My name is James, welcome! I'm a contract developer and digital nomad previously out of London (now more commonly living in Thailand, Bali and Vietnam).
I'm interested in tech but what I'm really interested in is lifestyle and the intersection of the two: particularly the benefits to mental / physical health and the opportunity to really shape your life that comes from working remotely. I can go on at length about the difference to the quality of your life between the commuting, stress and long hours of London versus working out of a Thai Island but that's another blog! (which you can read by clicking here. (Yup, same site - designed and built by me; same profile picture and, at the moment, everything I name seems to include the word 'melon'.))
I was a contract developer in London, I went to many interviews. These inevitably involved being quizzed on the very obscure, esoteric (and, for most intents and purposes, useless) aspects of Javascript; my tactic to prepare for this (which worked really well) was to make notes and then quiz myself beforehand. Top tip: nothing will boost your confidence more quickly in an interview than being asked a question to which you have an already prepared an answer.
To organise, I wanted something that was simple and easy to organise with sub-categories of sub-categories, etc.; I wanted things laid out on one page to easily over-view; I wanted to copy / paste HTML, highlight / underline / format things and... I wanted it all to be mobile friendly. I couldn't find anything I was happy with so I built something myself.
Preparing for tests is one thing, I'm a full stack developer so I get pulled in many directions - from dev ops to webpack configuration to mongodb aggregate queries. It's hugely advantageous to me to be able to easily note (to later search and recall) the million pieces of information that I've accumulated over the years.
The result is Studymelon! Definitely a case of eating your own dog food - I use it myself all the time. Actually I've been using it for over three years, it just never really occurred to me to release it.
I hope you get some use out of Studymelon: it would be great to think that it was helping people with their careers and lives. Feel free to connect! It's always good to hear what other people are up to.
Take care, happy studying!