Quant Knot – Ruminations of a software developer whilst adventurizing around the world

So, you want to start a software company…

That is a great idea! I started down this path last year for several reasons. Primarily, I am seeking financial freedom. My goal is to sail the Pacific Ocean. While a remote job may allow some freedom to live where you want, it may not allow the independence needed for…

By Simon Liles June 11, 2024Business

Programming

please wait, architecting….

Hello there. Since my last post I have done quite a bit for the architecture for the app. The most difficult bit has been making a project management tool work for me. All I need is a Gantt Chart software that does not cost an arm and a leg, has…

By Simon Liles April 17, 2023Programming

Programming

A Book Made Me Redo My App

Almost a year ago now, I released my first iOS apps QuarterMaster Yacht Inventory. Since the release I have continuously found bugs and have attempted to patch the code. Now the bugs have gotten out of hand. While the average user might not find all the bugs, they are apparent…

By Simon Liles March 26, 2023Programming

Data Science Sailing

Mining for YouTube Sailing Channels

Recently my Dad came to me with a question about getting data on the Sailing Channels on YouTube. The number of sailing focused YouTube channels is estimated to be anywhere from 500 to about 1000 active channels. The data mining that I will perform in the following sections will only…

By Simon Liles May 22, 2022Data Science, Sailing

LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies School Work

LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies: Final Project, Build a Website

My final project for Web Design Technologies. For this I was tasked with using all the skills I have learned thus far to build a website from the ground up. For the website I had to promote a nonprofit organization. I was unsure of building a website for a real…

By Simon Liles July 24, 2021LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies, School Work

LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies School Work

LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies: MySQL and Connection to PHP

This week I took my website building skills from making pretty documents, into being able to make a useful web app. To demonstrate that I had successfully connected my PHP script to a database, I created a simple web app that has a user enter a key and a small…

By Simon Liles July 7, 2021LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies, School Work

LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies School Work

LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies: HTML Forms and PHP

This week was all about connecting the front end to the backend through forms. The form can be made using HTML and CSS, and you can write JavaScript to validate the data. However, to use the data you have to collect it, which can be done with PHP. $_GET vs…

By Simon Liles July 1, 2021LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies, School Work

LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies School Work

LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies: PHP, Functions, and Strings

This week I continued learning how to work with PHP. Among the material for this week were functions and strings, which for building a website are very important. On my Sandbox Website I wrote a PHP script that uses functions. You can find the page for it here, or follow…

By Simon Liles June 27, 2021LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies, School Work

LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies School Work

LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies: Working with PHP and Animating in JavaScript

This week I started learning PHP, I like the consistency and simplicity of the language. Also covered this week was how to make simple animations using sprites and JavaScript. Writing PHP The first thing I worked on this week was a couple of small scripts that worked together to make…

By Simon Liles June 18, 2021LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies, School Work

LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies School Work

LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies: JavaScript Form Validation and Wireframes

This week covered validating forms using JavaScript and designing web pages with wireframes. Both of these topics are perfect for working on a small idea I have had for this blog, adding a contact page. I will start with just a prototype contact form on my sandbox website, and then…

By Simon Liles June 11, 2021LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies, School Work