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Make open source contributions a priority
I get it, you got a metric shit ton of stuff going on at work and open source contributions aren't necessarily one of them. Bet there's a good chance you have at least one side project though. Also bet there's [...]
Speed Comparison: GitHub vs. GitLab
There's been quite a bit of movement in the code repository hosting space recently. Open letters have been written. Companies are attempting to capitalize on their competitor's shortcomings. Those competitors have been improving their offerings. It's a great time to [...]
Fastest way to switch between apps
I am on an eternal quest to optimize the way I work with the computer. I do things like jacking my mouse/tracking speed all of the way up (thanks Noah). I am trying to use Zapier more because "you should [...]
How to calculate Easter Sunday in Javascript
Regardless of your religious beliefs, you are probably aware that Easter Sunday occurs on a sliding scale. This is because Easter is a moveable feast and the date is determined by a lunisolar calendar. Originally I was planning to talk [...]
Switching from iTerm2 to Terminal
iTerm2 has been a mandatory install for me since switching back to OS X a few years ago. At that time it was superior to Terminal for my usage. Recently I asked myself, "what value does iTerm2 add can't be [...]
Review: Bose QuietComfort 20 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones
tl;dr - If you don't have a pair, I feel bad for you. Get at 'em! I've been devout fan of not only Sony headphones but also being wireless. For the last few years I have been using the Sony [...]
How to capitalize the first character of each word in a string in Javascript
The other day I had posted on capitalizing the first letter of a string in JavaScript. But what if you wanted to capitalize the first letter of every word? With PHP it's just a simple call to ucwords and just [...]
Migrating from Mandrill to SparkPost
If you're reading this then you where probably slapped by MailChimp's latest announcement to merge Mandrill into MailChimp. You may be outraged because you were on their free tier which is going away. Personally I don't agree with your rage [...]
Multiple buttons with Hubspot's Vex
I've been implementing HubSpot's Vex library as a replacement for stock alert(), confirm() and prompt() dialogs on SceneKids recently. In one use case, I wanted to be able to have 3 buttons on the dialog with each button returning a [...]
How to Capitalize the First Letter in a String in JavaScript
I'm still kind of spoiled by the built-in functions in PHP (as well as Ruby and Python for this particular task). Something like capitalizing the first letter of a string is a trivial task in most languages: <?php // Capitalize [...]