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What is Programming?
Somewhat thoughtfully pressing keys on a keyboard to get the computer to do approximately what you want.
Frank Villasenor
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GitHub - fatal: could not read from remote repository
I'm working on an article regarding Ghost, I came across the following which didn't work: # First clone Ghost with submodules and make it your working dir git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:TryGhost/Ghost && cd Ghost This assumes that you have a git public
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React's useState(...) Hook
Consider this line of code: //Source: https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-state.html const [count, setCount] = useState(0); How the heck does this work? I threw together a quick test which is shown below. Turns out, the parameter - 0 - is the initial state. The second parameter coming out of
Tools of Open Source
The Legal Side of Open Source
One aspect of open source that I think could use more attention by OS consumers is licensing. I came upon this and wanted to put it here for future reference. https://opensource.guide/legal/
software engineering
Software Architecture Needs More Attention
In this post, I wanted to explore my thoughts on software architecture and how it is (or isn't) applied in commercial (non-open source) software. Applying good architecture principles is always top of my mind when I'm making a changes to source code. Would this apply to
Tools of Open Source
New Computer - Blade 15
After using a MacBook Pro (13") as my "go anywhere" for years, I decided to go back to Windows. Nothing wrong with Mac OS as far as a platform goes (and it's particularly great for open source given it's Unix roots) but I
Bought a new computer...
I know I've not posted anything in a while. I work for a small "start up" type company and it's taken a lot of my 'programming' time. (*not to mention programming soul...*) But, I was thinking that I need and want to
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Quick Tip - Date Math in SQL Server
I often need to add where clauses to SQL statements. Most folks probably do. It allows me to view recent log entries or recently created records. Rather than hard coding dates, I've been using "Date Math" to make these queries usable over a period of time.
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Happy New Year!
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Happy Pride Month 2019
Happy Pride Month! Although I aim to keep politics and such out of this site I can't ignore pride month. It'd feel wrong. I've been a long time supporter of LGTBQ pride and human rights in general. Be safe while celerbrating!
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Daily Scrum - Standup Questions
These are the questions that you must answer during a daily scrum stand-up: 1. What did you do yesterday? 2. What will you do today? 3. Are there any impediments in your way? Just posting this as a quick reference for myself and others.
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JavaScript: var vs const vs let
In JavaScript, what's the difference between var, const and let? In previous generations of JavaScript, only var was available. The latter two were added as part of ES2015. Scope Both let and const are blocked scoped variables whereas var was not blocked scoped. All var declared variables are