vscode

Use a regular expression in VS Code's find/replace to replace && with JavaScript's optional chaining

In December 2019, optional chaining went to TC39 stage 4. Here is a regular expression to replace most instances of foo && foo.bar and baz && baz() with optional chaining.

VS Code's markdown highlighting stopped working in JavaScript/TypeScript comments.

This change is by design; markdown highlighting in comments is now shipped as an extension.

software-development

Parse jest --json test output with jq

The following example installs jq, saves the jest test output to a JSON file, parses the JSON with jq, and then selects only the fullName of tests with a status of "failed&

git

Use Git Large File Storage (LFS) in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 1)

I use Git as a backup storage system and the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 1) as my Linux distribution. The Git LFS feature lets me use Git as a backup system for

ssh

Open-SSH commands that are helpful to me on a regular basis

On the Client // start the ssh-agent eval `ssh-agent -s` // create a new key; as a convention... // 1. put the user as a comment // 2. name the file as hostname_algorithm ssh-keygen -t rsa

workplace

A realistic and encouraging way of thinking for staff at a company that is working at 100% capacity.

When a company is working at 100% capacity (sometimes with no clear processes), breakdowns are bound to occur. This is not your fault. You are allowed to make mistakes at work. A well

domain-driven-development

CQRS/ES and DDD: Some Frequently Asked Questions

CQRS/ES stands for Command Query Responsibility Segregation. DDD stands for Domain Driven Design. A team of mine has been working with these for the last year and a half. Here are some

wsl

Tab completion in Ubuntu Bash (in WSL)

This is for people, like me, who come from ten years of Windows PowerShell, and are more an more using Linux (through the Windows Subsystem for Linux). Here is a snippet from the

DNS Record and Domain Name Notes

Zone apex, root domain, naked domain name. References How to overcome root domain CNAME restrictions?We are hosting many web applications for our customers. As is obvious they want to use their own

docker

Use GoCD to deploy a single Docker image to DigitalOcean

Overview of Our Set Up Steps Remote: Create an Ubuntu Droplet through the DigitalOcean UI.Local: Install GoCD Server and Agent on our local machine.Local: Set up GoCD to SSH into the

vim

Vim Substitution (Find/Replace) with Capture Groups (Placeholders)

Example 105,109s/\([a-zA-Z]*\)\(:\)\(.*\)/\1\2'\1',/gBefore payload: { companyName: string, companyGstNumber: string, companyEmail: string, companyPhoneNumber: string, } After payload: { companyName:'companyName', companyGstNumber:'companyGstNumber', companyEmail:'companyEmail', companyPhoneNumber:'companyPhoneNumber', }See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/

climate-crisis

We have been developing our do-it-yourself rainwater catchment system for about six years.

Its water keeps our strawberries (pictured above) happy throughout the dry summers. Our system is pragmatic and started by laying necessary foundations. Six years ago we added a metal roof. From there we

climate-crisis

Bill Gates is mistaken about divestment in fossil fuels - he is not numeric enough about the paradigm shifting impact.

This article assumes we are in a climate crisis and need to stop burning fossil fuels. If you do not believe that, we need a different conversation. Climate Change Dispatch quoted Mr. Gates

climate-crisis

Things we have personally done to mitigate, adapt, and shift the paradigm during the climate crisis.

Individual actions shift the paradigm. Shifting the paradigm generates political pressure. Political pressure creates city-state actions. We cannot all be Greta Thunberg, few of us achieve that level of impact, but our accomplishments

windows

To pieces of incredibly useful and free screen capture software that work on Window

I have nothing more to say than that I use these two piece of free software on a weekly basis. Both are simple, minimalist, and just work. Thank you to the creators. I

category-theory

How is it possible that the default implementations of Haskell's Bifunctor first and second compose?

I've been studying the category theory for about three months now. Recently, I felt surprised with the definition of Haskell's Bifunctor: class Bifunctor f where // type signatures bimap :: (a -> c) -&

git

These are Git commands that I actually use on a regular basis, somewhat in the order of frequency that I use them.

Fundamental Commands git clone git add some/file/name.js git commit -m "Commit message" git push git pull git log --oneline -10Intermediate Commands git add -u git add -A // avoid this in

software-development

Some points and quotes in favor of trunk-based development taken from books, blogs, blikis from industry experts.

This is a list of points in support of trunk-based development and its related practices. Continuous Delivery includes using Trunk-based Development and Continuous Integration. (Forsgren, 2018). Continuous Delivery “predicts lower change failure rates,

git

Git rebase a range of commits onto a new base starting a HEAD and excluding upstream.

The rather cryptic incantation to do that is is this command: git rebase --onto <newbase> <upstream> e.g. git rebase --onto develop a2s4fx8That will rebase the range of commits

software-development

At what point does a professional software developer need to say "no" instead of continuing to do what the client requires?

What does it mean to be a professional software developer? Does part of it mean putting one's job at risk by eventually saying no to anti-patterns that cause burnout? I am interested in

software-development

A short guide on a code commenting style, written by someone who is skeptical of its value, is terrible at writing that style of code comments, and despite that, is willing to learn how to write them the way a team has elected to write them.

I tend not to read code comments and only to write them if something is unusual. As a result, I am terrible at writing a certain style of code comments. (The unrelated image

software-development

Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State (HATEOAS)

Is there an existing specification for describing (in computer readable form) the preconditions necessary for an API endpoint to succeed? E.g. for a /cancel-invoice/12345, the precondition is that the invoice exists

agile

A spreadsheet with a priority queue might be the least expensive and most effective way to build software rapidly.

My software teams have used Basecamp, GitHub, JIRA, PivotalTracker, Trello, and a spreadsheet for project management. The most efficient team was the one that used the spreadsheet as a simple priority queue. Whenever

Things that I usually suggest to my software teams that would probably make my team's go faster.

The unrelated photo is of excavators adding drainage to our home on Salt Spring Island. These suggestions seem obvious to me, but when I pitch them to teams, I often encounter a surprising

git config core.autocrlf

Windows ends lines with carriage-return and linefeed CRLF. Mac and Linux use only a linefeed LF. Enter git config core.autocrlf to the rescue! View it git config --get core.autocrlf Set it