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Let's Learn Algorithms: An Introduction to Bubble Sort

This tutorial covers bubble sort, explaining how the sorting algorithm works with visual examples. It also covers ways to optimize the algorithm.

Inserting records into a PostgreSQL database using SQL

A tutorial covering how to create records in a PostgreSQL database using the INSERT and VALUES commands in SQL.

Creating PostgreSQL databases and tables with raw SQL

Creating your first database and tables using raw SQL and PostgreSQL. You will also use some basic types and constraints like int, NOT NULL, and UNIQUE.

How to install PostgreSQL 9.6 on Mac OS X (10.7 or later)

In this guide we walk through installing PostgreSQL 9.6 along with the command line tools on Mac OS X (10.7 or later).

How to install PostgreSQL 9.5 on Ubuntu 16.04

In this guide we walk through installing PostgreSQL 9.5 on Ubuntu 16.04. We will also setup a user that can access the DB with a username and password.

Gotchas and Common Mistakes with Closures in Go

This article explores a couple easy to make but hard to debug mistakes that can be made when working with closures in Go, and explains how to avoid them.

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Jon Calhoun is a full stack web developer who also teaches about Go, web development, algorithms, and anything programming related. He also consults for other companies who have development needs. (If you need some development work done, get in touch!)

Jon is a co-founder of EasyPost, a shipping API that many fortune 500 companies use to power their shipping infrastructure, and prior to founding EasyPost he worked at google as a software engineer.

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