Kevin B. Ridgway

Hi! My name is Kevin B. Ridgway. I'm an Interweb & Aerospace Enthusiast. Creator of The Rise of Frontend Engineering. You should follow me on Twitter

Debugging Node.js in Docker with Visual Studio Code

I ran into this recently, where I really wanted to dig into a Dockerized Node app that I’d been given. I didn’t know a great deal about how…

On Technical Interviews

This post was going to be about technical interviews, and how they’re broken in our industry. Broken, unhelpful, considered harmful, in some…

How I Use Bear Notes

Talking about my note taking process with Bear Writer in the context of being a knowledge worker. This is what my setup/process looks like…

Scientific Method Over Anecdotal Evidence in Technology Choices

*Note: This was originally posted as a comment on Goodbye, Object Oriented Programming * A friend sent me your article, and I had replied…

Exploit vs. Explore

I recently started listening to the audio book Algorithms to Live By - The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian and…

Abstract Syntax Trees in JavaScript

An Abstract Syntax Tree (AST), is a powerful concept in computer science. It is something that allows you to do some interesting things…

Things Great Engineering Managers Do

Reacts quickly, and decisively. Has a leadership philosophy. Has thought about it, a lot. Can speak at length about it. Is passionate about…