PinnedHow I’m learning about APIs by building a SlackbotProject Context I have an HR background, and with my experiences as an HR Partner in the tech and banking industry, I see so much potential to improve the HR field with technology. …Slack3 min read
PinnedHow to find and read API or Technical DocsIn this article, I will share my strategy on how to find and read technical documentation. While most articles help you read well-written, well-maintained docs, I will share my approach on how to navigate a not-so-friendly docs (Monaco Code editor) with an example from my project query.cafe. For this topic…Beginner4 min read
Jan 13, 2021Common Errors (& Fixes) In Web Application Deployment With HerokuCheck my table of Common Errors (& Fix) when trying to deploy with Heroku. This time when I tried to deploy my $impleTrade web app in Heroku, I got some new errors that I didn’t get previously. It took me a while to search for answers from Stackoverflow. While the…Heroku1 min read
Jan 6, 2021Built Simple Stock Trading Web App With IEX Cloud, Python, Flask, SQLite, and AWS Cloud9How to build a stock trading web app based on the real price from IEX Cloud with Python, Flask, sqlite3, Bootstrap, and AWS Cloud9. Features Portfolio ManagementHeroku3 min read
Oct 18, 2020How I became a Software Developer after years as an HR Business PartnerSince my last post about a Slackbot I built, I received many questions from people in my network and even some new friends who found my post helpful for them. Lots of you asked “How did you do that?”, …Beginner7 min read
Oct 6, 2020How I’m learning about APIs by building a Slackbot — Final PartThe final version of heybot is finally here. To pull the last piece of this project (request time off function and return a receipt), new tools I had to use were Threading, calendar, datetime modules. My full code is available here. The Roadmap >> Project Overview >> Part 1: Hello World version >> Part 2: Hello Galaxy version The journey completed Demo Three services that heybot delivers:Python4 min read
Sep 27, 2020How I’m learning about APIs by building a Slackbot — Part 2Continuing on my HelloWorld version, I completed my HelloGalaxy version. This journal article is to share the development process of heybot’s HelloGalaxy version, and one of my favourite challenges which there was no official documentation and I figured out my own solution (using private_metadata). My full code is available here. The Roadmap >>Project Overview >> Part 1: Hello World version >> Part 3: Final versionPython5 min read
Sep 20, 2020How I’m learning about APIs by building a Slackbot — Part 1This is my journal article for the development process of heybot’s Hello world version. I will write from a beginner’s perspective so it can be lengthy (a bit), but I hope other beginners will find it useful. My full code is available here. >>Project Overview >> Part 2: Hello Galaxy version >> Part 3: Final version Demo Objective In this version, my purposes were: Connect…Python6 min read
Sep 14, 2020How I Built My First Web App With Only HTML, CSS and JavaScriptProject Context Eatthefrog is a task planning web app. It was my graduation project in the Web Developer Bootcamp that I got accepted in June 2020. I released the MVP version, which has four main functions Create Task, Edit Task, Delete Task, Filter (by Status, Due Date); and it has…Web Development5 min read
Sep 18, 2018Stop Abusing “Entrepreneurship” Tag In Your Hiring CampaignI think I just have my Aha! moment when I realise I – as an HR practitioner, an Executive have been contradicting myself for putting the requirement in hiring “We expect you to have entrepreneurship mindset” then later question regretfully why some of those Stars leave the company so fast. …Startup4 min read
