What’s the Difference? I came across an interesting post online pointing out what it means to be motivated and to be disciplined – what would you rather have more of? Can motivation even be measured? It’s nice to start a project and have a great deal of motivation to get going, but it’s your discipline…

Me VS. The Machine Sprint 1 was a bit of a struggle. My main objectives were to setup my development environment and get started with the login authentication for our Animal Adoption Web app. Things would have been MUCH smoother if this app were mobile and especially using Flutter – I could have completed my…

The Battle Web vs. Mobile. My journey to becoming a developer started with web… quickly pivoting to mobile once I realized I HATED web development. I love the idea of building something that people will use; something that can serve a real purpose in someone’s life. Will it help them find love? Provide additional income?…

The Basics My name is James Frys, a few years removed from quarter-life on a limited scale of one century; nearly twenty-three of those years spent in an educational space leading up to this glorifying final semester of receiving the degree I have been longly coveting. Currently reside in upstate NY, but raised in Buffalo.…

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