Cassidy Pignatello

Blogging about all the technical things

about me

I’m a musician, web developer, recent Flatiron School grad, and proponent of solid hangs. I live in Brooklyn with a friend and his cat who hates me for no good reason.

What Beer Can Teach You About Recursion

As the semester at The Flatiron School wraps up, we’ve been practicing how to solve some pretty common computer science problems that might come up in a technical interview. While these problems can be pretty intimidating at first, one of the best ways to approach them is by breaking them down into smaller pieces that can then be combined to give a solution to the original problem.

written in Algorithms, Computer Science, Flatiron School, Recursion Read on →

Self, the Vagabond of Ruby

A few weeks ago in my Ruby class, we were introduced to the concept of self. This can be particularly challenging to wrap your head around, especially if you’re new to programming in general.

written in Ruby, Self Read on →