Beaver Codes
The very serious software company
Hello Beaver friends!
My name is Pavel Schoffer and I started Beaver Codes as a software consultancy company in 2020.
We at Beaver Codes are now focused on our own projects and software products. This space then serves as a journal of sorts for our CTO and founder – Pavel.
The content will be probably boring and therefore should not be read by anyone.
Two possibilities exist: either we are building software alone or we are not. Both are equally terrifying
Arthur C. Clarke (ish)
- No code is dead, long live low code
It was some time since I first started to experiment with nocode tools. No code is great There is no doubt that using those tools is quite faster than coding stuff with React and Bootstrap, as I usually do. It is also true that the result looks cleaner than what I usually design. I really… Read more: No code is dead, long live low code - Back to Trees
I took the option of slower summer months to learn a new skill – Tree climbing. Why? Working on Beaver Codes is fantastic. I love coding, so building software keeps me mentally fulfilled. At the same time, the software products scale very well, so it is a great way to pay the bills. On the… Read more: Back to Trees - DIY EV charger
I am working on my own car charger. The main goal is to get some hands on experience, refresh some of the stale knowledge and skills, and well have fun. It is important to note here that the resulting design will definitely be less safe and probably more expensive than commercial boxes. Videos I’ve put… Read more: DIY EV charger - How does a URL shortener work?
Last week, I was working on our URL shortener app, so I figured it would be fun to write about how these tools actually work. Most famous cheat codes To start the discussion, let’s recap HTTP codes. Any server returns these codes on every HTTP request. The returned status code already represents the result of… Read more: How does a URL shortener work? - Stairway to Heaven
I was reflecting on my entrepreneurial journey, and one construct outlines it very well to me. It is the Stair Step Method coined by Rob Walling. Method The overarching idea is very close to the incremental development we love so much as coders. Identify and launch the tiniest possible bit and iterate based on the… Read more: Stairway to Heaven