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Who Do You Want to Be With?

Published on 23 Sep 2024

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Code is the Lifeblood of LLMs

Why programmers remain essential in the AI era, while no-code tools fall short

Published on 22 Sep 2024

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How to Set Up Simple Static Site Next.js Localization

Resolving i18n issues in static sites without over‑engineering.

Published on 19 Aug 2024

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CSS Can Get You in Jail

Browser renderers, now deemed criminals.

Published on 02 Jul 2024

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How to Add Slack Alerts for
AWS Elastic Beanstalk Deploys

Published on 22 Apr 2024

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High-Functioning Workaholism

Work less to accomplish more.

Published on 07 Apr 2024

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Using Salesforce HML for Rendering Dynamic Letterheads

Published on 16 Feb 2024

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Metasystems

Thinking your way to mastery.

Published on 04 Feb 2024

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Your Framework Is Not Your Religion

Human identity doesn't (yet) run on JavaScript.

Published on 30 Nov 2023

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Debugging WordPress Performance Issues on Localhost

Spoiler alert, it's plugins.

Published on 14 Nov 2023

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Magical Software Sucks

Throw errors, not assumptions.

Published on 16 Oct 2023

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How to Renew Let's Encrypt Certificates Behind a Firewall

…when you server is HTTP‑challenged.

Published on 14 Sep 2023

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Why Does Email Development Have to Suck?

Explaining all the <tr>'s and <td>'s…

Published on 17 Aug 2023

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Origins of JSX and Why It Exists

As if plain JavaScript wasn't complex enough already…

Published on 09 Jul 2023

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How to Debug Browser Redirects

…without ruining your day.

Published on 02 May 2023

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How to Mount Amazon EFS on Windows

…for no particular reason.

Published on 11 Apr 2023

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AWS CLI Access Denied
Despite Having Full Permissions

Poor error messages strike again.

Published on 22 Mar 2023

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Blocked UDP Traffic
Causes Slow DNS Resolution

Turns out firewalls can be bottlenecks too.

Published on 03 Mar 2023

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How to Get Google Analytics
Session ID and Session Number

A little bit of reverse engineering
goes a long way.

Published on 10 Feb 2023

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Avoid .dev Domains for Test Environments

Unless you're armed with TLS certificates.

Published on 13 Dec 2022

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How Can Git Stash Cause a Conflict?

Even though it might seem unexpected, there's a reason for it.

Published on 24 Nov 2022

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He Was a Good Person

How many people would come at your funeral?

Published on 15 Nov 2022

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Advice for Junior Developers

How to learn efficiently by yourself.

Published on 12 Oct 2022

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Debugging PHP 502 and 504 Errors

Not all issues come with a wall of red text.

Published on 07 Sep 2022

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Number of Ones

Calculating digits in a series of numbers.

Published on 06 Aug 2022

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Don't Build Your Own Framework

Delusions of having the ability to solve something once and for all.

Published on 19 Jun 2022

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Browser Cache and Edge Cache Explained

You updated it? Well, yes, but not really.

Published on 08 Feb 2022

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Fixing SiteGround Dynamic Cache Issues

That's what you get for not using WordPress…

Published on 12 Jan 2022

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My Favorite Number

Reason to start a blog…

Published on 24 Dec 2021