Ryan Bassett on Ryan Bassett's Blog

Knowing your TDEE to effectively choose your weight lifting goal and eat accordingly

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:10:11 -0700

I have been actively working out at planet fitness with the goal of muscle building for 2 years. I have been consistently putting in the workouts at the best every other day, at the worst 4 days in between each workout, working an effective split (Back/Biceps, Chest/Triceps, Shoulders/Abs, Legs). During the 2 years I was reading daily, watching weight lifting science videos, fat loss science videos, motivating myself.

To help you understand, I live in a community home where there is no community kitchen with a stove, a microwave, an oven, and we can’t have those items in our rooms. I can only have an egg maker (one that can hardboil eggs or make a small omelette up to 3 eggs), a fridge, and room for dry pantry items.

Most Important JavaScript Lessons From the Last Two Weeks

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 -0700

Over the last two weeks, I have been practicing JavaScript by solving challenges on Codewars. Many of my solutions worked, but I often solved problems using longer loops and multiple conditions before realizing that JavaScript already had methods that could express the same logic more clearly.

Two methods that stood out to me were:

.some()
.sort()

Learning these methods showed me that improving as a programmer is not only about getting the correct answer. It is also about learning how to make code shorter, clearer, and easier to understand.

Success with setting up Hugo for my blog and more success

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:00:00 -0700

I decided to start writing content on the side from building JavaScript and Web projects as well as developing code. I feel it is important to me for me to start communicating what I am learning as well as keeping “progress” markers in a blog format.

The categories of my blog are going to be in the realm of:

Web Development, including coding (HTML5/CSS3/JS/etc).
Linux, including how I use Pop_OS! as my OS and have left Windows behind.
Book reviews, book summaries, and book notes for my recent readings.
Strength training and conditioning, nutrition. My goal to reducing BF% and increasing muscle mass.
My personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, maybe including Theological resources or verses that strike me.

Update on Netlify and Quake Live Config Editor

I recently have done some work for a music artist named L Smith and made him a personal space online showcasing his music. Because I was constantly pushing new deployments to my host (Netlify), I was really short on credits (less than 20) and I recently purchased the Netlify premium membership for $9 that gives 1000 credits a month.