cron job syntax: past the basics

2020-09-05

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~2 min read

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266 words

Cron jobs are awesome, but I often forget the syntax. In the process of learning to write one of my first cron jobs, I found this diagram in…

git submodules

2020-09-04

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~13 min read

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2494 words

I was having a discussion with some friends recently when they mentioned that were using Git’s Submodules to manage the content for their…

react: spreading children vs cloneelement

2020-09-03

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~4 min read

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621 words

I recently came across some code making use of the function from React to pass along the children in the render function. Here’s a small…

total and partial functions

2020-09-03

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~4 min read

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798 words

Today I learned about total functions, as well as their antipode, partial functions. According to NIST, a total function is “[a] function…

socializing in the covid era

2020-09-02

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~3 min read

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506 words

Telling someone that I have plans to see a friend later seems to raise a lot of eyebrows today. It feels like what was once a normal act now…

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