Upgrading Bash on macOS

"One thing that many macOS users don’t know is that they are using a completely outdated version of the Bash shell. However, it is highly recommended to use a newer version of Bash on macOS, because it enables you to use useful new features. This article explains how to do this."

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How to run Minikube on an Apple M1 chip without Docker Desktop

"Docker Desktop failed me, and at the time (13th July 2022) of writing this article, Hyperkit, VirtualBox, and other hypervisors specified here don’t work on the Apple M1 chip. Weeks ago, while using Docker Desktop, it suddenly got stuck in a start-stop loop."

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A Functional authentication and authorization System using JWTs

"A secure authentication system is an important part of most full stack web development projects."

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Accessibility Check #1

"Today I'm starting my very first accessibility check. I'll be auditing websites to see how well they implement accessibility and pointing out the problems and items that need improvement."

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The Slotted Counter Pattern

"It is a common database pattern to increment an INT column when an event happens, such as a download or page view. You can go far with this pattern until bursts of these types of events happen in parallel and you experience contention on a single row."

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Traits

"PHP implements a way to reuse code called Traits. Traits are a mechanism for code reuse in single inheritance languages such as PHP."

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When to use a trait? — Matthias Noback : Blog

"When to use a trait? Never. On the other hand, there are several problems with traits. For instance:"

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State management in Corvid

"Thanks to the Wix editor, when working with Velo you don’t need to deal with html/css when developing UI. Instead you get a full blown WYSIWYG editor where you can create the UI for your application."

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Blade Templates

"Sage uses Laravel's Blade(opens new window) templating engine. This gives you access to the Blade templating language, which includes a number of useful features."

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Building a Reactive Library from Scratch

"In the previous article A Hands-on Introduction to Fine-Grained Reactivity I explain the concepts behind fine-grained reactivity through example. Now let's look at building a reactive library ourselves."

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