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Upsert a row in a DB that doesn't use primary keys or unique constraints

• #mysql
• #sql

Stop the cursor from jumping to the corner of the screen on a Lenovo Yoga laptop

• #troubleshooting
• #linux
• #windows

The winner of WordPress vs WP Engine will be Microsoft

• #wordpress

Mock functions in individual tests using Jest

• #javascript
• #jest
• #testing

Get better autocomplete for Faker when using factory_boy

• #python
• #testing

Use SQLite as a Celery broker in Django

• #django
• #celery
• #python
• #sqlite

Understanding tasks, brokers, workers, and backends in Celery

• #celery
• #python
• #django

Automatically reload Celery workers with a custom Django command

• #django
• #celery
• #python

Emulating Rails-like resource controllers in a server-rendered Django app

• #django
• #python

Using a venv with Neovim's Python LSP

• #neovim
• #python

Change Fugitive's number of Git context lines in Neovim

• #neovim
• #vim
• #fugitive
• #git

Build a Vite 5 backend integration with Flask

• #vite
• #flask
• #javascript
• #python

Move manifest.json to the output directory's parent in Vite 5

• #vite
• #javascript

Using the same Caddyfile for both development and production

• #caddy

Prevent Caddy's automatic http-to-https redirect

• #caddy

Routing multiple paths to a reverse proxy using Caddy

• #caddy

Promise & async/await-like concurrency for API requests in Go

• #go
• #concurrency

Programmatically generate files in Cypress tests

• #cypress
• #javascript
• #testing

How to copy test results from a container to the host using Docker Compose

• #docker
• #dockercompose
• #testing

Set an Active Storage attachment in an after_save callback

• #rails
• #ruby

Resize images before saving them with Ruby on Rails Active Storage

• #rails
• #activestorage
• #ruby

Faking private class constructors in JavaScript

• #javascript

Add trailing slashes in Rails without breaking everything

• #rails
• #ruby

Using Alpine.js directives on form_with in Ruby on Rails

• #rails
• #alpinejs
• #javascript
• #ruby

Error boundary causes React Router links to stop working

• #react
• #javascript

Leveraging JavaScript to implement CSS transitions that use display: none

• #animation
• #css
• #javascript

Using Google Analytics's gtag.js with Turbolinks

• #turbolinks
• #analytics
• #javascript

Using Alpine's Persist plugin in a separate JavaScript file

• #alpinejs
• #javascript

Binding an Alpine.js element to the turbolinks:load event

• #alpinejs
• #turbolinks
• #javascript

Scoping variables to a single file in Scss without @use

• #scss
• #sass

Download a webpage and all of its assets using wget

• #linux

Development-only pages in Next.js

• #nextjs
• #react
• #javascript

Development-only routes in Django

• #django
• #python

Styling django-allauth by overriding its templates

• #django
• #allauth
• #python

Creating a text column using Ecto in Elixir's Phoenix framework

• #phoenix
• #ecto
• #elixir

Self-hosting analytics with Plausible & NGINX on Ubuntu Server

• #plausible
• #linux
• #selfhosting

A complete guide to deploying Rails on an Ubuntu VirtualBox VM

• #rails
• #linux
• #virtualbox
• #ruby

Verifying GPG signatures: history, terms and a how-to guide

• #gpg
• #pgp
• #cryptography
• #opensource

Include a phone frame in a screenshot of an Android Expo project

• #expo
• #reactnative
• #mobile
• #android

Build an "Edit Page" button in a Hugo template

• #hugo

Get the absolute path to the project directory in Hugo

• #hugo

How to check if a Hugo site is in development or production

• #hugo

Prevent NPM from installing packages outside of a Docker container

• #docker
• #node
• #npm
• #javascript

Do content management systems actually serve their users?

• #wordpress
• #jamstack
• #drupal
• #headless

SSH into a server behind Cloudflare using an SSH config file

• #devops
• #linux
• #sysadmin

Validating an upload as an image OR a video with Laravel

• #laravel
• #php

Speed up Laravel in Docker by moving vendor directory

• #laravel
• #docker
• #php

Handling url-encoded forwarded slashes in Laravel URLs

• #laravel
• #php

One does not "just containerize" an app

• #docker
• #devops
• #containers
• #infrastructure

Comparison of MDX integration strategies with Next.js

• #nextjs
• #mdx
• #react
• #javascript

Read selected text out-loud on Ubuntu Linux

• #linux
• #a11y

Installing Laravel on a Raspberry Pi with Sail

• #laravel
• #php
• #docker
• #raspberrypi

Getting Pop_OS! Installed on an HP ProBook x360 11

• #linux
• #popos

Change Laravel's exception screen code editor

• #laravel
• #php

DEV 2020 Year-in-Review: Scraping data using the Console

• #javascript
• #tutorial

Reflecting on a year with Node.js and why I should have stuck with Laravel

• #laravel
• #php
• #node
• #javascript

Unpacking the murky distinctions between websites and web applications.

"But does it scale?" A pragmatic overview of infrastructure scalability

• #performance
• #architecture
• #codenewbie

Is PHP a gnarly language? Yes, yes it is.

• #php
• #languages
• #softwareengineering

Why is WordPress development painful?

• #wordpress
• #softwareengineering

Laravel not running accessors with numbers in attribute name when serializing to JSON

• #laravel
• #php

Can you be a good software engineer if you just do it for the money?

• #opinion

Using a TypeScript interface to define model properties in Objection.js

• #typescript

Hating jQuery doesn't make you cool

• #jquery
• #javascript

Exiting Node.js when programmatically using "Concurrently" to run multiple scripts

• #node
• #javascript

Getting the Community SegmentedControl to Work on iOS in Expo SDK 37

• #reactnative
• #expo
• #mobile

What to Consider When Picking a New Programming Language

• #languages
• #careeradvice

No, you don't need to learn the language before you learn a framework

• #opinion
• #beginners
• #frameworks

How to Open a CodeSandbox Project Without a Browser Preview

• #codesandbox

Fuchsia and the Server: Why I'm Betting on Linux

• #fuchsia
• #linux
• #opensource

Casting integers to floats for float division in Hugo

• #hugo

How to get React Router 4 to allow nested components inside of a Switch

• #react
• #reactrouter
• #javascript

How to implement a working checkbox component in Formik 1.5.8

• #formik
• #react
• #javascript

Getting Ubuntu Linux Installed on an HP ProBook x360 11

• #linux
• #ubuntu

My Impressions of Hugo as a WordPress Developer

• #hugo
• #wordpress
• #jamstack

Simplifying WordPress's functions.php with OOP: Part 2

• #wordpress
• #oop
• #php

Simplifying WordPress's functions.php with OOP

• #wordpress
• #oop
• #php