Anna Rankin

Anna Rankin @annarankin

About: Educator, software engineer, and lifelong learner.

Location:
NYC
Joined:
Mar 6, 2017

Anna Rankin
articles - 14 total

Framing your Narrative

As the number of folks transitioning into tech from previous careers climbs, I think it's important t...

Learn More 16 2Feb 18 '20

RubyConf 2019 Sketchnotes

Illustrated notes from this year's RubyConf in Nashville!

Learn More 55 7Nov 23 '19

You might think a pirate's favorite programming language is R...

...but his first love be the C! 🌊

Learn More 101 16Jul 6 '19

Equality of Data Structures: Ruby vs. JavaScript

A look at how the comparison operators in JS and Ruby differ

Learn More 79 14Apr 7 '19

Nevertheless, Anna Still Codes

In 2019, I continue to code, mentor, and write because I love the challenge—I've left previous...

Learn More 37 0Mar 11 '19

Tips for Self-Reviews

Getting through performance review season

Learn More 106 4Jan 31 '19

Ways of Seeing: ORMS & SQL Views

Thoughts on database abstractions and object-relational mapping

Learn More 55 5Nov 22 '18

Building a Graph in SQL Land

AKA a thing you should probably never do

Learn More 88 12Oct 8 '18

Finally in Promises & Try/Catch

Lately, I've been experimenting more with the async/await keywords in JavaScript. I noticed that I...

Learn More 264 27Sep 19 '18

"No Config" Bundling with Parcel

Using the Parcel bundler to transpile and serve a Typescript & React project - without writing a configuration file!

Learn More 44 8Aug 10 '18

How Art School Prepared Me for Programming

Using observation and illustration as a tool for understanding

Learn More 188 34May 22 '18

Supplying Placeholder Data by Catching Promises

A tale of hack-day Slack bots and dealing with the consequences of your bad decisions 😬

Learn More 75 5May 8 '18

On Staying

The career advice I've gotten since I entered the development workforce has generally fallen into two...

Learn More 308 40Apr 3 '18

Nevertheless, Anna Rankin Coded

I began/continue to code because... I wanted to make things! I started by playing the...

Learn More 16 0Mar 5 '18