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    May 09, 2020

    [Showoff Saturday] I made a lyrical analysis & statistics database for hiphop artists as a text mining exercise web developers

    [Showoff Saturday] I made a lyrical analysis & statistics database for hiphop artists as a text mining exercise

    Posted: 09 May 2020 04:10 AM PDT

    [Showoff Saturday] I implemented an extension that integrates Draw.io into VS Code

    Posted: 09 May 2020 02:20 PM PDT

    [Showoff Saturday] Created a Pathfinding Visualizer! Not sure if it's much but I had fun creating it.

    Posted: 09 May 2020 07:35 AM PDT

    [Showoff Saturday] I created a set of Free & Fully Responsive 52 UI Components, 7 Landing Pages, 8 Inner Pages for creating Beautiful Landing Pages easily using React

    Posted: 09 May 2020 07:33 AM PDT

    If you're considering the Flatiron School, please read this

    Posted: 08 May 2020 08:44 PM PDT

    Coming in to Flatiron School, I was incredibly excited. I had committed myself to following my dream of becoming a UX Researcher and Designer (which was a big mental undertaking for me, truly going for what I knew I'd be good at, versus development where I "manage"). I couldn't afford the tuition, and my credit wasn't good enough for a loan or ISA program, so when I got a call on February 4th that I had been awarded a scholarship thanks to NexTech's "100 Innovators in Tech" program, I couldn't help but cry. I was a month from being homeless, my job search was going poorly (and I needed a new career direction). This was the Hail Mary that I thought was going to turn my life around.

    With this scholarship, my family agreed to help me obtain an apartment in Denver and cover my rent during the program. This investment would end up being over $10,000.

    Sadly, my health failed just as the cohort I was set to join got kicked off in early March. I alerted my instructors, and after several weeks it became apparent that I needed to defer to a later class. I did so.

    I had serious issues with the program during my first initial stint. Featuring disjointed materials, only 15 mins of weekly "face to face" time with your instructor when you're expected to put in 30+ hours each week, educational coaches that don't understand the material or the industry, weekly lectures that served as merely a recap and then an hour of clearing up all the confusion around the homework (they call this "learning through iteration", but in the end it's just stress for no reason and hours of wasted work). Regardless, I was eager to give the program another shot.

    Then Flatiron pulled the rug out, here is how things play out….

    April 1st

    I get an email at 9 A.M about my transfer, stating "If you do not reply by 9AM 04/02/2020, your case will be closed and you will be dismissed from the program." and "We will look for availability in the Full-Time Online UX/UI 04/04/20 If the cohort is full, we will look for space in the next available cohort 05/25/20."

    I respond and let the team know that the 04/04/20 Cohort is good with me, and get an auto-response saying it may take them 48 hours to respond, but I could be dismissed for not responding by the next morning?!

    April 2nd

    I get an email stating "Apologies for the confusion, the next available cohort is not 04/04/20. It is actually 05/04/20. Please let me know if you are still interested in transferring." I respond that I will make this work.

    April 3rd

    I get an email stating "We have completed the transfer from the Denver Design UX/UI 05/25/2020 cohort. Unfortunetly, the 05/04/2020 cohort is no longer available since it hsa been merged with the 05/25/2020 cohort. You will join this cohort at the beginning of Phase 1 which stars on 05/25/2020."

    If you're counting, this is third date I'm given in three days.

    April 15th

    I check in and student services tells me that I'm still enrolled. However, my question on who my instructors would be is dodged again.

    April 21st

    A post goes up on the Flatiron Blog here, cancelling the UX/UI program. Apparently, this (and other options) had been under consideration for several weeks.

    April 22nd

    At 9 PM, an email is sent to students. We can transfer to another program, but mine also includes the line "I understand you were awarded the Cognizant NexTech 100 Scholarship and if you plan to proceed with transferring to a new program, we can assist you with being reviewed by our scholarship committee again and previous eligibility used to evaluate your scholarship award."

    I'm sorry? I was already awarded this scholarship, we invested thousands of dollars so I could have this opportunity, and you're going to make me go through the approval process again? Leases were signed, plans established, this isn't some side show in my life. Also, not even a phone call?

    April 23rd

    I'm destroyed. There's a job guarantee attached to this program, I don't have the funds to go to another bootcamp and at this point things are already looking bad economy wise. I scurry to get enrolled in the Software Program because I don't know what else to do, and supposedly they pull all these strings to make this happen. It turns out that the Admissions team was informed THE DAY BEFORE that this was happening, and had no chance to form a response. By the way, that program they enrolled me in? It starts May 11th with an estimated 160 Hours of "pre-work".

    So now not only is my life turned upside down, I have a little over 2 weeks to complete 4 weeks worth of pre-work that I was in no way prepared to start.

    April 24th-April 28th

    After taking the day, I realize how screwed up this is on Flatiron's part. From how they've treated their own staff, to how they think we can just switch programs (I specifically wanted to move away from Development), to the handling of the scholarships. All of it is ridiculous.

    On April 28th I manage to get on the phone with Cognizant, thinking surely since they had awarded these funds they would allow me to pursue a design program elsewhere. Flatiron couldn't meet their obligations, why should we suffer as students?

    The result? Flatiron and Cognizant have a "special arrangement" for these scholarship funds, and my only option is to transfer courses. They refuse to release my scholarship funds so I can attend General Assembly or another program of my choice.

    Consider other options, even for non UX programs

    At the end of the day, Flatiron certainly churns out students that get jobs. But the real ask here is, are you comfortable giving your money and time to a company that will behave in this manner? That will treat staff and students alike with such little regard? That would take someone who is already in one of the most vulnerable positions of their life, see that their actions are causing immense pain and financial disruption, and walk away without a second thought?

    They still don't have it together

    Even after going rounds with the admin staff and letting them know I'm not backing down from my claims, they still haven't even taken the time to update their system to reflect that I'm no longer a student. As of today May 8th, I'm still receiving emails about joining the slack channel for the Software Engineering Cohort starting next week. This is consistent with the rest of my experience at Flatiron, where there seems to be no central student management system.

    Thank you all

    Edit: I can't believe the outpouring of support I've received, thank you all so much!!! One user, luxuryUX, added this guide to UX training in the comments. It looks like a solid guide to getting started outside of a bootcamp or similar setting.

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    [Showoff Saturday] Experimenting with Vue 3

    Posted: 09 May 2020 08:50 AM PDT

    [Showoff Saturday] I made a website that helps you find a front-end or a back-end buddy for your project

    Posted: 09 May 2020 12:15 AM PDT

    [Showoff Saturday] I made a website with which you can create a QR-Code and short URL by just prepending qrgen.cc/ infront of any URL

    Posted: 09 May 2020 07:32 AM PDT

    [Showoff Saturday] I made a site to help you get through Retros easier.

    Posted: 09 May 2020 02:56 PM PDT

    SkyRetro.com

    Having the right tools for the job makes your life easier and delivers the most impact. And who knows those tools better than the developers and product managers that use them? That's why we built Sky Retro. It's an app designed to have all the features your software team need.

    We're still in beta, and all features should be considered work-in-progress. But that's the beauty of Sky Retro: new features are being released all the time, built by user feedback.

    submitted by /u/travelsandtrivia
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    Looking for a list of APIs

    Posted: 09 May 2020 01:10 PM PDT

    I'm looking for a list of public APIs that will allow to create something cool and useful for others. I've already worked with weather APIs etc. Thanks in advance!

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    [Showoff Saturday] My friend and I created an online multiplayer board game over the weekend!

    Posted: 09 May 2020 07:52 AM PDT

    Front Page

    Gamplay

    Hello Reddit!

    Last year I quit my job to pursue a programming career, after a year of self-studying I was able to build a codenames clone with my friend!

    It runs on React and Firebase and I have decided to open-source this project for those who would like to make improvements!

    I'm super happy about this project and I have been trying to find a developer position during these rough times. I hope everyone is home and safe, please give this game out a try and I would love your feedback!

    It's live here at notcodenames.com

    submitted by /u/g0ron
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    [Showoff Saturday] I made an online multiplayer mobile web game inspired by the popular Cards Against Humanity card game

    Posted: 09 May 2020 06:31 AM PDT

    [Showoff Saturday] I made a browser extension to save CSS styles from any web page

    Posted: 09 May 2020 03:18 AM PDT

    Hey all,

    6 months ago, I started working on a browser extension that lets you inspect, edit, and Save CSS styles that you really like to your own personal collection, all from your browser!

    I'm really excited to announce that it's now available to download for free!

    It's called StyleStash and you can learn more about it here: https://stylestash.dev/

    It's also available for free on the Chrome Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylestash-save-your-favo/gjalfbkbjfomgcjhnfcafjcoldbcllpl

    I have huge plans for it. In the second version, which I'm working on right now, you'll be able to quickly and easily share CSS styles with coworkers & friends.

    You'll also be able to browse popular styles and preview them right away on your own websites.

    Technical facts:

    1. Took 6 months to build
    2. Built using React

    I'd like to treat this as an AMA. So ask away! I really appreciate your support, and I'd love to hear any feedback you have.

    submitted by /u/jameskingio
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    [Showoff Saturday] Synchronized YouTube Player

    Posted: 09 May 2020 07:56 AM PDT

    [Showoff Saturday] Interactive web version of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons achievement section

    Posted: 09 May 2020 08:36 AM PDT

    [Showoff Saturday] Practiced on a Google Drive front-end clone. I feel there should be a new object type apart from Files and Folders; which is LINK/URL. Let me know what you think! Feedback is welcome.

    Posted: 09 May 2020 10:28 AM PDT

    [Showoff Saturday] I created a platform to help developers quickly deliver features to production with less risk and central visibility

    Posted: 09 May 2020 11:28 AM PDT

    Hey, I started this project at the beginning of quarantine in Portugal. During my free time, I managed to develop a a Landing Page, Dashboard (Web App), GraphQL API, Documentation, two integrations (React and JS Vanilla) and a Rest API.

    With this whole process, UpStamps was born.

    UpStamps is a management platform for Feature/Toggle Flags. It is a way to test features under development in production. Feature flags help developers and product creators to release untested features or test new features in production or other environments.

    In a nutshell, Feature flagging is a method by which developers wrap a new feature in an if/then statement to gain more control over its release.

    Technological stack and libraries used:

    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Styled-Components
    • Auth0
    • Heroku
    • Hasura
    • Vercel
    • Docz
    • Paddle
    • Tsdx
    • Formik
    • GraphQL

    Quick links:

    Would love your feedback and support 🙏

    submitted by /u/OliverKenway
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    Most important metrics for site speed

    Posted: 09 May 2020 01:19 PM PDT

    What are the top metrics (from GTmetrix, Google PageSpeed Insights, etc.) for site performance/speed? And what should I be targeting for a site that averages around 15k users per month?

    submitted by /u/lil_falco
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    What alternatives do I have to build PWA with common mobile UI paradigms?

    Posted: 09 May 2020 12:36 PM PDT

    Having used native capabilities on Android and iOS to develop mobile apps using layouts and layout constraints I wonder it there is something similar for web applications that allows using common UI paradigms like those used on native mobile apps and then spits out the equivalent HTML, JS and CSS code. I know Flutter web does something like that rendering everything on canvas, but I'd prefer something lightweight and with a small footprint at runtime like Svelte or Vue.

    submitted by /u/rraallvv
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    [Showoff Saturday] GF and I built a CSS box-shadows aggregator and editor. It has some good presets from popular design systems for you to get started with your projects' designs quicker.

    Posted: 09 May 2020 07:07 AM PDT

    [Showoff Saturday] An app to visualize and help civil engineers monitoring dams

    Posted: 09 May 2020 09:42 AM PDT

    [Showoff Saturday] An app to visualize and help civil engineers monitoring dams

    Together with my dad, I finally put my software engineering skills to use (working as a software developer with 3.5 years experience) to start building an application that will aid civil engineers potentially and what had been a "target" for years.....

    It's a simple app used to showcase location of earthquake epicenters relative to dams around the world, and also allows (authorized) users to upload seismic response files and download them, or, any user to also see the seismic responses as a chart directly in the browser.

    ​

    Landing page

    dam locations

    dam cards on a map

    example

    The tech stack is:SpringBoot Java backend with MongoDB as a database and Svelte for front-end :D

    Pretty proud about it!

    submitted by /u/brunoliveira1
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    Wordpress was hacked! When will it stop?

    Posted: 09 May 2020 03:40 PM PDT

    I faced with a problem, I have many websites under Wordpress, I like it and don't want to change anything, but for already six months I am fighting with scams that steal my traffic. I hired different people and organizations, to clear and protect my websites, but all they failed and the problem still exists. Any suggestions?

    submitted by /u/warnullD
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    [Showoff Saturday] See which emojis you use the most on Twitter ����������

    Posted: 09 May 2020 01:34 AM PDT

    WHOIS, DNS and much more in one site

    Posted: 09 May 2020 03:16 PM PDT
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