N. M. Folts

  • Hello World!

    November 27, 2024
    Engineering

    Welcome to my site! I’m a Software Engineer, but decided to use WordPress for my site… should I be ashamed? Probably, but why re-invent the wheel? I plan on writing about my job, hobbies, and the likes.

  • Recurring Nightmares

    December 6, 2024
    Uncategorized

    Have you ever been in a new place and had to take local transit to get around? Or have to change planes at an airport in a short timeframe? The anxiety of something new. Navigating the different routes. Finding the signage to keep you on the right path. It’s a stressful time, to say the […]

  • Github Actions are Your Friend

    Github Actions are Your Friend

    November 30, 2024
    Engineering

    I’ve recently started dabbling with Github Actions to run automated builds, deploys, and even smoke testing for my company’s REST microservices. So far, I’ve been very pleased with the capabilities. Despite my history of loving Jenkins, Github Actions have become invaluable for testing. It has allowed us to test our pull requests with the entire […]

  • Hallmark Channel

    Hallmark Channel

    November 29, 2024
    Holidays, TV & Movies

    My Love of Christmas Movies So hear me out… I am no-so-secretly obsessed with the wonderfully cheesy Christmas movies on Hallmark Channel. This year has already had some great additions and even some sequels to last year’s that didn’t let me down. I don’t have cable, so had to find the best way of watching. […]

  • Gluten Free Thanksgiving

    Gluten Free Thanksgiving

    November 28, 2024
    Holidays

    I’m thankful for Wegmans Having celiac disease is not fun, but with some planning you can still eat a Thanksgiving feast! I typically shop several stores for all the ingredients, but this year was able to find everything I needed at Wegmans, and couldn’t be happier not having to shop anywhere else. They mark many […]

  • Quarkus is Awesome

    Quarkus is Awesome

    November 27, 2024
    Engineering

    Out with the old I have spent the last year and a half working daily with Quarkus – and I have to say, it has seemingly thought of everything a person would want or need. Native builds are a bit of a hassle some times, but in my experience Quarkus makes it easy. After over […]

N. M. Folts

Senior Software Engineer

  • Bluesky
  • GitHub
  • LinkedIn
  • Stackoverflow