Essays

Final Thoughts

13 May 2025

More bang for my buck My first impression of a software engineering course was that it would be just like any other computer science class. I expected to encounter a new language and build projects with an emphasis on website...

Software Engineering Reflection

AI: More Than Just A Tutor

13 May 2025

Introduction AI has quickly integrated into many of our daily lives. It exists in nearly every corner of the internet, even our pockets. It never had a presence in my life in high school. Now, AI has manifested a role...

AI ChatGPT Copilot Reflection

Another Tool in the Toolbox

27 Feb 2025

What are UI frameworks? A simple way to describe a UI framework: a set of pre-made libraries and elements that can help with web development. Developers can use these elements to produce websites without starting from scratch. A good analogy...

Bootstrap5 Reflection

Console.log('Hello ESLint!')

13 Feb 2025

Using ESLint and learning about the Airbnb coding style has been somewhat comforting. It has brought more structure to the way I code and has made my files nicer to look at. One example of this is when I have...

ESLint Javascript Coding Styles Learning

StackOverflow: The Good, The Bad, The 'Are you even trying?'

29 Jan 2025

Asking questions is an essential part of learning. It can be irritating to be stuck on the same issue for hours. However, asking questions may not always result in the best responses. While the usefulness of those answers is up...

Questions Answers StackOverflow

All roads lead back home

23 Jan 2025

If you told my teenage self that she wouldn’t become an architect, she would probably call you a liar and a bad psychic. Ever since I was 10, I knew I wanted to spend my life designing. Before pursuing a...

Software Engineering Learning ArchiCAD

Typescript: A New Experience

22 Jan 2025

Change always comes to me once I become comfortable in my routine. Whenever I begin a new topic or class on the ICS pathway, I dread the change in environment. This semester was no different when I was introduced to...

Learning Typescript