First of all, I’m a beginner and thus you should take this with a grain of salt.

There are some lists floating around the web encompassing freely available courses to acquire the same knowledge you would get as if you were to attend a CS degree. Unfortunately, after doing a quick search I couldn’t find that one blog post where someone completed the courses in about a year and structured it so that the material keeps building on the previous knowledge.

There is this one. It is overwhelming and does not provide that learning structure mentioned above.

That is undoubtedly the best option and it requires time and dedication. That knowledge is what will make you a software engineer.

A good and fast way to get started is by understanding how a computer (machine) works. A high level programming language like Python or Java or Ruby or Haskell or Clojure and so forth, abstract the need to...

Cuando mencione el concepto del átomo se me paso por alto las interpretaciones que se podrían dar. No es fácil lograr transmitir una palabra o incluso una frase, sin que este se malinterprete. Los simbolismos mentales que utilizamos para transmitir mensajes mediante el uso del lenguaje es propenso a generar errores en el entendimiento.

Cuando mencione la palabra átomo, puede ser que ustedes pensaron en los átomos que están bailando al frente de nosotros, o mas probable se imaginaron los que están en el universo ya que estos suelen ser los conceptos mentales a los cuales suelen ser asociados la palabra átomo. Pero cuando lo utilice, quise transmitir los átomos que tenemos nosotros en nuestros cuerpos. A pesar de eso, no solamente me equivoque mediante la manera como me exprese, si no también que debí haber comenzado la explicación del punto al cual quería llegar, usando la palabra célula...

It’s been a few weeks since I released / updated the book. I’ve been busy writing a twitter bot (still unfinished) to help promote it. I’ve done a few tests manually to see the conversion rate with the help of analytical software. I’ve noticed a few people from around the globe visiting the web page.

There has been 15 unique visitors from Panama. 4 from the U.S. and even people from Netherlands and Malaysia; among others. These are just numbers from preliminary tests and thus, the reason I am writing a twitter bot as to avoid having to do it manually. The reason I mention these numbers will be explained further down.

Why don’t I use a service? There are several reasons which I won’t enumerate. This post is long enough already. I would like for you to focus on the points that follow.

The only change that has been done to the book is the cover. The image you see is just a test image...

It has been a while since I do any writing; styles vary from person to author. We can easily find each one dispensing their own advice on how to go about this lonely art. From Oscar Wilde to Kurt Vonnegut, each author has explained his or her own method - which works; but not for all of us.
However, there is one true, rule of thumb. Every aspiring author must write every day. Not only does it provide the skills but it also helps build the muscle memory. Just like coding, without the practice, one easily forgets how to connect the rushing ideas onto paper.

As the ideas flow onto our screens, cluttered with ideas and distractions and all the justifications we tell ourselves to stop, we must find a way to fight what prevents us from becoming successful in our own way. Because it does not matter if we hit the top, if we have a thousand readers, nor does it matter if we have five million...

My professional background is completely opposite of someone who would pursue coding. It wasn’t until my first smart-phone that I had regained a decade old and dormant sensation to sit in front of lines and lines of gibberish. For a decade it had been riddled by the distractions the general population usually tends to feel at ease with; baffled with nothing more than a misty haze within the concrete jungle.

As one enters, his/her view as in any field changes. Our eyes are opened to the conversations which are restricted to query words unknown until a link leads you completely off the grid. A place where one can easily be lost. And it is in this place where we find some manner of satisfaction, whether it be in the clutches of the film industry, porn, hacking, social media, you name it. It is in this place we find ourselves at home; until we open our eyes again.

As I clicked my way...