This Is How Public Speaking Can Boost Your Engineering Career

Back in 2021, I was a marketing manager for an IT company and let’s just say, my technical skills were a little shaky. So, I did what any sane person would do - I went to a coding bootcamp, got my first coding job, and boy was I hooked! It’s true what they say, “you never stop learning in tech” - or at least until the robots take over. But being a marketing pro, I couldn’t resist the siren song of content creation....

March 23, 2023 · Julia Furst Morgado

Build a Website with HUGO on AWS Amplify

A while ago I decided to start publishing post on my own blog and move away from Medium/Hashnode/Dev, so I could have more ownership over my posts. The engagement is great on those platforms, so I plan to cross-post my posts there, but for now I want to show you how to build a static website on Hugo and deploy it on AWS Amplify. Although Hugo was not the most voted one on Twitter, I chose it because it does exactly what I needed to do, and nothing more....

March 15, 2023 · Julia Furst Morgado

Why I failed the Microsoft exam AZ-204 - Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

Last week I failed my first Microsoft certification exam. While falling short in life is rarely a confidence booster, I was actually able to use the experience as an opportunity to reflect on something important in my life that I had been ignoring. Why I took the exam in the first place In June, I did the Azure Developer Challenge, and upon completion, I received a voucher to take a Microsoft Certification exam (valid until December 31st 2022)....

January 1, 2023 · Julia Furst Morgado

How can I become an Open Source contributor? (The ultimate guide)

If you’re asking yourself this 👆question (I know many of you are), you’ve come to the right place. Many apps you use today contain a significant amount of open source software (OSS), and the number of businesses employing open source is consistently growing. Despite this, only a limited number of people contribute to and maintain it. There is a lot of work behind open source, and we could use your help!...

December 26, 2022 · Julia Furst Morgado

6 Steps to Land a Remote Job & List of Remote-First Companies

So, you’re on the hunt for a remote job? You should already have an updated resume, professional LinkedIn profile and polished portfolio (should I make a post/video about these 3?). If you don’t have these, stop reading this post RIGHT NOW and go work on them. Otherwise, keep reading to find your next dream company. Before you start applying Before you start clicking apply left and right, remember what I always say “Network your way in”....

December 22, 2022 · Julia Furst Morgado

I am Remarkable, and so are You!

On November 9th, I went to a workshop at Google called #IamRemarkable for “Women in Cloud”, facilitated by Gautami Nadkarni and Naomi Klamen. The workshop is an initiative that strives to empower everyone, particularly women and underrepresented groups, to celebrate their achievements in the workplace and beyond. Although I typically feel a bit uneasy discussing my own accomplishments, hearing other women’s stories made me feel confident enough to share my own in a safe space....

November 21, 2022 · Julia Furst Morgado

From KubeCon to my first keynote as a DevRel

Last month I went to Detroit for my first big open source conference — KubeCon. This exciting event would be my first opportunity to join the Cloud Native OSS community in-person. Going there, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect initially, but as it turns out, the whole experience blew my mind. I hope by the end of this article I can show you just why. Ps: You can also check out the vlog I made of the conference to see it for yourself!...

November 14, 2022 · Julia Furst Morgado

Automatically Embed Latest Youtube Videos on your Website with JavaScript (step by step)

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make an HTTP request to Youtube with the JavaScript fetch() method to dynamically embed new video on your website as you publish it on youtube. You can find the whole code on GitHub Fetch API comes with a fetch () method that allows you to fetch data from different places and work with the data fetched. It allows you to make an HTTP request, i....

October 3, 2022 · Julia Furst Morgado

Tech communities you should join! (online and in person)

Software development is such a challenging field that it’s almost impossible to succeed in it without having some sort of support system. With the many popular languages, frameworks, tools, and libraries available, having someone who can guide, mentor, and refer you will significantly increase your chances of success in this field. So I’ve found amazing communities you can join for free, that will help you connect with others who share the same experience, failures, and successes within the industry....

September 29, 2022 · Julia Furst Morgado

The difference between encodeURI() and encodeURIComponent()

What is a URI and how is it different from a URL? URI stands for Uniform Resource Identifier. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. Anything that uniquely identifies a resource is its URI, such as id, name, or ISBN number. A URL specifies a resource and how it can be accessed (the protocol). All URLs are URIs, but not all URIs are URLs. Why do we need URL encoding: Certain characters have a special value in a URL string....

September 28, 2022 · Julia Furst Morgado