Ryan Palo

I'm a Sr. Software Engineer at Flashpoint. I specialize in Python and Go, building functional, practical, and maintainable web systems leveraging Kubernetes and the cloud. Blog opinions are my own.

Elk Grove, CA Joined on Mar 15, 2017 [email protected] https://assertnotmagic.com

Education

M.S.C.S. Lewis University, B.S.M.E. Cal Poly (SLO)

Pronouns

he/him/his

Work

Senior Software Engineer at Flashpoint

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Ryan Palo

Nov 9 '18

The Programmer and the Sea

#learning #story

9 min read

Ryan Palo

Jun 20 '18

Bash Brackets Quick Reference

#bash #shell #cheatsheet

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9 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 16 '17

Wishful Coding

#tricks #focus #productivity

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3 min read

Ryan Palo

May 16 '17

Douglas Adams's Whale

#python #physics #scientific #fun

6 min read

Ryan Palo

May 6 '17

Plan Your Commits

#git #gittricks #beginners

2 min read

Ryan Palo

Oct 23 '25

Does Your Site Need a /ai Page?

#ai

1 min read

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Ryan Palo

Oct 11 '25

Sentient Config is a Code Smell

#codequality

4 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 30 '20

Sticker Swap!

#watercooler #stickers

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 25 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 25: Combo Breaker

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 24 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 24: Lobby Layout

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 24 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 23: Crab Cups

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 22 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 22: Crab Combat

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 21 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 21: Allergen Assessment

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 20 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 20: Jurassic Jigsaw

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 19 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 19: Monster Messages

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 18 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 18: Operation Order

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 17 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 17: Conway Cubes

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 16 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 16: Ticket Translation

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 15 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 15: Rambunctious Recitation

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 14 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 14: Docking Data

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 13 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 13: Shuttle Search

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 12 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 12: Rain Risk

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 11 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 11: Seating System

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 10 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 10: Adapter Array

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 9 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 9: Encoding Error

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 8 '20

Advent of Code Megathread Comment Tracker!

#showdev #adventofcode #python

2 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 8 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 8: Handheld Halting

#challenge #adventofcode

2 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 7 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 7: Handy Haversacks

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 6 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 6: Custom Customs

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 5 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 5: Binary Boarding

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 4 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 4: Passport Processing

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 3 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 3: Toboggan Trajectory

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 2 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 2: Password Philosophy

#challenge #adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 1 '20

Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 1: Report Repair

#challenge #adventofcode

3 min read

Ryan Palo

Nov 16 '20

Building an Automatic Measuring Table: Part 0

#robotics #python #mechanical #woodworking

3 min read

Ryan Palo

Nov 11 '20

Awestruck by C Structs

#c #beginners #structs

11 min read

Ryan Palo

Oct 22 '20

Control HTML Video Playback Speed with the Console

#javascript #html #tricks

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Sep 17 '20

What are your favorite subscriptions?

#watercooler #discuss

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Jul 30 '20

Scheduling Jekyll Posts on Netlify with Cron

#jekyll #cron #netlify #automation

7 min read

Ryan Palo

Jul 18 '20

I Asked DEV for Resume Advice and Here are 14 Things I Learned

#resume #career

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11 min read

Ryan Palo

Jul 9 '20

Looking for Feedback on my Resume

#help #resume #jobsearch #forhire

3 min read

Ryan Palo

Jun 23 '20

What's the best way to render specific items from a Rails collection?

#help #rails #ruby

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Jun 19 '20

Returning Multiple Values (“Tuples”-ish) from Bash Functions

#bash #scripting

4 min read

Ryan Palo

Jun 9 '20

Dev Journal 6/8/2020: Avoid the Pull of the Rabbit Hole

#rails #javascript #devjournal

4 min read

Ryan Palo

May 27 '20

Dev Journal 5/27/2020: Good Progress and Some Footguns

#ruby #rails #models #architecture

3 min read

Ryan Palo

May 26 '20

Dev Journal 5/26/2020: rails new Who Dis

#devjournal #rails #ruby

2 min read

Ryan Palo

May 12 '20

Untangling a Complicated TypeScript Function Signature

#typescript #beginners

3 min read

Ryan Palo

May 12 '20

Strings: A Neat Hexdump Alternative

#bash #cli #steganography

2 min read

Ryan Palo

Apr 29 '20

Dog-Fooding as a Roadmap

#brainstorming #projects

3 min read

Ryan Palo

Apr 16 '20

This Was Puzzle Day 2020

#cs50 #puzzles

11 min read

Ryan Palo

Mar 4 '20

Java Programs, Packages, and Class Paths Explained… Plus a Bonus Mystery

#java #bash

5 min read

Ryan Palo

Mar 1 '20

I’m Looking for My Next Job

#job #employment #hireable

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Jan 24 '20

Dev Journal 1/24/2020

#linux #awk #cron #devjournal

2 min read

Ryan Palo

Dec 5 '19

Type Aliases in Rust

#rust #readability #types #adventofcode

2 min read

Ryan Palo

Nov 27 '19

Advent of Code is Almost Here!

#adventofcode

2 min read

Ryan Palo

Nov 11 '19

Want to Run DEV's Advent of Code?

#adventofcode

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Oct 31 '19

Don't Let Big Ideas Stop You from Doing Small Things

#encouragement #productivity

3 min read

Ryan Palo

Oct 25 '19

What are your Favorite Text-Processing Tools?

#discuss #textprocessing #tools

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Oct 4 '19

Mounting Network Drives into Windows Subsystem Linux

#linux #windows #wsl

2 min read

Ryan Palo

Oct 4 '19

Count Child Directories with PowerShell

#powershell

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Sep 23 '19

3 Hypothetical Security Hacks and Discussion

#security

3 min read

Ryan Palo

Sep 21 '19

Need Laptop Recommendations for Linux

#help #laptops #linux

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Aug 26 '19

Mocking by Adding Attributes to Functions

#python

3 min read

Ryan Palo

Aug 26 '19

What Are Your Favorite Command Line Hidden Gems?

#discuss #commandline

1 min read

Ryan Palo

Jul 26 '19

Help Me Understand This Vectorized Logic

#help #python #datascience #numpy

2 min read