Hotwire Native Authentication with TurboFailureApp
Implementing Proper 4xx Response Codes for Mobile Apps
My Take on Tech & Leadership
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App Store Optimization MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the App Store Optimization tasks. This server provides tools for managing locales, translations, meta data, keyword ranking data and screenshots.
React Native: The Promise vs. The Reality
JavaScript went full circle in 10 years—right back to server-side rendering.
Understanding MCP: A New Framework for AI Integration
You’re already familiar with APIs—the building blocks that let software talk to other software. Whether it’s fetching weather data or connecting a frontend to a backend, APIs have quietly powered the digital world for years. Now, there’s a new concept worth knowing: MCP — Model, Context, Protocol.
Summer Internship Opportunity - Web & Mobile Development
Are you looking for experience as a web and mobile developer? Join me this summer for two months and build your portfolio!
Stop Overengineering: Launch Your MVP Faster with Rails and AmericanCloud
Stop overengineering MVPs. Launch faster using Rails, AmericanCloud, Cloudflare, and Kamal. Simplify, ship, and scale later. Fractional CTO tips.
Fractional CTO Guide: Scaling Teams with Personality Assessments
Scaling engineering teams demands people skills. I compare the curriculum from the Strengths Deployment Inventory (SDI) with Primal Questions to help you understand which one is right for your team. As a Fractional CTO, I use these to scale teams and drive growth.
How Early-Stage Founders Can Prototype Web and Mobile Apps Successfully
As an early-stage founder, you’re brimming with ideas and eager to bring your vision to life through a web or mobile app. Prototyping is your first step toward validating your concept, but it’s easy to fall into traps that waste time, money, and momentum.
Our Experience with Cellular Performance Institute in Tijuana
My wife has an impressive list of marathon and Ironman finishes. She's strong, fast, and loves pushing herself. For the past few years, she had issues with her hips. Finally, late last year, she sought help from a physical therapist and was then referred to get an MRI. We discovered...
Deploying to AmericanCloud with Kamal-Deploy
Let me show you how to save money by deploying Docker containers to non-big-tech cloud providers using Kamal-Deploy.
AWS Bills Have a Way of Sneaking Up on You
Over the past month, we have cleaned up our AWS account to reduce costs significantly. Initially, we were spending $135 per day, and in this article, I'll show you how I lowered it to $47 per day.
20 years of blogging platforms
After two decades of asking myself the question what should I use to build my personal blog? I finally have found a solution and I’m happy with and I think I’ll live with for a long time.
18 years of Ruby on Rails
After graduating from the Art Institute of California, I was developing many marketing sites and working for a digital marketing firm. There, we used ASP.NET and a CMS named Ektron. It was during this time that DHH released the infamous “Oops” video where he generated a blog and released the first version of Rails. The simplicity caught my attention, and the elegance of Ruby deepened my curiosity.
Product Demo
This audience management UI used Apache Spark and an ElasticSearch cache for real-time estimates.