Hi there, this will be an absurdly extensive “how-to” configure an AWS EC2 Instance to host a WordPress site. Before I move forward I want to point out that I will be using OS X as my dev-environment, if you’re using a Windows machine; no worries here’s some love. The following is a pretty straight […]
Disclaimer: The following was originally published on Medium by Drew, but was taken down due to some “entitled web developers” getting their feelings hurt. Whether you agree with Drew views or not, I believe he has a valid point on the current state of web development, I even wrote about the same issue (Web Development: […]
About two months ago Apple removed several apps from the App Store that were built with a counterfeit version of Xcode, which according to Apple those apps had the potential to cause harm to customers. Apple has always suggested to download Xcode directly from the Mac App Store, or from the Apple Developer website, and […]
The following is my professional six month journey as a first time lead web developer, the purpose of this writing is to share my experiences and some of the toolchains I’ve helped implement. Think of this as a “swiss army knife” for future technical leads! Enjoy. Follow Your Passion “Choose a job you love, and […]
2015 marks the 6th anniversary of the Palm Pre and WebOS. While WebOS has unfortunately been phased out of the mobile phone space, many of the concepts in WebOS still live on in other mobile platforms. I thought I could go over five features from WebOS that are still in use today: Cards Paradigm Palm’s […]
Some of you web developers; like me. Upgraded to OS X El Capitan in the last few hours and then realized that it broke your homebrew setup; crap! If you got the following error while running brew update && brew upgrade –all && brew cleanup && brew prune && brew doctor, you’re not alone: As […]
If you want to setup OS X for python programming and don’t know where or how to begin? Well I’m going to guess your first step will be to ask the “oracle” (Google), and based on the search result’s you’re going to find out theres ton of ways on setting up your mac (python) dev-environment. […]
If you have been using Ruby for a while you may have quite a large collection of gems. Chances are, you have a number of different versions of each gem. The following are simple ways to clean out any old versions of your gems: Note: Depending how you have your dev environment setup you may […]
Just a quick few tips on how to do a ‘proper housekeeping’ routine within npm. These tips eases staying up-to-date with your favorite packages, and at times reclaims disk space; and generally keeps your system tidy. As of July 21st, 2017 this guide is deprecated. Note: I’m using OS X as my dev environment. Before […]
About a year ago I would find myself time to time asking my inner-developer, “What, npm packages do I have installed globally on my mac? And what version are they?” Yes, I agree with you those were some sad times; ha! Instead of asking the “oracle” (Google) how to find the answer each time, I’m […]
