Kyle West

I am a Web Developer at FamilySearch. In my free time, I contribute to Open Source software. I am a writer, editor, and mixer for detachedHEAD. I also love math and cake.

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Episode: Interviewing and Anecdotes (Part 2) w/ManagerJS

In this episode, we interview Tyler Peterson - the person behind ManagerJS - as we continue to discuss the details on what it means to interview in the tech world today.

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Episode: Interviewing and Anecdotes (Part 1)

In this episode Dewey and Drew talk about the most difficult aspect of being a programmer... Interviewing. This is Part 1.

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Episode: #devsugar: Tools

In this episode we talk about some of our most beloved developer tools.

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Episode: Questions, Sometimes Answers

In this episode, we try to answer questions from our fans, friends, and family.

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Episode: Imposter Syndrome

Imposter syndrome, is when you're not able to internalize your own success as a factor of your own work.. you think that any of the code you've ever written is a matter of luck or guessing.. and that for other people, it's a matter of merit and skill.

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What the Cr*p is a Closure?

Anyone new to languages like JavaScript or ELISP may have a hard time understanding the concept of closures - and rightly so. Unlike the well understood paradigm of scope in Computer Engineering - the concept of a closure is disconnected from the actual hardware on your machine. It's a mathematical

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detachedHEAD: Podcast

detachedHEAD is a podcast about programming and the likes. Hosted by Dewey McNeill and Drew McMurry. Mixed and edited by Kyle West. Join us May 2019.

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Favorite Algorithms: Swapping Data Cells without Using Extra Memory

We all know that the most typical way to swap data stored in two different variables involves using a temporary variable to store information: // our initial values let a = 4; let b = 6; // swap the values by using a temporary variable let temp = a; a = b; b = temp; // see that