Programming Tips

Danger of ORM

About 10 years ago when I first learned about ORM (object-relational mappers), I was so stoked.  In the past, for any web applications I’ve built with a relational database, I had to write lots of SQL queries.  This became annoying especially when a lot of the information I needed from…
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Programming Tips

How to use Ajax properly

Ajax is an important part of making an interactive web applications.  Based on my experience working with developers and interviewing developers, I am however seeing that a lot of them are not structuring their form properly to fully utilize the power of Ajax. For example, imagine that you needed to…
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My life story

As you spend time on Hacker Hero, inevitably you’ll be exposed to my thoughts/opinions, many of which were developed as I founded Coding Dojo and grew that school. As a lot of my opinions were also influenced by how I grew up, if you’re interested in learning more about my…
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