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Taylor Bird

Professionally Taylor is a data scientist and software developer for Excella Consulting where he works with really cool people to tackle interesting problems. Personally he likes exploring the ideas that make up this blog, getting lost in the creative worlds of others, and fiddling with fledgling creations of his own.

Claude 3.7 Impresses Me

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I’m writing this post because Claude 3.7 recently reached a milestone that genuinely impressed me. The large language model (LLM) wrote a nontrivial app base...

Setting Up React with Vite: A Quick Guide

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A concise guide on setting up a new React project using Vite as create-react-app sunsets, including step-by-step CLI instructions.

Surprising Things About JavaScript

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I’ve been modernizing my JavaScript knowledge lately after some professional time away. I am running into interesting idiosyncrasies in the conventions of us...

Game Jam Devlog: Early Days Recommitment To Game Dev

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Note: I originally wrote this as a longform journal with all the gory details and thought processes I was going through (or at least what I decided to cap...

Risks With Insecure YAML Serialization In Python

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YAML is a Python favorite for object serialization, especially around application configuration. So, it is good to be aware that you can expose yourself to s...

Modularity With Functional Programming Part 2

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Welcome to Modularity in Functional Programming! In this series, I will be addressing how using aspects of the functional paradigm can lead to program compon...

Modularity With Functional Programming Part 1

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