Tymber and Wesley Porter's Stories

Software Engineering

Why you should consider Remix for your next project

Introduction I recently did a deep dive to evaluate what technologies to choose to address scalability gaps within my organization. My goals were to directly increase revenue by generating more leads, improving customer retention, and boosting developer velocity. Part of the strategy to achieve this is by utilizing modern technologies

Form Validation Best Practices and React Implementation

Forms exist all across the web in nearly every platform. They are the means of collecting information for a variety of purposes. In this post we will walk through some best practices for aiding users in completing forms. What is form validation? Form validation guides users to successfully complete a

Deploying a private Docker image without a registry

Have you ever had a project you didn't want to push to the Docker registry? Perhaps it's a private repository in GitHub and you don't want the whole internets to have access to that intel. Note: If you are looking for a guide on

Running a local Docker registry on a Synology NAS

With a lot of searching I pieced together resources from many different places to finally arrive at a working solution to running a local Docker registry on my Synology NAS within my home network. Let's dive into the details of how to accomplish this. The Problem Docker expects

Software Engineering

Upgrading to Caddy 2

Caddy recently released a complete rewrite as Caddy 2. They also finally released an official Docker image! So it is time to upgrade my home server to use version 2. I run Caddy as an entry-point into my home network on ports 80 and 443. Based on various subdomains, I

Software Engineering

Ponyfilling

I manage a project that runs on nearly every production UI application. We recently ran into an issue where a polyfill had a bug that caused problems with several applications that were also polyfilling on the same page. We decided to ponyfill our application rather than polyfill so we would

My Unplanned, Unassisted Homebirth

Charles Alexander Porter's Birth Story Thursday, February 27, 2020 The day after my due date, the kids and I spent the sunny winter day at the park. We met Wesley at a restaurant for dinner, but hesitated before going in because I had several contractions I needed to

Software Engineering

Building a Secure Application

I realized a couple weeks ago that in all my time in the software industry, I had never implemented a full authentication model. I wanted to learn what it was like to build a modern single-page application that included security best practices. So I started a simple todo list project

Races

Turkey Run

* Distance: 4 Miles * Place: 6th * Time: 21:43 (5:26 per mile) This race has become a family favorite tradition, being our 4th year in a row participating. It was the first year we had bad weather too! And there was a ton of snow. I warmed up by running

Races

Blizzard 5K

* Distance: 5K * Place: 6th * Time: 16:44 Considering I’m actively recovering from shin and hip injuries, and still sick with the flu, I am happy with today’s performance. I felt fairly relaxed the entire race. I decided to kick in a little gas on the last half mile.

Races

BYU Homecoming 5K

* Distance: 5K * Place: 5th * Time: 16:19.6 Flo's Race! We kicked off the morning with Flo's 200-meter race! She did great for the first half and then almost wanted to quit. Then the finish line was in sight and she grabbed my hand to hobble

Races

Hobble Creek Half Marathon

* Distance: Half Marathon (13.1 miles) * Place: 11th * Time: 1:16.38 Pre-race Prep I decided leading up to this race, based on my previous half marathon of 1:13:37 and my better condition this time around that I could handle a 5:30 pace. I did that for

Races

American Fork Steel Days 5K

* Distance: 5K * Place: 4th * Time: 16:18.5 Running Form About a month ago, I went on a few harder runs, including one that was 13.1 miles (half marathon distance) long. I started feeling pain in my left ankle, similar to pain I've felt in the past

Races

Lavell Edwards Memorial Heart & Sole 5K

* Distance: 5K * Place: 1st! * Time: 16:48 Here we are at another fun race! It's been only a week since the Provo City 5K and my legs were still sore, but smooth enough for another race! Mental Prep I felt conflicted about this race for several reasons. 1.

Races

Provo City 5K - Tied my PR!!!

Yet another race that was measured too long by 0.1 miles! Haha! I tied my PR of 16:16, I couldn’t believe it. I was waiting to empty a little more liquid at the enormous porter potty line. Then they started a countdown for the race! I ditched

Races

BYU Rex Lee 5K

Another fun 5K! I steadily went up the hill and slowly caught everyone. The front pack held it together for a while and I slowly caught up at around 1.5 miles. They started to slow down so I took up the pace and went ahead on the last mile.

Races

Gold Rush 5K

First race in a while. Felt smooth until mile 3, but still had kick at the end to move up from 3rd to 2nd. A lot of very sharp turns and the course was slightly long. Overall, a fun race! Race Start Flo really wanted to run with me. What

Races

BYU Color Run 5K

I haven't done the BYU Honor Run in 2 years. They've made a lot of changes, like making it a color run, so it's way more popular now. It was a cloudy and wet day. Flo really wanted to run the race with me.

Baby Rash Woes: Episode 2

So... The allergist gave us a new treatment plan. She said if it didn't work in a week, come back for another appointment. And... It didn't work. We had his blood drawn and tested for 30 common allergens (15 foods and 15 non-foods). The picture below

Kraków

Baby Rash Woes: Episode 1

Our first week in Poland was the hottest: our apartment had no AC or fans and we weren’t used to living in the heat. Sweet AC! Why aren’t you in Poland! We decided that we simply needed to get used to sweat rolling down our hairlines and eating

Kraków

Qualtrics Experiences and Spain

Qualtrics added an awesome benefit for empoloyees in 2018 called "Qualtrics Experiences." Employees are given a chunk of cash to spend on an experience. One that you probably wouldn't have without the extra money. From Pick-Pockets to Calm Seas We chose to go to Castelldefels, Spain!

Kraków

The City, the Castle, and the Park

(A punny on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.) Stare Miasto Or "Old City", at the center of which is a beautiful town square. We set out on our journey and walked 1.2 miles from our apartment to get there. We've soon discovered that

Kraków

Online Grocery Shopping

We were told by a co-worker at Qualtrics, here in Kraków, that the best way to shop for groceries is online. We tried it out for the first time and our first grocery run cost about 470 zł, which is about $131. That included a $2 fee for shipping. It

Kraków

Going to Kraków!

Flights overseas are hard with small children The flight was hard. Flo stayed up until midnight and started screaming for about 30 minutes because she felt so horrible, but didn't realize she needed sleep. I got about 2 hours of sleep. After Flo woke up 4 hours later

Software Engineering

Setting up a home server

I've recently been enjoying setting up a home server. Here is what I started with, in order. 1. SSH Access 2. Pi Hole 3. Docker and Docker Compose 4. Ghost Blog 5. Plex 6. Caddy Lesson number 0: You can actually get free domain names! I searched for