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Saturday, August 2, 2025

I learn, I build, I learn again

Local JavaScript Engineer claims he just wants to be creative and help people

Mike Cornish sitting in a chair, smiling at the camera

My name is Mike. I am a JavaScript Engineer experienced with React, Testing, and UI/UX. I've been building websites, applications, and marketing materials for the web for 8 years. I'm currently enthusiastic about how AI and data can help us and teach us about ourselves.

"I have thoughts on a lot of different things."

Initiating memory upload to persistent storage

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$ persist-memory --verbose memory-payload.json devstory.db Username: mikec Password:

Initiating memory upload to persistent storage. Source: Recent Memory Destination: devStory Blog Payload Size: 18 Months

Printing verbose output. DISCLAIMER: The payload size is too large to print out all stored data. Persist Memory will detect the most poignant memories and display data pertinent to those. To force all data to be displayed use the option “--verbose-all”. Also note...

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On the necessity of confidence and failure

I am proud to say that this chapter was published on one of my favorite web dev blogs, Javascript Scene. Check it out there!

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Rediscovering an old passion through chatbots

I almost forgot about my fascination with AI. It began back in 2001, when I was still in elementary school. My best friend introduced me to a game called Halo: Combat Evolved. The game followed the death-defying journey of a soldier known only as Master Chief as he slayed aliens on the mysterious ring...

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Lessons From Building Express APIs

A4: Self-reflection helps you keep doing the good things and get rid of the bad things. That's blogging for me.#CodeNewbie https://t.co/iCmLVkvBuT— Mike Cornish (@MikeWCornish) October 13, 2016

I owe most of my ability as a web developer to bloggers who share their knowledge and experiences....

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Fights, Tools, and Rules

Curation is vital to how I operate on a daily basis. I learn most of what I know through articles and videos shared via email and Twitter. So, I've decided to give back and start my own weekly curated link list. There's no definite theme yet other than mostly web development; I'll refine it more each...

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