Loving and hating the streak
A developer reflects on the psychological impact of maintaining a long GitHub commit streak, balancing productivity with unhealthy obsession.
A developer reflects on the psychological impact of maintaining a long GitHub commit streak, balancing productivity with unhealthy obsession.
Argues that engineering leaders should use software development tools like GitHub issues for management tasks to increase transparency and efficiency.
Introduction to Jekyll, a static site generator, covering basic setup, post formatting, and code snippet features.
A guide on using GitHub repositories as a professional portfolio to impress employers and land tech jobs, focusing on project presentation and code quality.
A guide to automating dependency upgrades using Renovate, Dependabot, and Mergify for GitHub repositories.
A developer reflects on achieving high productivity and shipping speed in a small tech company with minimal process and no project managers.
A technical walkthrough of visualizing and improving a graph of Auckland bus cancellation data using R, focusing on data representation and coding techniques.
A personal recap of attending the South Coast Summit 2022, a Microsoft community conference covering Azure, GitHub, and the broader Microsoft Cloud ecosystem.
A tutorial on automating the creation of GitHub deployment environments using PowerShell and the GitHub REST API.
A developer reflects on six months of full-time open source work, discussing projects, financial challenges, and lessons learned.
Analyzes the 'Time Till Open Source Alternative' (TTOSA) metric, showing how quickly open-source alternatives emerge to challenge proprietary software.
A discussion on overcoming the challenges of starting in open source, featuring insights from Brian Douglas and an introduction to the Open Sauced platform.
A guide explaining how to push a locally created Git tag to a remote GitHub repository, including commands and verification steps.
A summary of the June 2022 Microsoft Cloud South Coast User Group event, covering GitHub workflows, Azure frameworks, and network security tools.
A guide on configuring multiple SSH keys and Git identities to separate work and personal GitLab/GitHub accounts.
A guide to staying current with tech tools using GitHub, Twitter, Discord, and other platforms to track releases and trends.
A developer's argument for moving open source projects from proprietary platforms like GitHub to open source forges, highlighting ethical and sustainability concerns.
How to rename a folder with special characters on GitHub's website using the filename editor or web-based editor.
A technical exploration of how to create a rickroll webpage that bypasses modern browser autoplay restrictions using standards-compliant web development techniques.
Argues that GitHub's 'Create a merge commit' option is the best merge strategy for maintaining a clear, useful Git history with atomic commits.