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Creating a Maintenance Site with Express and Pug
Setting up a maintenance site for multi-domain routing.
If you’ve ever had to create a maintenance page for your website when you need to do some server work or some larger database operation that will need your system offline, you’ve probably suffered a headache about how to do it well. How about if you have multiple sites that you have to take down and you want there to be a “we are down right now” but branded for each domain? This was the dilemma that I had to solve and I must say, I like what I came up with.
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New LostGrid release 7.1.0
New LostGrid Darcy release with feature enhancements and a major under-the-hood refactor.
What changed?
- #322 [FEATURE ENHANCEMENT] There is a new ability to add an
rgb
color value tolost-utility: edit;
to customize your editing color.lost-utility: edit rgb(60, 0, 0);
- #324 [REFACTOR] LostGrid’s core is now written to follow the airbnb javascript styleguide with ESLint linting along the way.
I’ve missed diving into code like I used to. This is a minor release adding a little feature enhancement for
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. There are some cases where you might want to have different colors used in theedit
mode oflost-utility
. Now you can add in anrgb
value. When I went to bed after hitting “release” last night I realized that I should probably also add in some color variables as well like “blue” and “red” etc. Because I’m converting it torgba
I don’t think it would be as simple as accepting validcss
colors but that’s certainly something that could be in the cards.
- #322 [FEATURE ENHANCEMENT] There is a new ability to add an
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How to add gradients to images with CSS ::after
Adding a linear-gradient to images is rather easy and can be adapted to create a variety of design enhancements.
If you’re wanting to add a gradient to an image I have found a lot of posts that explain how to do it with background images. This has been the go-to strategy of mine for a while but I thought it didn’t feel quite right for every case.
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HTML's Background Color and Overscroll
A quick web tip on overscroll background color.
Here’s a little tip if you’re working on a site whose header and footer are the same color.
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Comparison Between Tags on GitHub
Comparing between two versions using the GitHub compare tool
Update on 2023-11-09 I went back to see if this still worked since this post gets a fair amount of traffic. Github is really awesome in that since this post was written over seven years ago, it still remains accurate. Way to go Github for keeping your URLs consistent!
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Define Your Assumptions
what are the assumptions disguised as fact?
There are numerous moments when I have assumed something was fact when it was really just an assumption. Whether it was my own assumption or I was hearing an assumption of someone else it’s not hard to see the trouble this could cause if we step back a moment.
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LostGrid, the new Darcy Release
LostGrid releases new version called Darcy
LostGrid, the Darcy Release
Tonight I released the latest version of the open source project, LostGrid I maintain. The main focus of this release was to fix some bugs that caused some breaking changes, start a new version naming strategy, add a feature for
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and to also ensure that there was movement on the project.
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I Made A Site About AirDrop
For when you need to let someone know...
youmightwanttoturnoffairdrop.com
It’s a joke
So I don’t actually think this is an epidemic. I just think it’s funny. There have been many times when I will see people with AirDrop on and feel like sending them something. Now…I get to!
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Good Quality Code != Perfect Code
Great code, unless shipped, doesn't do much.
We’ve all been there. You’ve written a pretty solid feature and you’re just about done but you keep finding little areas to improve. Those little things that you keep committing such as “cleans up x” or “refactors x to make simpler”. As your deadline approaches your stress level grows, the product owner is getting nervous, and the late nights are inevitable.
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Five Steps To Becoming A Better Developer
There's no such thing as a unicorn
This post was turned into a talk.
1. Realize there are no silver bullets or unicorns.
Similar to imposter syndrome, it is important to know that your unique talents are to be valued. We all have different skills from various backgrounds. This is something to be celebrated and embraced by all developers. It’s important to realize that your background allows you to have a perspective that others cannot. Whether you’ve just written your first Hello World, or you are a seasoned dev, you have a unique take and that is worth celebrating.
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Training Like An Astronaut
Preparing for life should be taken seriously.
In 2012 the astronauts aboard the International Space Station were awakened in the middle of the night by a fire alarm. All six of the crew members on board quickly, but not rushed, made their way to Russian part of the space station to assess the situation and fight the fire. Thankfully this was an instrumentation failure and there was no fire aboard and all were able to go back to sleep.
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A Plan For Deploy
Deploying our new TrackIR Site.
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about decision fatigue. So when this last week we got the thumbs up from the CEO and were ready to deploy our new site, I wanted to make sure that the deploy went as smooth as possible and kept decision fatigue in mind.
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Maybe I'll Write Something
...just maybe...
So, here’s the truth…
I’ve written lots of things, several of them were actually pretty good. Years ago I used to write a blog. Years ago I used to care how many people read it. Years ago I used to wonder if people liked me. I’ve changed.
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