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Building a Countdown Component for Vue with Composables
In this tutorial, we'll build a simple countdown component for Vue using composable functions.
Using WPGraphQL, Nuxt 3 and Apollo with JWT
Basic walkthrough of using the Nuxt Apollo module, with WPGraphQL and JWT (with token refresh)
Installing WordPress using WP-CLI
In this post, we install and configure WordPress for local development using WP-CLI, and set up NGiNX with php-fpm
Dependency Injection
An example of why and how we should opt for dependency injection instead of monolithic classes, and what a few of the benefits are
Connecting to the MEXC WebSocket API
A class to help you connect to the MEXC exchange's WebSocket endpoint and monitor trades.
CSS: Reverse Clamp
It may sound like a wrestling move, but it's a useful way to make sure your content is readable on mobile devices, without having to set up a bunch of media queries.
My WordPress Paywall Adventure
If you're running a highly-cached, high-traffic WordPress site and need a paywall, things can get a little weird. I try and make things a little less weird, but it's possible I made them even weirder.
Adventures with Nuxt3: Social Share Cards
Here's what takes to get social sharing working with Nuxt3
Web3 Endpoint Cycling
If you're not running your own node, using a web3 endpoint cycling method may help keep your app up and running.
Using wkhtmltopdf and an Xvfb daemon to render HTML to PDF
I have a lot of projects that consist of collecting information and then rendering it to PDF, initially I used tcpdf, but the rendering is VERY finicky. I was doing some additional research a few weeks ago for a personal project and found wkhtmltopdf.
Automounting NFS share in OS X into /Volumes
I have spent quite a bit of time figuring out automounts of NFS shares in OS X...
Symfony + Doctrine: Single mapping file for multiple entities (global mapping)
Doctrine lets you define database ORM mapping using YAML, XML or PHP Annotations. I wanted to put all my mapping information in a single file, in order to streamline updating for one or two of my own reasons.
Wildcard host resolution for Windows/macOS
Using an Automatic Proxy Configuration script
Local staging configuration for using Apache 2.0 and DNS wildcards
As a web developer / designer, I do a lot of things that make my workflow easier, one of them is using a local staging server for sites I am working on in the initial build phases.
Windows 7: Audio / Video playback issue solution
Are you experiencing what seems like thrashing or pauses / breaks in audio or video playback? Audio pausing for a second and then resuming somewhat randomly?
Zinnia (django blog) fix for 'Continue reading' persistance
The template for zinnia in the version installed by pip always sets continue_reading to “1”, so the “Continue reading…” link always pops up on every article. Even articles with less than 100 words.
DisplayDuino: LEDMatrix components
This is just a note for the people using the DisplayDuino LEDMatrix board, and looking for connectors.
Using Microsoft’s IE6, IE7, IE8 VHD / Virtual PC images with Virtualbox
I often have the need to test web development compatibility across multiple browser versions….and we all know the redheaded stepchild of the web browsing world starts with Internet and ends with Explorer.
VISUAL STUDIO 2010 BETA 2: MSHELPLISTENER.EXE HAS STOPPED WORKING FIX
How to fix the error