Blog - Jowanza Joseph

Window-Sill, Lugano, Winifred Nicholson, 1923 2025 was one of the more interesting years of my life.

The Watzmann, Johan Christian Dahl 1825 As 2024 comes to a close, I've decided to write about what I've learned since founding Parakeet.

My Harvest Home, John Glover, 1835 Award Tour is the lead single from A Tribe Called Quest's third album, Midnight Marauders.

The Read Guard, 1986, Desmond Morris Setting, tracking, and achieving goals is fundamental to who I am.

Golden Havest, 2002, Radi Nedelchev Routines and calendering are at the center of who I am.

18.6.65 Over the last six months, several workforce reductions have impacted thousands of people across the US economy.

Three Horses by Eyvind Earle, 1987 Introduction This blog post is for top-of-mind technologies that are improving my life at the moment.

The Buffalo Hunt, Horace Pippin 1933 This year I observed Kwanzaa for the first time.

7am Sunday Morning, Kerry James Marshall 2003 Intro 2021 was a year of ups.

Christmas Morning, Breakfast, Horace Pippin, 1945 My mother passed away on August 13, 2021.

Interior, Horace Pippin 1944 Throughout 2020, I've been uncompromisingly optimistic.

Man on A Bench, 1946 Horace Pippin Before I was born, my father and mother were in an unhappy marriage, and my father decided it best to separate himself from the situation and get a "fresh start."

Harmonizing, 1944 - Horace Pippin Of all the things I could say about the horrifying footage of George Floyd's death, I think it's most helpful to share how racism has impacted my life.

The more I’ve written Node.js professionally and as a hobbyist, the more I’ve been of the opinion that streams and event emitters are really special.

Chef Wanzi by Bethany Joseph Intro Last Spring, I was visiting Anaheim, California, with my family, and after a full day at Disneyland, we returned to our hotel room.

A Burial at Ornans Speaking I did quite a bit of public speaking in 2019, including speaking at two of my favorite conferences; Abstractions and StrangeLoop.

Armstrong and Aldrin by Jowanza Joseph Intro Early in 2019, I watched the Apollo 11 Documentary.

The Fire of London, David Scott 1843 tl;dr Streaming Systems is an excellent book, but it is focused on stream processing and not necessarily end-to-end streaming systems (which some may find disappointing).

Girl Aglow, Tia Pelltz 2013 Note: Throughout my career, I've kept field notes on programming languages, tools, and frameworks I've used.

Every few weeks, I run into someone on Twitter complaining about Google shutting down Google Reader many years ago.