Flybys: Introduction
We have our tools and our initial extraction ready to go, now let's get to work finding the flybys of Enceladus! In this section we'll focus on transforming this data into something we can query with some degree of confidence and then, hopefully, we'll find the exact time windows for the flybys.
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Creating a Sales Page: The Layout
In my explorations, I found that using Repeaters for each section of my page was the most flexible option, though, yes, probably not what was intended.
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Application state with Pinia
It's time to think about a centralized state store and working with Pinia.
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Encryption Basics
In this video we play around with cryptography and learn how to encrypt things in a very simple, basic way. We then ramp up our efforts quickliy, creating our own one-time pad and Diffie-Hellman secure key transmitter.
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Practice: Product of All Numbers But This
A straightforward problem that, at first, seems daunting - until you break it down and apply the strategies you know.
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Sample Contracts
At some point you'll need to let people know what you do, that you're good, and that you're worth paying. This is tough stuff, but if you don't do it you won't last long
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Find Bugs Without printf Debugging
When the AI gives you nonsense, you need to see what's actually happening. Copilot's debug view shows you exactly how your prompt gets processed.
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Solar Flare Project Setup
We need to get rolling which means we need to setup a project and start cranking out some code! In this video we'll structure our project with tests and get to know the difference between Elixir script files and compilable executables.
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Extraction: Summary
We did a lot in this section! We dipped our toes into the lovely world of SQL and we also learned that we should NEVER trust a spreadsheet!
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Creating a Sales Page: The Repeater
There a few ways to structure a more complex page with Spina, so let's use the example of a long form sales page and see what we can make!
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Simple CMS with Nuxt Content
Every application needs some form of content management (CMS), so let's not wait - we'll plug in Nuxt Content.
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Error Correction, Part 2
In the previous video we saw how we could correct errors using parity bits. In this video we'll orchestrate those bits using some math along with a divide and conquer algorithm to correct single-bit errors in transmissions of any size.
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Practice: Stock Price Calculation
This is a real interview question that comes straight from Amazon. You'll be writing this one by hand so remember your strategies.
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Setting Up Your Finances as a Solo Contractor
In this section we turn our attention to your new company's finances. It may seem intimidating, but tracking your income and expenses can be quite easy with simple to use online services.
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FREE: Commits That Explain Themselves
Go beyond basic commit messages. Create a reusable prompt that generates commits your whole team will appreciate.
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Debugging
I'm always amazed when I manage to write Elixir code that compiles correctly the first time. It almost never happens! Let's have a look at a normal sequence you might stumble through, and I'll see if I can save you some time.
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Creating a Proper Import Script
We don't like errors when running our imports and, unfortunately since we're human, we're going to have a lot of them. Instead of fixing things piecemeal, it's always better to just rerun everything.
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Defining Parts of a Page
Working with any CMS involves concepts and jargon that are nondescript and overused, and Spina is no different. In this video we'll get to know what Parts are, and how they fit into Pages.
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Components and Wireframes
Working with components and building the home page.
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Error Correction, Part 1
There are *always* errors during the transmission of information, digital or otherwise. Whether it's written (typos, illegible writing), spoken (mumbling, environment noise) or digital (flipped bits), we have to account for and fix these problems.
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Understanding the Mechanics of The Interview Question
Don't hate me... and PLEASE don't skip this video. Let's walk through Fibonacci together as a way of understanding how interviewers will flex and extend a single question to dig into your brain.
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Setting Up Professional Services for Your Contracting Gig
Trying to run a business on your own is a sure way to burn yourself out. You have to delegate certain duties to online services and third parties. It might seem like an expensive thing to do, but it's really not.
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Stop Dreading Git Commit Messages
You know the feeling: staring at the commit message box, trying to summarize what you just did. Let the AI handle this daily friction.
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Calculating Orbital Distance
In this part we tidy things up, plugging in Authentication and hooking our download service into Firebase Storage.Nice work so far! The Science Team loves what we're doing and, as you might expect, have given us more work.
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Validating the Master Plan
The data in our mission plan looks straightforward but since it's a plan that is based on dates, we need to jump right into validating those dates. Thankfully for us, Postgres is outstanding at date and time functionality!
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The Spina Layout
There's no styling to your pages when you install Spina, which is a good thing, as you'd probably throw it out right from the start. Let's see how to add some style to our site now that our CMS is up and running.
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Sitewide data and more menus
Plugging in Vuetify for a quick CSS win.
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Encoding and Lossless Compression
Claude Shannon showed us how to change the way we encode things in order to increase efficiency and speed up information trasmission. We see how in this video.
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JavaScript: What Time Is It?
Sometimes a potential interviewer will 'cosplay' with you - pretending that you work at the company and seeing how you might solve one of their realworld problems.
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Exercise: Marketing Plan
At some point you'll need to let people know what you do, that you're good, and that you're worth paying. This is tough stuff, but if you don't do it you won't last long
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