My name is Brittany Gates. I’m the creator and author of this website which I use to journal my technical projects. Some of my technical projects live on GitHub (you can view my profile here). I could have used the service to journal about those projects further. I do add information to each project’s README, but I don’t want to make them that long. Thinking about it I could have used GitHub Pages, but I never looked into it. Plus, I’m more experienced with WordPress after using it for years and years. Thus, I created this website using the Open-Source software powering over 40% of the websites on the Internet. I got off onto a tangent so I’ll get back to the task at hand: Providing an introduction and an explanation.
What Is A Brittbot?
I’ll explain the name of this website first. Brittbot is one of my many nicknames. I eared it while working at a startup in 2017. My job, of many there, was to create WordPress websites for clients. There’s more to that task, but I’m keeping it simple as an introduction and an explanation.
Well, I was so quick with that particular task the two individuals that made up the company’s Sales and Marketing team called me “Brittany Bot.” Then they shorten it to Brittbot. I liked the nickname so much I bought the domain name not long after.
What Will I Journal About On This Website?
I created and run three web applications. I will journal the following about them:
- The problem they solved
- Why I chose certain data structures in the code
- The hosting provider I use and why
- Any upcoming improvements to the applications
In addition to that technical project, I’m currently improving my Python programming skill-set through the Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate available on Coursera. I will journal the following about that:
- My study regiment
- Whatever “cool” scripts or new script ideas I get from the course material
The reason I’m improving that skill-set because I’m trying to become a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at my employer. So I will journal the following related to that:
- Using a laptop as a makeshift server running Fedora Server 40
- Probably learning how to install containers and using those so I understand how they work