Hi Again!
I am back for a record third post in a row where I apologize for the delay in time between posts! And this time, I legitimately fell off for several months. I'm hoping to do some more blogging going forward, probably with shorter posts, in general. Hopefully you can take comfort in the fact that even if I'm gone, I'm never permanently gone; I'm just out there somewhere, forgetting to take care of my blog!
This time, my absence was do to leaning in hard to software development internship applications and interviews. I had a few bites throughout the spring, and then I was able to land something this May, and I am now working as a software developer intern, which has been really fun so far! It's been really satisfying to finally reach "industry" and spend my work days primarily focusing on code. I also have so much to learn, and it's taking me some time to get comfortable with the fact that I know so little! But I love to learn and I already feel like I've learned so much (for instance, in my experience, you will learn infinitely more about git in the first few weeks of working on branches and making pull requests than you will just reading about it). I've also gotten to move to Columbus, OH, which is a really cool city! Having lived in the Ann Arbor area for most of my life, I've heard quite a few "things" about Columbus, but I have to say I'm really suprised by the town. It's much bigger than I originally thought it was and there's a ton to do.
So I've been really busy with life - moving, getting settled in, starting a new job. I've not had much time to work on Corridors recently, but I do have plans to pick it up again soon here. I've got a lot of good pieces in place and I feel like I'm approaching a pretty fun first version.
Lately, though, I have found some time to start working on a personal web project here and there. I'm taking the tech stack that I'm working with at my new company and trying to make my own app with it, both for fun and as a way to get more comfortable with the tools I learn at work. It's a website that is going to serve simply as a database for my Pokémon cards. At first, I want to make it a simple CRUD app like my Space Academy website, but I also want to practice other concepts like dynamic routing and perhaps even authentication and authorization of users. (I can't think of why anyone would want an "account" on a website for my card collection, but it could be a good exercise!). I've already got the "Read" part of the application going, which you can see in the image below.
Hopefully I'll post sooner rather than later going forward. Thanks for your patience and talk to you soon!
--Josh