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You Don’t Have to Participate in Hacktoberfest
I’ve participated in Hacktoberfest for the past 3 years and it can be a lot of fun. It can also be a lot of work. This is why I’ll step in as your internet friend by telling you it is ok not to participate in Hacktoberfest. Here are two reasons why. -
In Defense of Tutorial Hell (and How to Escape It)
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Tutorial hell! It’s a terrifying, terrifying place to be as a developer Or…is it? I am on the fence on if being in tutorial hell is really as bad as the internet makes it out to be. What Is Tutorial Hell? “Tutorial hell” means participating in tutorial-based content to create projects or apps. Most […] -
Queer Eye Text Effect in HTML & CSS
There’s never enough episodes of Queer Eye. 😭 To hold me over until the next season airs, I wanted to revisit the logo and see if I could recreate it in HTML and CSS. The Logo The logo effect has a couple of different elements that I need to figure out. Matching the font Picking […] -
Switching from Sqlite3 to Postgres
Let me tell you, I had been avoiding making this update for months. It seemed hard and scary and I was afraid I would break something. But you know what? It was kind of a mess, but not as much of a mess as I thought it would be. There are a lot of tutorials […] -
Web Page Redirects with .htaccess and Apache
When I’m presenting at a conference, or sharing a project on social media, I like to have a short, easy to remember URL to share. While it may not be the easiest way, what works for me is creating a URL redirect with whatever short, easy to remember the link I want, to the long-form […]