Web Development
How I Launched 12 Websites in a Year at CCSD
Launching a single website is no small feat, but launching 12 websites in just one year? That was the ambitious challenge I tackled for the Clark County School District (CCSD). It was a whirlwind of content creation, design innovation, and...
WSL2 Ruby Interpreter path for Rubymine if You’re Using RVM
If you want to include the Ruby Interpreter path in Rubymine on Windows 11 and you're using WSL2 and RVM to manage Ruby versions you might search for $ which ruby You will get the path (linux_user_name == Your Linux...
How to fix 502 Bad Gateway with Laravel Valet
Laravel Valet is awesome. Once installed you can navigation to an application folder and access it with .test in the browser. Unfortunately, it only works on the Mac for the moment. It's an easy way to quickly start up a...
Back To The Real World
It’s been a very interesting month. I was laid off and the family moved to Oregon with my in-laws during the Clovid-19 pandemic. Luckily my wife still had her job during all of this. Instead of playing video games or...
Fix gem install msyql2 error on Mac
So I ran into an error while trying to install the mysql2 gem. It was giving me a "ld: library not found for -lssl" error. To fix this I had to add the following to my paths so that MacOS...
My 2 Weeks With Python And Django
Well it's been 2 weeks since I've been learning Django. I've built 2 Django projects and a ton of Python projects so far. The one thing I love about Django is the admin interface and Python. Me and Python just...
Getting Started With Django
My new framework for today was Django which is a Python based web framework. I haven't written any Python for at least 3-4 years and decided to give Django a try again. What turned me off of Django was using...
A New Framework A Day
Things tend to never go as planned. This year was my Asp.net year. But since the Corona Virus hit and I'm on work furlough I'm doing a framework a day tutorial to keep things fun. The thing is it's really...
Use Laravel Valet For Local WordPress Development on MacOS
If you're looking for a dead simple local development environment that works I highly recommend using Laravel Valet (if you're using a Mac). My workflow consisted of using Mamp for Wordpress while using Vagrant for everything else. Larvel 7 just...
Hello 2020
Well it's official. I have been a web developer for 16 years. I started with HTML and CSS like everyone else and moved into PHP, .Net and Rails. The last year I've focused primarily on Wordpress development. I've worked in...
2014 Kicked Ass
I've accomplished allot in 2014. New home, new car, new platform, more sports (for the kids), more frameworks and a new outlook on life. I've cross the t's and dotted all the i's with the tech that I wanted and career...
What In The Hell Is My Job Title?
I'm unique. No I'm not full of myself (or am I jk). This question has plagued me for my whole career. What is my job title? I don't focus on one discipline or technology. Nor do I try to preach...
I’m A Web Developer Hear Me Roar
I'm laying in bed sick from an attack of bad Chinese food. My mind half fuzzy from the combination of medicine to prevent my stomach from going full alien on me. Instead of playing a game or reading a book...
Screw The Cloud For Development
This post comes out of utter frustration. I feel as though I've wasted 2 weeks with the different platforms out there to only settle on the wrong one. I should have known the cloud is going to fuck me. It...
Tech Debt & The Cloud
I'm at war with myself. I'm not a fan of Mac OSX, I threw in the towel on Linux (primarily Ubuntu and Mint)(and yes I know that Chrome OS runs on Linux) and Windows is a nightmare because of the...
Revisiting .Net
My entry into programming was .Net. Particularly C# and .Net. Weforms was a great way to program. Then came SEO. Weforms and SEO weren't a good mix. So I moved on to PHP. After years of PHP, Ruby on Rails...
Getting Your Feet Wet with Web Development
Over the last few months I've been asked on where to start with web development and what tools do you need. So here's a post that addresses the general landscape and some tools to get you started. The Landscape There...
Trying Something New
I read a fantastic article today on Lifehacker on how a guy unplugged completely for 10 days. The moral to his story and my true takeaway was how he gained focus. This is not the first story I've read about someone...
ITerm2 is Terminal on Crack for OSX
I'm a terminal junkie. I create, manage update databases, upload websites, edit server docs and build Ruby on Rails apps among other cool things. I came across Iterm2 (Mac only) a few weeks back and have to say I haven't looked back. You...
Switching from a Rails VPS to Shared Hosting
Update: June 27th 2012 Hosting Rails is part of Jumpline now. I just contact customer support and they no longer offer Ruby on Rails hosting. For the last year or two (I'm getting old I can't remember crap) I've been...
How to improve memory
Memory has never been my strong point. It's something I've struggled with all of my life. That problem slowly crept up again my first month of learning asp.net in C#(web development). I listed to .net podcasts in the morning, read...