“← Back to home When should you be using Web Workers? 2019-06-12 You should always use Web Workers. And in our current landscape of frameworks it’s virtually impossible. Did I get your attention with that? Good. Of course, as with any topic, there is nuance and I will lay that all out.”
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“Okay, folks. This is new territory for me. I’m stepping into the world of…. t h i n k p i e c e s ???”
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“Validating the action input–mostly request parameters–is a repetitive and tedious task. Symfony offers a built-in request validation system, using methods of the action class. Let’s start with an example.”
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“How can I stash a specific file leaving the others currently modified out of the stash I am about to save? EDIT: Since git 2.13, there is a command to save a specific path to the stash: git stash push
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“Registers a custom block type in the Gutenberg editor. Blocks are the fundamental element of the Gutenberg editor. WordPress provides many default block types such as paragraph, heading and image. The acf_register_block_type() function can be used to add new block types via PHP.”
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“There has been a lot of excitement surrounding Gutenberg, the new block-based WordPress editing experience. One of its most compelling features is the ability for developers to create their own custom block types. This opens up an endless array of possibilities for customization.”
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“Reading Time: 6 minutes Dancers gearing up to do the Foxtrot First, what is a foxtrot merge? A foxtrot merge is a specific sequence of git commits. A particularly nefarious sequence. Out in the open, in lush open grasslands, the sequence looks like this: But foxtrots are rarely seen in the open.”
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“Each programming language has its own tricks up in its sleeve. Many of them are known to developers, and yet some of them are pretty hackish. In this article, I will show you a couple of tricks I find useful. Some of them I’ve used in practice and others are the new way of solving old problems.”
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“PHP is very flexible, but sometimes developers don’t want to allow too much flexibility into their libraries for sake of properly using their software as intended.”
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