Hi! — Hi! My name is Justin Sabath, and I am the lead software engineer for Ignite Rydz. Ignite Rydz is a local ride share app to Denver, CO, and there are already serious talks about multimillion dollar investments on the table. …

From a very early age, I was taught to use computers on OS X, and always found it fairly simple. As I grew older, I was no stranger to… — From a very early age, I was taught to use computers on OS X, and always found it fairly simple. As I grew older, I was no stranger to Windows, whether it be XP, 7, 8, or 10. …

As I am 30 minutes away from graduating the Flatiron School, there are some things I wish I knew before getting to this point. When I was… — As I am 30 minutes away from graduating the Flatiron School, there are some things I wish I knew before getting to this point. When I was just a wee lad in my first few weeks on campus, I was actually on campus. I’ve been held back a couple times…

As I am about to start my Capstone, I find myself wondering what life will be like outside of the Flatiron School. Currently, I have a… — As I am about to start my Capstone, I find myself wondering what life will be like outside of the Flatiron School. Currently, I have a whole Slack app filled with support. Instructors with Zoom rooms, students only a message away, and tech-question threads that seem to go on forever…

After passing the Mod4 code challenge a few weeks ago, one of my directors told me I was getting held back 6 weeks from graduation because… — After passing the Mod4 code challenge a few weeks ago, one of my directors told me I was getting held back 6 weeks from graduation because I didn’t have enough projects in my resume. This made me really mad at first. I had already told everyone I was graduating in…

Today marks my first day of Mod 4 at the Flatiron School. Last mod, Mod 3, focused mostly on DOM Manipulation, which it turns out I’ll… — Today marks my first day of Mod 4 at the Flatiron School. Last mod, Mod 3, focused mostly on DOM Manipulation, which it turns out I’ll possibly never use again. I had to build an app in Vanilla JavaScript with a rails back end, and I am glad to say…

In the last blog post I made about developing a CLI app from scratch, I mostly did it by myself. It took me two weeks to finish it which… — In the last blog post I made about developing a CLI app from scratch, I mostly did it by myself. It took me two weeks to finish it which is twice the time I was supposed to build it if I had a partner. Without a partner, I can do…

Feeling like I fell behind my class a bit, building a CLI application from scratch was fairly daunting. I had this idea for an app or two… — Feeling like I fell behind my class a bit, building a CLI application from scratch was fairly daunting. I had this idea for an app or two, and I thought building a calendar app would be cool. Something a CLI app cannot do is notify you when you have an…