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Written content to help you along your web development journey, without forgetting to have some fun along the way.
Big Oops: Just a Few (Old) Notifications
I've learned a few things the hard way. How to properly use Active Record callbacks with Ruby on Rails is one of those things.
Introducing: Big Oops
Let's talk about our mistakes. Big Oops is a series on the worst (and therefore funniest) mistakes developers have made.
Introducing: The Spinneret
The Spinneret is my monthly collection of news, tools, references, and more from within my sphere of web development.
Developer Advice: Put Everything on GitHub
Some of the most valuable advice I've received is to put my code out their for the world to read, no matter how embarrassing it may be.
Rails on Heroku - Redirect Root Domain to www
How to use a "www" subdomain as your primary domain on a Rails app hosted with Heroku.
Settling Down in a Jamstack World
Jamstack's community sharing helps developers find the best tools. But changing tools too often will leave clients and other team members frustrated.
Passing a Function as an Argument to a JavaScript Function
Learn the basics of callback functions in JavaScript.
Building a Static API with Eleventy
Implement a Static API using the simple and fast static site generator, Eleventy.
Ignore _site Build Directory in Eleventy
How to ignore the build output when adding it to gitignore causes problems.
From static to Jamstack
The Jamstack combines the best parts of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0, resulting in secure sites that are easily scalable, well-performing, and lower cost.