Gutenberg blocks without the build step
You can create Gutenberg blocks in ES6 code without the build step, this makes it easier to maintain and develop. I switched over my Code Syntax Highlighting block and am […]
Category: Code
My Debugging Process
Here is the process I go through when trying to debug a tricky coding problem. First, I run a private personal blog which I use for debugging and taking coding […]
Ubuntu Guide for Mac Converts
Here are some tips and tricks to help Mac users adjust to Ubuntu and Linux. I was a die hard Mac user ever since OS X was released in 2001. […]
Beyond Ad Blocking
Ad blockers are one way to make the internet a slightly nicer place. However, more can be done, especially when it comes to helping yourself from making bad decisions, like […]
Unix is my IDE
An integrated development environment (IDE) such as PHPStorm, Eclipse or Netbeans provides a set of tools and integrations available together to make development easier. Common features are: Text Editor Project […]
Git Snippets
Undo If you made a commit and did not push and want to change, use reset it will unstage the commit and your repo will be at the state prior […]
IP Address
It is possible to represent an IPv4 address in different formats than the common x.x.x.x notation. An IPv4 address is simply a 32-bit number, or a 4-byte number with each […]
Code Signing a Windows application
Today, we released our WordPress.com Desktop app on Windows, the app takes advantage of all the work put in creating the Calypso app which is the Javascript client code that […]
Testing Clients to an HTTP API in Go
An example on how to test a client which calls out to an external API, without requiring the API server to be up and running. From Testing Techniques video by […]
Python Argparse Cookbook
I use Python as my go to tool for command-line scripts. So I find myself often parsing command-line arguments for these script. Since I use various programming languages I don’t […]
Lanyon, a markdown web server
I’ve just released a new bit of software I’ve been developing. Lanyon is a simple web server, which reads directories of markdown files and converts them to HTML and serves. […]
The Command-Line Office
Live your life on the command-line, this week we take a look at a suite of command-line office tools and utilities. Updated: This article received a little bit of extra […]
Preventing Errors in Code
This week looking at preventing errors when coding: An ounce of prevention If you don’t read anything else, read the Joel Test to make sure your development practices follow the […]
Command-line Basics and Tips
A collection of tips to help you on the command-line using Linux, Mac OS X or other unixy command-line system. You might already know most but hopefully there are a […]
Python Data Science
My notes, resources and examples using Python, NumPy, SciPy and Matplotlib as alternatives to R and Matlab for data science and analysis. Load Data from Text File import pylab filename […]
Python Dates
A set of examples using Python date and time functions, including formatting dates, date calculations and other bits in datetime package, similar to my string format examples. First off, all […]
Python String Format Cookbook
Every time I use Python’s string format, version 2.7 and up, I get it wrong and for the life of me I can’t figure out their documentation, I was quite […]
Use Python + Selenium to Automate Web Timing
I’ve been hearing a lot recently about the Navigation Timing spec, which sets a multitude of timing events as javascript properties. There are numerous events in the flow, from the […]