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How to calculate Mother's Day in JavaScript

One of my favorite features of PHP is the strtotime function. It takes a string and gives you the equivalent time in return. Unfortunately, there's not something similar for other languages. There are other ATTEMPTS to duplicate the function, but [...]

The Alchemist

You may have noticed that I stopped doing a ton of book reviews. Down to nearly zero as of late, actually. At my reading pace this year, it was becoming overwhelming and I started to feel like I was phoning [...]

Effective use of screen real estate

I've been secretly judging really hard recently as I've been observing how people, specifically developers, use their available screen real estate. I'm a huge proponent of using 100% of my screen and like Jeff Atwood, I don't care about having [...]

Speed Comparison: GitHub vs. GitLab (2017)

It's been just a bit over a year since I did my original speed comparison of GitHub and GitLab. There's been a lot of moving and shaking from both companies over that period. Some of it has been good, like [...]

How to install Tmux 2.x on Debian 8 "Jessie"

I'm happy to admit that I'm a bit of a Debian novice. Coming from a decade of using Ubuntu, I still have a bit to learn. My recent dilemma was with the version of tmux I had on one of [...]

Switching from Ubuntu to Debian

After a short stint with openSUSE I decided to give Debian a go instead of going back to Ubuntu. Why? First and foremost, I was sick of regularly receiving "Sorry, Ubuntu has experienced an internal error" messages. I was drawn [...]

Vertical alignment is a waste of time

As I've gotten older, code formatting has become less and less important to me. When I was younger, it was the world, but as of late, it's a nice to have. What's truly important to me is whether or not [...]

Upgrade to PHP 7.x on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Upgrading to PHP 7.x (7.0 or 7.1 as of the time of this writing) is just as easy as it is to upgrade to PHP 5.6! Before we install PHP 7.x, I would recommend getting your system up to date [...]

Lawn mower won't start after winter storage

Last year was the first time in a while that I mowed a lawn. The decision to mow the lawn myself was because I couldn't stand the idea of shelling out at least 160$ per month for something that I [...]

Getting suspend in Linux working on a MacBook Pro

A lot of my distro hopping as of late has been due to my inability to get my daily driver, a MacBook Pro 12,1 (2015) to suspend correctly. Each distro resulted in the same. Close the lid, the Apple logo [...]