Why I Love FastAPI
FastAPI has completely changed how I build APIs. The automatic documentation, type hints, and async support make development so much faster. Plus, the performance is incredible!
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CoreyMSchafer
Some of My Favorite Horror Movies
I love horror movies and practical effects. One of my favorites is 'The Thing'. Hereditary is a great modern one, but most people have seen it. One modern one I really liked that not as many people have seen is 'The Night House'. It's a slow burn but really effective. More psychological than jump-scare based.
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Some of My Favorite Video Games
The one I probably play the most, but not my favorite, is League of Legends... It's a love/hate relationship. If you play, you get it. My favorites are all single-player RPGs. The Elder Scrolls series (Especially Morrowind and Skyrim) were awesome. The Baldur's Gate series took up a lot of my time as a kid, and more recently, the 3rd one was great. Speaking of Baldur's Gate, I love that old isometric style of RPG, so I looked for more modern equivalents and found Pillars of Eternity, which was fantastic. Also both Pathfinder: Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous were a lot of fun as well.
What About Favorite Books?
I don't read a lot of fiction. The last fiction book I read was 'The Martian' by Andy Weir, which I really enjoyed. But most of my reading is non-fiction. Some of my favorites are 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius, 'Conscious' by Annaka Harris, 'How to Die' by Seneca, and 'The Last Lecture' by Randy Pausch. The latest fiction book I'm reading through (and have been for a while) is 'House of Leaves' by Mark Z. Danielewski. It's... different, but awesome.
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Let's Talk Board Games
I love Settlers of Catan. It's a classic for a reason. I'm actually going to make a sword in my woodshop soon that will be my friend group's trophy for the annual Catan champion that we're going to call 'The Katana of Catan'. One thing I've always wanted to do, but never have, is play an in-person Dungeons & Dragons campaign. I've played so many D&D inspired video games, but never the real deal. Hopefully someday...
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Favorite Hobbies, You Ask?
Woodworking, hands down. I love making things with wood, but I wish I had more time for it. There's something special about making something with your own hands, with materials that are local. A lot of the stuff I've built came from trees that fell on my family's property. My stuff might not always be as good as something you buy in a store, but there's a story and a connection there that makes it better than anything I could buy elsewhere.
Hmm... What Else?
I'm running out of ideas for these blog posts. Maybe I should just write about how great FastAPI is... Oh wait, I've already done that multiple times. Well, if you're still reading, thanks for sticking with it! You're awesome.
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Movie Quotes!
'You wanna know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton. I never saved anything for the swim back.' - 'Gattaca'. One of my favorite movies of all time. As silly as it sounds, that movie is actually one of the main reasons I decided to pursue an internship at NASA back in college. After that internship, I found I had a craving to learn and do more. It pushed me to take programming more seriously, which eventually led me to where I am today... Which is writing a blog post about FastAPI that's just meant to fill space. TLDR: I watched Gattaca and now I'm writing sample blog posts at 3am on a Saturday for this FastAPI tutorial. And you can too!
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Fun Fact: My High School Football Number Was #44
If you've paginated all the way to this post, the 44th one... you get to learn this fun fact: that my high school football number was #44. Other notable absolute legends who wore number #44 include: Jerry West (NBA - Also fellow WV Native), Hank Aaron (MLB), and Floyd Little (NFL).
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