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Working with Arrays in Bash
I learned more writing this post than I expected to.
9 months ago - 5 minute read
Python Unveiled
Idioms, Standard Library Gems, and Snake Traps to Avoid
about 1 year ago - 15 minute read
jf - A JSON path finder written in Go
A CLI utility that searches for a value in JSON files and prints out paths that point to that value.
about 4 years ago - 1 minute read
Preserving leading zeros when writing CSV files for Excel
How to write a CSV such that Excel doesn't drop leading zeros where they're needed. Postal codes are a great example of when those leading zeros contain valuable information.
about 4 years ago - 4 minute read
Software Reliability
A quick post on defining what reliability means in terms of software development.
about 4 years ago - 1 minute read
Make Git Forget About Files Previously Tracked
Useful for adding a gitignore file later into a project.
about 4 years ago - 1 minute read
Refactoring: Parameter Objects
Introducing parameter objects into your code.
about 4 years ago - 1 minute read
Compiling GO for Synology NAS
Compiling GO binaries for the synology platform.
about 4 years ago - 1 minute read
Building A Custom Music Box (Part 1)
My wife loves the movie Pan's Labyrinth. In that movie, there's a lullaby and she's mentioned to me several times that she has always wanted a music box that plays that lullaby.
over 6 years ago - 3 minute read
Automating the Boring Search for an iPhone X
T-Mobile didn't let me pre-order the new iPhone. So I had to write a script to notify me when there was stock nearby.
over 6 years ago - 2 minute read
How I Used Python and Boto3 to Modify CSV's in AWS S3
Using Python to write to CSV files stored in S3. Particularly to write CSV headers to queries unloaded from Redshift (before the header option).
almost 7 years ago - 2 minute read
Automating Christmas with Particle, Docker, and Siri
This was an incredibly fun project to do and gave me an excuse to not only put our Christmas tree up well before December, but to also keep it well into January. I'm not entirely sure how much this would cost if you had to buy each part separately.
over 7 years ago - 5 minute read
Choices for Choices in Django CharFields
You have multiple choices when implementing a multiple choice field in Django.
over 7 years ago - 2 minute read