The WFHpocalypse Part 2: Thoughts on On-Site Work
Years ago I was conversing with a friend in the field— a UX developer who worked at large Ruby consulting firm. It was the early...
How to Get Emojis in MySQL (fixing Incorrect String Value)
So your Rails application with a MySQL database was humming along and all of a sudden it hit this error: Mysql2::Error: Incorrect string value: '\xC5\x99\xC3\xA1k...
The WFHpocalypse Part 1: Thoughts on Remote Work
Since the global quarantine working-from-home, or remote work, seems to be everything anyone can talk about. About 15 years ago when I started my career,...
Working from WeWork During a Pandemic
I sit here as the World Health Organization declared last night a global pandemic due to COVID-19, and all everyone can seem to think or...
Essential React Packages of Early 2020 ( do not develop without )
The most essential Node packages to set up your React app today. (This article was written in the context of React versions 16.9, 16.10, and...
Queens JS (4 Apr 2020)
A photograph on the backdrop of coronavirus panick throughout the city. https://twitter.com/jiserra/status/1235365010077032448 Angus Grieve-Smith (@grvsmth) treated us to a display of how to audio interfaces...
Something About Refs
React's Virtual DOM arguably revolutionized web development. In short: React will keep a copy of the DOM in its own memory space. When you make...
Brooklyn JS #75 (13 Jan 2020)
https://twitter.com/brooklyn_js/status/1216796709868711937 Thomas Bery told us about his project to build jambuds.club, a social listening platform he has been working on as passion project. Fil Zembowicz,...
Apple Airport Express Base Station models A1088, A1264, and A1392
If you own an Apple Airport Express Base station model number A1088 (sold 2004-2008), it will no longer update with Apple Airport Utility 5.7. If...