Artificial intelligence isn’t just changing how we write code—it’s transforming how we think about creativity in development. In this post, I revisit the playful spirit of early programming through a series of AI-assisted experiments using ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and JavaScript Canvas on CodePen. Along the way, I uncover practical lessons for developers on using AI to accelerate learning, inspire exploration, and rekindle the joy of creative coding…
Remember when blockchain was going to change everything? Now AI is the trend dominating every conversation—but some of the most effective programming ideas have been around for decades. This post examines one of COBOL’s lesser-known yet highly practical features: the 88-level field. Far more than a simple boolean, 88-level fields provide a clear, maintainable way to describe data conditions, enforce business rules, and streamline initialization. Through real-world examples, you’ll see how this feature can reduce complexity, eliminate hard-coded values, and make logic more expressive—demonstrating that sometimes proven tools from “old” languages still have lessons worth applying today.
It’s common to face challenges around long-running workflows, state management, and resiliency when you’re building cloud-native applications. Traditional approaches like background services or message queues might work sometimes, but they often require a lot of “glue code” and custom retry logic. This entails not only more work up-front for the developer, but also more maintenance in the long run.
That’s where Azure Durable Functions come in.
Deploying a mobile app is often more difficult than building it. In this guide, we simplify the confusing, often poorly documented process of deploying a Flutter app for internal testing. Learn step-by-step how to distribute your app through Google Play Internal Release and Apple TestFlight, so real-world testers can start using your app sooner.
Creating dynamic, responsive web forms doesn’t have to be complicated. With HTMX, you can build a seamless signup form using just a few HTML enhancements. In this blog, I’m going to show how to make a basic signup form with HTMX.
We’ll cover how a few minor improvements to HTML allow us to make a simple form quickly while keeping state consistent. There will be only three sections to the form, but it’s easily extendable with changes in only one or two routes per change.