Professional Beginner

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    Reflections on SoCraTes 2025

    4 min read - August 15th, 2025

    Professional Beginner

    “We’re essentially mentoring the AI through the prompt.”

    • HTML/CSS
    • WEB
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    Static vs Relative

    2 min read - August 19th, 2019

    Professional Beginner

    Recently I have been dedicating some time to the study of the fundamentals of HTML and CSS. A couple of days ago I wrote a blog post on my very first Front-End Kata.

    • HTML/CSS
    • WEB
    • LEARNING

    Background Image With Rounded Corners

    1 min read - August 7th, 2019

    Professional Beginner

    Recently I have been dedicating some time to the study of the fundamentals of HTML and CSS. A couple of days ago I wrote a blog post on my very first Front-End Kata.

    • HTML/CSS
    • WEB
    • LEARNING

    My First Front-End Kata

    3 min read - July 12th, 2019

    Professional Beginner

    I recently decided to brush up my Front-End skills, in parts because I want to rebuild this blog from the ground up, but also simply because it is a thing I have meant to do for a very long time. And . . .

    • FEATURED

    A New Beginning

    4 min read - May 25th, 2019

    Professional Beginner

    Two and a half year after the last update, I still considered this blog to be well and alive, simply experiencing a slight hiatus. Now, I see how, maybe, it was dead all along. That realization was . . .

    • ARCHITECTURE
    • TDD
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    My Java Archetype

    18 min read - January 26th, 2017

    Professional Beginner

    When developing a new project in software development there seem to always be this Cornelian dilemma: Build fast and throw later or Build slow and re-use. I believe there is a third way, a middle . . .

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Professional Beginner

  • Everything is complex before it becomes simple
  • Nothing needs to remain complex
  • The only thing required is the willingness to explore
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About me

Flo Kempenich

My name is Flo, and I am the Professional Beginner.
I apply the "Beginner's Mind" to the world of Software and share on this blog what I learn throughout my Journey.
My focus is on Software Crafting. That is an emphasis on readable code, made reliable by tests, and a desire to collaborate with those who love to learn, and share teachings of their own.

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