Here are a few solutions to the palindrome problem (a palindrome is a word that is the same spelled backward or forwards — like “racecar.” The objective is simply to return true if the word is a palindrome or false if it is not a palindrome. The solutions to this are pretty simple.  I just […]

I just started the Udemy course “The Coding Interview Bootcamp” by Stephen Grider.  I have five solutions below for the reverse string problem in Javascript.  The first three solutions I was already comfortable with.  I never actually used the for…of loop, however.  Grider recommends using it when possible in interviews as there is less room for […]

During a recent phone interview I was asked to live-code in Javascript using coderpad.io.  I never had to live code for someone before, and it didn’t go great… so I have been working on algorithm coding practice.  I’m using coderbyte.com, and I have been going through a YouTube video from Traversy Media (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2bJBuaOeOQ&list=PLillGF-Rfqbb4ZOnsNCIB-DnLuUrQjS_G). One common […]

I’ve been thinking about starting a blog for some time, but didn’t know where to start.  I met for coffee with my new friend Joe Moreno today (http://bio.joemoreno.com/).  He passed on some advice given to him, which is to use a blog to narrate my work.  I already created a WordPress version of my portfolio.  […]