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  • CSS Frameworks to Aid Web Development

    CSS Frameworks to Aid Web Development

    Recently, I started a front-end project, and the most challenging part was defining components, styles, and fonts and preparing the project to be responsive. Considering this issue, I decided to use a CSS framework to maintain my productivity and allow for some customizations when necessary. With that in mind, I selected three frameworks for use:…

  • How do we avoid creating new columns?

    How do we avoid creating new columns?

    I’m working on integrating with Stripe to allow our customers to process payments and manage subscriptions. Our customers have to input their card details every month at our checkout. What problems did I encounter? When creating a Subscription, Stripe requires certain information, such as customer, price items, and recurrence interval. However, to avoid making requests…

  • Creating an API using Ruby on Rails

    Creating an API using Ruby on Rails

    What is an API? An API (Application Programming Interface) is a way two components can communicate using a standard protocol. What is Ruby on Rails? Ruby on Rails is a framework for web application development. In summary, it’s a collection of Ruby-built libraries that increase web development productivity. How to install Ruby on Mac? To…

This is how it all started…

The aim of this blog is to assist new engineers with simple and perhaps creative solutions to problems we encounter every day. I’m a BackEnd developer with experience in Ruby on Rails, PHP, and NodeJS. I’ve also worked with FrontEnd using React, and in the cloud area, I’ve used AWS with Serverless, RDS, etc. I love developing new applications and exploring different programming languages and development techniques.

Juan

Software Engineer