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Posts on development — Page 12
A mix of technical deep-dives, career reflections, and dispatches from the road.
developmentMay 30, 2021· 1 min
No, Utility Classes Aren't the Same As Inline Styles (by Sarah Dayan)
A link to Sarah Dayan's post making the case that utility classes are fundamentally different from inline styles — and why the rise of Tailwind CSS has made…
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developmentSep 2, 2019· 1 min
VisBug (Dev Tools for Designers)
A quick look at VisBug, the browser extension that gives designers and developers a visual layer on top of any site — inspecting accessibility, tweaking…
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developmentMar 7, 2019· 8 min
Laracon Online 2019 Notes and Thoughts
Notes and takeaways from Laracon Online 2019 — covering event sourcing in Laravel, writing less complex code, Livewire, and other highlights from the…
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developmentDec 15, 2018· 1 min
Testing mocked email in WordPress with PHPUnit
A quick tip on using WordPress's built-in MockPHPMailer in PHPUnit tests to intercept and assert against outgoing emails without sending anything to real…
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developmentJul 3, 2016· 3 min
Setting Up Your Shell Configuration and OHMyZSH
A follow-up to the shell setup guide — how to configure your .zshrc with aliases and PATH entries, and use OhMyZSH plugins and themes to make your terminal…
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developmentJun 26, 2016· 2 min
Setting up Mailhog on MAMP
How to install and configure Mailhog on MAMP so all outgoing mail is intercepted locally during development — preventing test emails from reaching real…
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developmentJun 25, 2016· 4 min
Launchcode Mentorship
Reflections on mentoring through LaunchCode — why passion and self-driven learning matter more than formal education, and what it means to help someone…
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developmentJun 14, 2016· 5 min
Looking Into Statamic Flat File CMS
First impressions of Statamic — a flat-file CMS built on Laravel that bridges the gap between WordPress, static site generators, and a full framework, with…
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developmentMay 16, 2016· 4 min
St Louis WordCamp 2016
Notes and session summaries from St. Louis WordCamp 2016 at Washington University — covering plugin development, security, REST API patterns, and other…
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