🐄 Add Colorful Cows to Your Terminal
Have you ever wanted to see a random, funny and colorful message every time you launch your terminal? Well I did, and and here's how you can do it too.
👨🏼💻 Use React Dev Tools in Electron
I recently set up React Dev Tools inside an Electron app, so I thought I'd write a small tutorial on it. The whole process should take less than five minutes so let's get started.
Generators in Go
While Go does not have an official construct for generators, it is possible to use channels to achieve the same effect. Below is a function called count that generates numbers from 0 to n.
🚜 A Simple Web Scraper in Go
In my previous job at Sendwithus, we'd been having trouble writing performant concurrent systems in Python. After many attempts, we came to the conclusion that Python just wasn't suitable for some of our high throughput tasks, so we started experimenting with Go as a potential replacement.
Build a Blog Email Subscription Service Using Zapier and Sendwithus
There are many different ways to get notified of new posts for you favourite blogs. For example, you could subscribe via RSS or follow a Twitter account (if there is one). There is also the good ol' fashioned way – email subscriptions.
How to Make Android Camera Permission Optional
I have an Android app called To Read. To Read allows you to search for books and add them to a reading list. This weekend I added the ability to add a book by scanning a barcode.
Swig Templating in Chrome Packaged Apps
tl;dr Check out the sample code on github
Google Analytics in Chrome Packaged Apps
tl;dr use the Chrome Platform Analytics Library.
Ubuntu Update – Not Enough Free Space
Twice now this has happened to me. After clicking the button to install updates an error message appears saying "Not enough free disk space".
Domain Redirection Using Amazon S3
Setting up redirect is one of the most common tasks in web development. Whether redirecting a single page to another, or redirecting an entire domain to a new one. Knowing how to set up redirects is a basic requirement for any web developer. In this post, I'm going to show you how to set up a domain redirect with nothing more than an A...