GET data with the “FETCH” function.As developers we often need to get some data from servers : In such situations, it is a great opportunity to use a single JavaScript function called fetch(). See below how it works. Let’s say we need to get data about users located here - fetch(‘https://anapioficeandfire.com/api/books') We can use…Java Script2 min readJava Script2 min read
