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The Software Life • Nov 08, 2020

Are You Sympathetic to Others’ Joy, or Just Their Sorrow?

Today’s difficulties cannot eclipse or erode the joy that remains. Small victories are the stuff of life, and they need celebrating.

Extracurricular Activities • Nov 07, 2020

How to Run Plex via LinuxServer.io’s Docker Image

How I play my movie collection with a system that runs Plex via the LinuxServer.io Plex image on a Docker host in my basement.

Growing as Makers • Nov 06, 2020

How I Stayed Focused & Motivated While Working Solo

While working alone was less than ideal, I was able to make the best of it by leaning on others for collaboration and by consciously managing my time.

TypeScript • Nov 05, 2020

A Pattern for Type-Safe REST API Requests in TypeScript

How we brought some niceties like schema checking and auto-complete to a REST API. These helpers allowed us to validate responses from the server during development

Developer Tools • Nov 04, 2020

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.

DevOps & System Admin. • Nov 03, 2020

Best Practices for Managing AWS Configuration with Multiple Sets of Credentials

With these simple principles, I'm able to easily use AWS across multiple accounts and regions on both the web and command line.

Personal Optimization • Nov 01, 2020

4 Ways to Hold On to a Growth Mindset in the Face of Failure or Criticism

Life is full of things that can pull you into a fixed mindset. Here are four things I do to bring myself back into a healthy growth mindset again.

Mobile Apps • Oct 31, 2020

Setting Up React Native Localization for Multi-Language Apps

React Native Localization is a great tool for handling multiple languages or locales in a React Native application. Here's how to set it up.

Project & Team Management • Oct 30, 2020

How to Build Consensus When Your Team Disagrees on Something Crucial

What sets high-performing teams apart is how they approach disagreements. Use them as an opportunity to align, reflect, and commit to an outcome as a team.

Developer Tools • Oct 29, 2020

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.

Web Apps • Oct 28, 2020

How to Use a List of Results from One Splunk Panel in Another

Setting and using tokens in Splunk is generally straightforward. But what if you want to use a list of results from one panel in another panel?

UX/Design Practices • Oct 27, 2020

3 Ways to Remove Gender Bias from Early UX Design Phases

What we say about users often includes things like their name, age, and gender. But these bring stereotypes that keep us from being inclusive.