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Run Cloud, Run!

Gary Bailey - Jun, 19 2022

I've been working on an API layer for a new project - cookoffchamps.com - originally I was just going to use the server middleware part of NuxtJS,...

Lipstick on a pig

Gary Bailey - Jun, 17 2022

Some of us are still putting metallic paint on our VW Beetle code and trying to convince ourselves that this is an upgrade. At some point, you have...

Fearless Programming

Gary Bailey - Jun, 16 2022

The first computer I ever got was an Acorn Electron - it ran BBC BASIC very slowly, and offered a dazzling array of 12 colors. But the best thing...

Skipping CI pipeline

Gary Bailey - Jun, 10 2022

Edit: This worked even better than I expected - it didn't even hit the Azure devops pipeline, so absolutely no delay in the queue. Nice! So usually...

Tracking down DOM issues with Nuxt

Gary Bailey - Apr, 29 2022

One of the WORST errors I think I ever see in my browser console is this one: Not only does this mean that I've got something weird going on, I'm...

Project Management with JIRA

Gary Bailey - Apr, 25 2022

There is no way that I'm going to be able to cover everything about this topic in a single page - but perhaps I can capture the essence as more of a...

Useful Git Tricks

Gary Bailey - Apr, 25 2022

I'm always looking for quick scripts that will make life easier... Deleting branches already merged into main Open git bash and navigate to your...

Hamilton's Gift to Software Development

Gary Bailey - Apr, 25 2022

I've watched the show "Hamilton" several times now - once live - and I would thoroughly recommend it, if you haven't seen it already! But I'm a...

Cleaning up Github

Gary Bailey - Feb, 07 2022

To untrack every file that is now in your .gitignore:  Open your working folder in terminal.  First commit any outstanding code changes, and then,...

Getting Connected to Plaid

Gary Bailey - Feb, 07 2022

There is some work to do here - but first, we need to get an authenticated user experience, so that we can associate any Plaid transactions or...

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