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SO Vault: What is your most useful SQL trick to avoid writing more code?
From the SO vault: "I am intending this to be an entry which is a resource for anyone to find out about aspects of SQL that they may have not run into yet, so that the ideas can be stolen and used in their own programming."
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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....
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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."...
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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....
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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)...
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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!...
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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."...
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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....
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