I had a developer write to me a few weeks ago asking how to stay current. With their permission I’ve published their question and my answer with personal details omitted. Question from a new developer: How do I stay current? … Continue reading
Having problems updating to Windows 10 1703, 1709 or 1803? If you have DiskCryptor installed the updates will fail with the unhelpful message `MEMORY_MANAGEMENT`. Then you’ll be trapped in a kind of Windows Update purgatory: Windows downloads update (30 minutes – 1 … Continue reading
When it comes to “How To Setup a CDN for Django” most people suggest the following “half way” setup that can lead to stale cache problems and slowness in the admin. Configure Django to upload media and static files to … Continue reading
Recently had a project where I needed to get a CRUD admin up and running quick. My go to framework for CRUD is Django Admin. However Python/Django isn’t always an option for various technical or political reasons. In this case … Continue reading
Ran into a situation this week where I needed to fix and slightly customize a dependency of a dependency. This was for a Laravel project that uses Composer to manage dependencies. Since I’m using Composer everything in /vendor is managed by Composer … Continue reading
I always wanted a monitor riser for my desk that looked good, was made of natural wood and had internal shelves. After searching online and coming up disappointed I decided to build my own. Here it is: The extra shelves … Continue reading
With MySQL you can opt to connect to the database using an encrypted connection. This option is important to consider on AWS if you are using RDS for your MySQL database. The network between your EC2 server and the RDS server … Continue reading
The concept of a DBA – database administrator, has practically gone out of style as a full time job. DBA work, if it is being done, is handled by someone or something else, perhaps in a more vanilla way that … Continue reading
In programming hell the keyboard layout changes every day. The Internet is laggy. The backlog is so long, it can’t even load. The control and shift keys only work half the time. You may only use pico as your editor. … Continue reading
After 7 hours heads down working on code the last thing I want to do is talk to someone. In fact, I’m probably so in the zone by that point I’d likely go on to code for another 1-5 hours … Continue reading
