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Notes From Your Engineer Friend: Dispatch #1
Atlanta Food Finder 2025 Now Live At midnight, November 1, 2025, millions of people lost their access to SNAP benefits due to the ongoing government shutdown. These are our friends, neighbors, family, and children among them. We have the ability to ensure that as many as possible don’t go hungry until this situation is resolved. In an effort to do my part, I have created an open source live web application listing food resources by county and zip code for Atlanta’s families.
Allison Higgins
Nov 114 min read


Hey Friend, Get Your Ass Back Outside & Economic Tips for Doing So
“ If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others. ” - African Proverb At last, I am back home in Atlanta after a 4 week 8+ conference blitz through the southeast United States. From all over Georgia, to Raleigh, NC, to Jackson, MS, and back, I have presented, prototyped, volunteered and networked with thousands of technologists across conferences, happy hours, and more. Before I nerd out about who I met, what I learned, and built, I wanted to expre
Allison Higgins
Nov 38 min read


Get Down With Object Oriented Programming II: Object Oriented Programming All Around Us
On my decade-long path to becoming a senior software engineer, I have been asked an astounding range of technical interview questions, in...
Allison Higgins
Oct 118 min read


Artificial Intelligence A to Z: Building Your Essential AI Vocabulary
“AI will not replace humans, but those who use AI will replace those who don’t.” – Ginni Rometty, Former CEO of IBM Why It Matters...
Allison Higgins
Sep 227 min read
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