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How to Parse and Annotate PDFs in Node

Many libraries make it easy to draw on and annotate PDFs. Here are several tools that were useful for me in modifying PDFs.

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How to Explain Your Job to Other People: Software as Digital Construction

Software development is not online wizardry. It's more like digital construction using many of the same tools you do every day.

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Why I Prefer Makefiles Over package.json Scripts

Does your package.json file have a large scripts section? If you have more than a handful of extremely simple npm scripts, try Makefiles.

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A Selective VPN for Mobile App Development

Send mobile app development traffic over your VPN without slowing down Zoom. Use the magic of Proxy Autoconfig files to take back control of your network.

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Using Git Worktrees with Many Untracked Files

Git worktrees are great for managing work across multiple branches. But if your project also has many untracked files, copy-on-write clones can help.

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Automating Getting an Authentication Token with Postman

Postman authentication tokens expire after fifteen minutes — a pain for longer sessions. So here's our method for automating token requests.

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Design Lessons from the Azure Portal

Thoughts on what makes a developer tool like the Azure Portal easy to use and what can make it extremely frustrating.

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Azure Functions Request Tests

Conclusion of a 4-part series on how to write an end-to-end test for an Azure Functions API in C#, within the unit testing framework.

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Create & Auto-deploy a Website with Create React App, Github, and Netlify

Set up a React application to auto-deploy from your Github repo to Netlify within a few minutes with this quick tutorial.

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Speeding Up Remote Project Onboarding with VS Code Live Share

The VS Code Live Share simulates the experience of physically pairing with teammates, making project onboarding faster and collaboration more welcoming.

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Screen – My Favorite Multi-Purpose Tool for Pair Programming

Stop bouncing between Zoom, Discord, Miro, and VSCode Live Share. Screen lets you move smoothly between pair programming, diagramming, and screen sharing.

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Integrating ESLint into an Existing Codebase

Introducing ESLint to a large, still-in-progress codebase can be a pain, so here are three approaches that will help make it a little bit easier.

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