Bobby Steinbach - Bob's Brain

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Bye Karen

Using data from the SSA, I look to answer the basic question: Has the name Karen been irreparably destroyed?

salesforce

Salesforce Sucks

I love Salesforce, but it sucks. It's a peerless tool and an endless source of annoyance and broken functionality.

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Open Questions (on tech, growth, and life..well, not life)

I'm back! After months of ignoring this blog, I'm ready to re-commit myself to the frustration of staring at a white screen. Ready to introspect and navigate my thought-space, searching for topics I care deeply enough to pound on a keyboard for. I'm ready to feel my eyes glaze over

programming

Accessing Google Analytics From Django

Whew! It's been awhile since my last post, huh? So much for my "...vow to keep up with this blog" and bold statement that "everyone else can do it, so damnit I can too" mentioned in the inaugoral post. But - in my defense - I

programming

Death to the Technical Interview

Coding is hard. Most would agree and - if not - then either you know something I don't (likely) or you don't know what you're doing (also, likely). With that said, coding while a potential future employer is scowling over your shoulder and murmuring inaudibly makes the process incalcuably harder.

backstep

Folk to EDM: The top 10 artists to code to

Coding without a soundtrack sucks. It's one of those things that - like working out and movie montages - requires a powerful score. While hacking away on BackStep it's my life-blood, second only to coffee in importance. Now, without further ado, let me present my favorite artists to nerd out

Scrubs

My Scrubs Obsession

Medical shows often fall into one of two camps (not counting soap operas, but seriously who counts soap operas?). They tend to either focus heavily on the mystery of disease and the solving of a difficult case - House for instance - or they're simply situational dramas - Grey's Anatomy,

backstep

The super stupid idiot's guide to getting started with Django, Pipeline, and S3

When it comes to dev ops I'm an idiot. In fact, I'm a super stupid idiot. As I spent the majority of yesterday tinkering with the Django configuration for Backstep, I came to the conclusions that: a. Bobby need to be smarter-er when come to dev ops b. There is

backstep

Steal This Startup Idea

This week has been Hell. Necessary Hell, but Hell. Filling out application after application for incubator programs is inducing PTSD-esque flashbacks to the college acceptance process and I'm ready to get back to coding. Now, if you haven't already noticed, I'm not overly keen on this aspect of creating a

backstep

Backstep and Time Management

Time is precious. As Backstep gets ready to move into more of a business development phase, my time is as thin as ever. For instance, last week I had to build the iOS client from scratch, patch issues with the Android client, and fix some problems with the API. Yay

backstep

Backstep needs a co-founder

I'm at a crossroads with Backstep. From a technical standpoint, the product is nearly in a releasable state. However, from a business standpoint, we're far from ready. I need a co-founder, and I need one soon. Unfortunately, though, finding a co-founder is not as easy as I would have hoped.

sterling archer

Making a POST request in an Android app (and why I hate Java)

As anyone who's read my past post on context switching knows, my most recent project - Backstep - is being built with a combination of technologies including Python/Django and Java/Android. Similar to my previous experiences with it, Python is a pleasure to use. It's super expressive, has a

sterling archer

Context Switching: A problem or a blessing?

Carol - A problem or a blessing??? Conway - ....A problem Ah as always, Archer provides the perfect foil to real life. Today I'd like to talk about context switches. Context switching is the reason why I'm writing this post instead of writing a Backbone tutorial as I promised in

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Growing a Backbone

Backstep has two sides to it. One, which is the public facing side, is at the link given above. The other is an admin panel built with Node.js and Backbone at another (undisclosed) url. Now, when I first started building the panel I didn't know Backbone but I'd heard

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An Inaugural Post...again.

I've tried to write blogs before. Three times in fact I've started a blog, wrote one or two posts, and then stopped. Don't believe me? Here you go: first blog attempt. Unfortunately I can't show the other two because they're down so you'll have to just take my word for