May
14
Building 'delta' on Alpine
Short post for a change this time. :-) I've just built delta on an Alpine Linux image. There were a
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May
09
How to force tsc to rebuild your files
I’ve noticed when using tsc in watch mode that sometimes - especially if a file has been renamed -
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May
07
Using Closures with Axios
Recently I’ve been working on integrating with a subscription/payment gateway. (It hasn’t been straightforward, but that’s
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Apr
24
Different Markdown Editors, And Why I Use Ulysses
I’ve tried various different editors for writing text - iA Writer, MarkdownPad, StackEdit, and of course Vim/Emacs. Here’s why I’ve settled on Ulysses for my editing.
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Apr
12
Using AlpineJS to make things pretty
I had a revelation the other day. In the beginning…I had this idea that to make your UI pretty
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Apr
09
Hapi: using pre-route functions for fun and profit
I started to think - Express has middleware, I wonder what Hapi has? There’s bound to be something so I can ...
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Apr
05
7 tools I use every day - Home Edition
Sharing some of the less common tools ones I use.
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Apr
03
Checking if a user owns a domain
The technique we’re using is the one used by Google, Microsoft and others to verify that you've got some authority over a domain.
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Apr
01
7 Tools I Use Every Day at Work
Silver Searcher (ag for short) is a fantastically fast searcher, much faster than grep. It comes with ...
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Mar
21
How I made my tests faster
Today I’ve been reminded of the importance of measuring first when debugging, rather than making assumptions.
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