
3 posts
January 7, 2024
A biographical account of early software development experiences at a doctor's office, working on the DocWorks electronic medical records system. Covers the evolution from Perl-based flat files to a hybrid system incorporating Ruby on Rails, PHP, and MySQL across multiple operating systems.
January 6, 2024
A personal journey learning Linux, from first exposure at DocWorks EMR startup to necessity-driven adoption after being laid off. Details how Ubuntu transformed an end-of-life Windows XP machine into a functional development workstation, providing foundational skills in command-line operations, networking, and server management.
January 5, 2024
A personal journey through the early days of coding, from learning HTML and CSS to building my first Flash website and transitioning into software development at a medical records startup.