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Category: Tricks & Tips
4 tips for taking on seemingly insurmountable tasks
How to brilliantly deliver on seemingly impossible projects
Why you should delete code every sprint
Constantly factoring deletes into your iterations keeps your code base healthy
How to backup files to Azure Blob Storage from VMs using managed identities
A couple of months ago, I needed to create backups of a database dump on one of my VMs. I initially thought it would be a difficult task but was pleasantly surprised to find it easier than I thought. Despite the excellent documentation; I still needed to do some research to get my automated pipeline … Continue reading How to backup files to Azure Blob Storage from VMs using managed identities
Less work, More Impact : 5 tricks to boost productivity
These are a few strategies I employ to be more efficient at work.
Less Work, More Impact
Habits die hard It is hard to focus in a fast-paced work environment: there can be live-site incidents out of the blue; bugs to fix and meetings to attend. I have always struggled with coping with incessant demands and distractions; the urge to drop whatever I am doing and hop on the next fire is hard … Continue reading Less Work, More Impact
Guaranteeing software behaviour
My foremost goal while building software is to build stable self-healing systems with deterministic behaviour. I want to ensure my code continues to work even when unexpected events occur. In the event of unknown unknowns, the expectation is a graceful degradation in the worst case.
What you didn’t know about JSON.parse
The JSON parse function takes in a string (invalid JSON will cause a SyntaxError exception). If parsing succeeds, JSON.parse returns the corresponding value or object.
Nope, You don’t need lodash for that
I recently had to reduce the size of an Angular Web app for performance reasons. A quick run through the webpack bundle analyzer identified MomentJS and Lodash as the main culprits. Consequently, I had to eliminate both libraries and implement replacements in pure ES6.
How to build Resilient Software
One of the most challenging aspects of software development is staging changes without breaking the service. Releasing new features always comes with a risk - bugs might be introduced and existing failure points might become more prone to failure.
Faking goto in JavaScript with Labeled Statements
What if I told you JavaScript had a limited form of the infamous goto statement? Surprised? Read on.
Chrome dev tools deep dive : Sources
Deep dive into features of the Sources tool in Chrome
Tips for printing from web applications
How to get consistent print output across a range of browsers and their never-ending stream of subtle nuances.
The Art of Debugging
Programmers usually spend a lot of time debugging and it can be a painful experience; some feel like tearing out their hair in exasperation, smashing their poor computers or even believing that their computers really 'hate' them! :) Actually computers do not hate people and the operating system is not conjuring bugs - the most likely reason is buggy code. Here are a couple of tips on debugging; hopefully these will help to reduce time spent, frustration and annoyance levels.
For Devs only
I try to do less to achieve more - it is good; it makes me do my job faster and more easily; you should do so too. Automate, use shortcuts, innovate; well the initial investment might take a lot of time but it's something you will be glad you did. You can learn a lot … Continue reading For Devs only
The Singleton Pattern
I stumbled upon the singleton pattern while reading a PHP book and fell in love with its simplicity. I rushed to use it at every single opportunity I got (when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail, right?) until I got tired of it; now I can't really remember when I used it … Continue reading The Singleton Pattern
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