Grant Winney

Is there anything more satisfying than sharing knowledge? Of teaching someone and witnessing their "ah ha" moment? I usually write about tech, but no promises. I hope you find something interesting!

Articles of Grant Winney

Dec 09, 2019

Replacing Gmail with Mailbox.org (and calendar and docs too!)

Google provides some amazing tools, but at what cost to privacy? One of the biggest blockers in eliminating them has been finding a reliable and affordable replacement for email (and ideally, calendar, documents, tasks, etc too). Well I may have finally found it, in Mailbox.org....

so vault

Dec 08, 2019

SO Vault: What are Code Smells? What is the best way to correct them?

From the SO vault: "I thought it would be great if we could get clear list of not only what code smells there are, but also how to correct them."...

travis ci git

Dec 08, 2019

The command “eval git fetch origin +refs/pull/8/merge:” failed

I got this error from a Travis CI build that threw me a bit. It was trying to build my branch, for which there had been a PR, but it unexpectedly failed....

chrome browser extension

Dec 06, 2019

Can I use background.html and background.js in the same Chrome extension?

Can I use background.html and background.js in the same Chrome extension? (Spoiler: No)...

docker

Dec 02, 2019

The MOST EVER usefullest Docker commands (as determined by some guy on the internet)

After playing around with building some Docker images last week, I've now progressed into proprietary work stuff, so... won't be sharing that on here. I like having a job. That being said, I'll just make note of any useful commands I come across this week. As much for me as you!...

so vault

Dec 01, 2019

SO Vault: What are some funny loading statements to keep users amused?

From the SO vault: "Nobody likes waiting but in the Ajax application I'm working on, there is one fair-sized pause. So I thought it might be quite fun to come up with a batch of 50-or-so funny-looking messages and pick from them randomly so the user never knows what they're going to see."...

erlang datetime

Nov 30, 2019

How do I add seconds, minutes, or hours to a DateTime structure in Erlang?

Ruby gives you 12 ways to do anything. Erlang makes it tough to find one. Awhile back, I was trying to add time to an existing DateTime value, but I couldn't find a function (such as in the Calendar module) that allowed me to manipulate a DateTime value directly. Here's how I ended up doing it....

thankful reflection

Nov 28, 2019

Thanksgiving 2019

It's nearing the end of Thanksgiving, so before it gives way to Black Friday and shopping season, here's a quick list of what I'm thankful for this year....

It takes time to write a decent tutorial and answer questions from readers (but I enjoy it!), so if you found something helpful today and want to say "thanks", here's how. 😁

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