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Simple Way to Start (and Stop!) Background Processes in Bash

A Bash script to quickly start and stop multiple processes from the command line during development, while running multiple servers and/or clients.

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Running the Current Test File in VS Code

How to configure Visual Studio Code to run an external shell command passing the current file as an argument. Great for running tests!

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Testing Email Workflows Using Disposable Email Addresses

How can you test that your code triggers the message to be sent AND that the message gets delivered to a real mailbox? With a disposable email service.

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Avoid Lint Errors in CI with Git Hooks

It's a common practice to run linter tools in Continuous Integration. Git Hooks can help automate this process and stop lint errors from failing your CI.

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Effective Pivotal Tracker: Tips and Tricks

Pivotal Tracker is more opinionated about the software development process than some other tools on the market, but with that "limitation" comes benefits.

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Visualizations: Making Your Data Make Sense [w/Video]

Choosing our data visualizations carefully can make the difference between fruitless data manipulation and a groundbreaking discovery.

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(Clojure) Spec-ing Data from JSON

My first experience creating Clojure specs for JSON data from an external system taught me that it's a bit of an artform. These are some things I learned.

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Clojure Development with Visual Studio Code

Learning Emacs while also attempting to learn Clojure was too much all at once. So I decided to try out Visual Studio Code (VS Code) with Clojure.

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Docker for Mac: Overcoming Slow Mounted Volumes

You could develop in a windowed Linux environment. But if you want to stay in MacOS and use Docker, I have a few tips to make your life better.

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Can the macOS Disk Utility really erase an SSD?

I investigate whether a macOS Disk Utility erase leaves easy-to-read breadcrumbs behind, or whether it cleans up after itself.

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Four Free Tools for Automated Accessibility Testing of Web Apps

Somewhere between 20% and 50% of accessibility issues can be automatically tested. I'll show you four free tools you can use in your development process.

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fish (Shell) for a Week

Fish is a great candidate to overcome bash’s hold because it’s easy to install, and it yields benefits before you climb very high on its learning curve.

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