Swanson Health Products is a natural health catalog and Internet marketing company headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota.

Faraday is an ethical AI prediction platform that aids brands and agencies in their efforts to incorporate AI and machine learning in their marketing strategies.

Working with a variety of clients from mom-and-pop shops to nationally distributed vineyards to NFT startups, providing software and web development solutions to meet their needs.

Major League Hacking (MLH) is the official student hackathon league in North America, Europe, and APAC.

Brooklyn's tastiest DIY record & tape label.

New York University is a private research university based in New York City.

A former music venue based in Brooklyn, NY.

APIs can be intimidating, but they shouldn't be feared! They can really help your app come to life.

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Published

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Entering Mod 2 at Flatiron School is full of excitement and promise. We're moving away from the backend of the command line and into the…

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Flatiron School Mod 2 UX Design Crash Course

https://media.graphcms.com/xPtg7PHLTVmLgJIy2kr2

Creating a portfolio and blogging site using NetlifyCMS and Gatsby in about 15 minutes.

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Creating a Portfolio Blog Site using Gatsby and NetlifyCMS

https://media.graphcms.com/vlRuUHShQzGo11qiwMgq

This blog post is for any beginner Rubyists who are learning on their own or attending a bootcamp that teaches Ruby.

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https://media.graphcms.com/2OCPKO8YQGWIG1JhQrfl

A film club management app to bring meaningful conversation and film lovers together under one roof.

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Le Cine, a Virtual Film Club Management App

https://media.graphcms.com/EhldY2cRnqSzs5LQhIGR

In this series, I will go over the principles and foundations of object-oriented programming and some principles on databases.

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https://media.graphcms.com/odYqP5PIRjeQsTYRcIFX

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https://media.graphcms.com/bBc3CT6yQMSltVTRY9ri

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https://media.graphcms.com/BO43wKRsRUeLq6t778Hu

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#2b OOP Series: Attributes (Getter and Setter Methods)

https://media.graphcms.com/4TVk5vZbSguX44yY0fNd

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#3 OOP Series: Relationships and Associations, Part 1

https://media.graphcms.com/wfmmKwhhQqGi1SbP7AE8

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#4 OOP Series: Relationships and Associations, Part 2

https://media.graphcms.com/l1pIs7KsQw6iowXEClPa

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#5 OOP Series: Relationships and Associations, Part 3

https://media.graphcms.com/c1b1s2ykRdSqJ8eEbH5Q

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#6 OOP Series: An Intro to ORMs and ActiveRecord

https://media.graphcms.com/4IdZxQvXR2iB70BzJ1xG

A slight departure from the usual programming but necessary.

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What I've learned since graduating a coding bootcamp, Part 1

https://media.graphcms.com/FGQwmdwkTpyx2QM0TXem

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What I've learned since graduating a coding bootcamp, Part 2

https://media.graphcms.com/x08YxCB7Ro27TxiwoaRG

In this series, I want to go over the who, what, and why of Redux as a tool, separate from React, and then go over the popular combination of React and Redux.

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https://media.graphcms.com/CnwxV9eoR4yeoNQtnOHb

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https://media.graphcms.com/FqX5Q9MTRXa83DKAtONy

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https://media.graphcms.com/jGgZB41JSlSmLMPgkzXO

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https://media.graphcms.com/xUU3cRSZ2hNYeS87fp1g

This blog post is aimed at helping non-technical marketing professionals, especially entry-level marketers, who don't have the basic experience of using HTML.

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https://media.graphcms.com/K6Rs4zMxQnGEgLQL9g28

I'm going to do another one-off blog post on a subject that I've seen people ask...how to create a responsive search bar in React.

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https://media.graphcms.com/pFG2bfCiR3yk9Qglg3Iq

A gem to help beginner Rubyists get started quickly with their own Ruby command-line application.

rcli_app

A job seeker's best friend. An all-in-one job-seeking tool to find jobs, create a professional profile, and so much more.

Jobase

A collaborative playlist creator for a music club that I'm involved with alongside a few scientists and professors at the Scripps Institute in San Diego, CA.

Drop The Needle

I’ve been a Lead Instructor at Flatiron School for close to 3 years and have graduated over 1500 students. I don’t often write recommendations but I do when I notice something special. There are 3 things I look for in a student to gauge their likelihood to be highly successful engineers: resiliency, ability to receive feedback, and impact on others. Alex exhibits all three.

There was a moment where I’ve had to give constructive feedback to Alex about his code and performance on a code challenge. Most students in this situation respond with resentment or denial. Alex, on the other hand, gracefully accepted the feedback. He spoke with me about how he could improve and what suggestions I had. Not only did Alex execute on this feedback, improving in every area, he became one of the strongest students I’ve ever had. In fact, he’s the first student of mine to build his own Ruby gem to help initialize new CLI projects, eliminating a prominent pain point for his classmates. Additionally, Alex would offer his time to help his fellow classmates who were struggling with understanding and implementing concepts. The ability to acknowledge areas of opportunities and the resiliency to turn them into strengths are integral to success in any career but particularly significant for a Software Engineer.

Alex has proven that he is self motivated and committed to learning and growing as a developer. I firmly believe he will be a valuable addition to any team. 

Hi I'm Alex Beciana

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