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JavaScript
Charting data quickly with Chart.js in React
I’m working on a small weather station project, and I was looking for a way to plot the weather data…
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WordPress
Create a Minimal Custom Gutenberg Block in WordPress
I’ve started playing with the new Gutenberg editor in WordPress, and the experience is a lot more modern than the…
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Web Dev
Are You Hard to Convince?
When discussing a new technology, I’m rarely the first one to jump on the bandwagon. In fact, I’m usually the…
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CSS
Figuring out how the CSS of a website works using Firebug – Screencast
The basis of using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to apply formatting to an HTML document is deceptively easy to understand,…
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Web Dev
The joy of batching
The garden is winding down, so I need to can, freeze and otherwise preserve the harvest so it doesn’t go…
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Web Dev
What you are is what you do
We define our work and our skills using various labels. Right now, I could say that I’m a software developer,…
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Web Dev
Your job will never be done
As a software developer, you have to become comfortable with the fact that your work is never truly done. The…
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Web Dev
What is the next step when learning a new skill?
Getting started with a new skill is hard, but the steps are clear. You’re completing a course or a tutorial…
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Web Dev
Simple code is beautiful
Despite the large number of languages and tools that will get thrown at you if you mention web development (Ruby!…
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