3rd March 2020 at 08:48
Andy Bell shares his RSS feed of liked articles and introduces his web development work, including Set Studio and Piccalilli.
Andy Bell shares his RSS feed of liked articles and introduces his web development work, including Set Studio and Piccalilli.
A technical guide on configuring Microsoft SQL Server to store its data and log files directly on Azure Blob Storage, covering setup and benefits.
A critique of how 'observability' is often incorrectly defined as just metrics, logs, and traces, explaining its true meaning from control theory.
Explores the concept of the heliopause in space as a metaphor for the C programming language's dominance and its ABI's role as a critical interface in software.
A step-by-step guide to analyzing .NET application start-up performance using PerfView and flamegraphs.
A technical guide on customizing Tailwind CSS configuration, optimizing CSS with PurgeCSS, and integrating it into a CI pipeline for Blazor applications.
Analyzes the growth of command line options in Unix/Linux tools from 1979 to 2017, contrasting it with the original 'do one thing well' philosophy.
An in-depth look at Django views, covering function-based views and their role in handling HTTP requests and responses.
A critique of Scrum and agile methodologies, arguing for a healthier, trust-based approach to software development.
A guide to creating a custom Netlify Build Plugin to generate markdown from Ghost during the build lifecycle.
Andy announces a pause in streaming to focus on launching Piccalilli, a front-end development publication, and mentions his CSS course.
A developer explores a React SSR hydration bug, explaining the cause and solution for mismatched client/server rendering.
A data scientist's journey from Python/Jupyter to embracing TypeScript, tests, and tools for building maintainable software.
A developer explains cyclomatic complexity, its importance for maintainable code, and demonstrates it with examples from simple functions to the Gilded Rose kata.
A guide to integrating the axe accessibility testing library with Cypress to automate accessibility checks in web applications.
The author announces switching their tech blog from German to English and migrating from WordPress to Gatsby for better performance and ease of writing.
A developer explains how and why they built a command line interface (chibictl) for their iOS app using MultipeerConnectivity for debugging.
A guide on using Go libraries (containers/image and containers/storage) to programmatically pull, store, and manage container images without external daemons.
A tutorial on creating a custom Django management command to populate a database from an external API, using a beer data example.
A technical guide on automating Jekyll site deployment to Netlify using Docker containers and GitLab's CI/CD pipeline.