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How to unsend a Gmail email.

Converting image formats on macOS using the Finder app.

React Portal in Next.js and the Sticky Footer.

Next.js environment variable support and the .env.local file.

Featured tweet of the day, do you have a brain?

Adding Husky to a subfolder of a Git root repository.

Git Instaweb and local Git commits.

Connecting your iPhone hotspot to your MacBook Pro Ventura OS.

Fixing MDX Linting Errors in Next.js using eslint-plugin-mdx.

Comparing Safari Web Inspector vs Chrome Developer Tools vs Firefox Browser Tools.

Error hydration failed because the initial UI does not match what was rendered on the server in Next.js.

Creating React boilerplate code in VS Code.

Connecting to MongoDB Compass to access local MongoDB databases via the new mongosh shell.

About the new MongoDB shell, mongosh, which replaces the legacy mongo shell.

The sticky footer and Next.js 13.

Making the Git pre-commit hook work on macOS.

Adding husky to your development workflow.

Updating the Node architecture on MacBook Pro Silicon.

Re-installing Homebrew on MacBook Pro Silicon (16-inch, 2021).

How and why I came to dropping off my MacBook Pro with Super Computer Doctor in Murray Hill.

Reverting a particular committed file to a previous version in Git.

Applying how I created a Figure (element) component to creating a Static Text Tweet component.

Removing unstaged changes to your individual files in Git.

How to create new lines inside text prop values in Next.js and JavaScript in general.

Installing the latest version of MongoDB on macOS Monterey.

Narrowly escaping the need to remove Giscus.

Reinstalling Git with Homebrew to get the latest version.

Fixing the path to Xcode after installing the latest version on macOS Monterey.

Why you should use the npkill Node module.

Why I chose plausible analytics with my Next.js site.

Why being able to use dotenv with Next.js is so huge.

How one can use the Google Meet video conferencing app with screen sharing capability.

How I came to add image lazy load functionality and next-gen WEBP image file format to an HTML, CSS, JS site's image gallery due to poor page performance.

The emerging new balance of power and why it is EVEN MORE IMPORTANT for everyone to become more technologically aware and savvy.

Authenticating to Github via HTTPS using a username and password is no longer a valid way of connecting to Github via the Command Line (Mac) or Command Prompt (Windows).

Because sometimes we are not physically in the same location, but perhaps we want to collaborate on code within the same editor, we can connect with each other via VS Code’s Live Share extension.

I have been wracking my brain lately as to how to engage team members more via live code collaboration. This extends to both the classroom and work.

Lately the opportunity arose to demonstrate how the Windows Command Prompt (aka CMD, acronym for Windows Command Processor) works and how to get around one’s Windows computer.

Technology will lead us down a path of DIY (Do It Yourself), and the arrival of the pandemic confirmed that.

How to change the default format for screenshots created on your Mac.

How iTunes Match saved me from losing iTunes Purchases bought under previous Apple IDs.

How to configure ESLint to recognize async/await in a Node.js/Express.js application.

Why I switched from MongoDB Compass to Robo 3T in local development.

Restoring a file to a specific state using Git.

Using a POST request in a local environment using VS Code's REST Client extension.

An alternative to the Postman Collaboration Platform for API Development. It is a VS Code extension called REST Client.

Sometimes we are in a rush and we push our git commits to remote with messages that might contain typos, or we find later on that we could have simply made a better commit message.

How one can hide the default alternate placeholder image both when an image does not exist or the link passed to the value of its src attribute is broken.

Installing Python 3.8.0+ on your Mac with pyenv.

How to add the host property to your webpack.config.js file, thereby permitting you to view your app in localhost on other shared network devices.

Setting up more than one wireless printer with HP ePrint using the Hp Smart App.

How to enable the auto-complete feature in Git.

How to replace the old pre-installed default version of Python on Mac OS with the latest version of Python via Homebrew.

How I finally resolved the diminished rendering in the browser issue I encountered when using VS Code's Live Server.

How to add the confetti-js npm package to an application you are hosting on Github gh-pages.

Recently I completed an application using localStorage called Storage Fun With Forms. I really wanted to make something fun that my students could enjoy and learn from as well!

How to add the really cool jscolor color picker to an application!

A new way that I implemented Flexbox to achieve a sticky footer in the new application I created for my students called "Storage Fun With Forms".

How challenges, road blocks, and mistakes can lead to fruitful progress as a web designer or developer.

How to record, save, and download Blackboard Collaborate Ultra audio/video sessions.

Forking a repository on Github and subsequently creating a pull request on the original repository.

How I solved the issue of moving buttons on click, and what the side effects were of that move!

How to use the Live Server extension for VS Code.

Why one should switch over to the ZShell from Bash if one has macOS Catalina installed on their machine.

How to add images in the body of Gatsby markdown posts when using Netlify CMS.

Using Git Large File Storage in your repositories.

What tools will help you in checking your source code AND html markup, thereby reducing the number of errors present in your code base or html markup.

The importance and advantage of the -u flag when pushing a local git repository to remote for the first time.

How to circumvent the inability to use your old Sass installation on on your Macbook Pro when upgrading to OS Catalina.

Resources providing information about APIs for developers and what pitfalls to watch out for when working with APIs.

How to take awesome screenshots without any of the accidental deselect or inaccuracies hastle in older versions of the OSX operating system.

How to reconnect a Github repository to the Github Integration app for Jira after discovering that your

Creating a sticky footer after having already built the basic infrastructure and code of my Message Me app.

Adding media queries to a React element's inline styles.

When the Homebrew command brew update fails.

The importance of specialization, and the importance of doing things we believe in instead of what others expect us to do.

The pitfalls of using the npm package multer-s3 for uploading files onto Amazon Simple Storage Service (aka S3) and what might be viable alternatives.

I first learned about and started using graphql with GatsbyS, and I loved it, but I really got to know more about it when I learned how to use it for the backend with Nodejs.

Github automated security fixes and how they work.

I talked about how I have been trying to add Netlify CMS to interglobalmedianetwork.com, my business website. I just completed implementing it a little while ago today.

During the past couple of days I have been working on adding a netlfiy-cms to my Gatsby site.

Node Security/npm audit appeared for the first time in my Terminal window in March of last year (2018).

Google Chrome has become surveillance software. It’s time to switch. But does Firefox stand up against it?

The second patch that was made to Firefox to fix a second vulnerability in the browser software and how important it is to keep abreast of cyber security news and what is going on around us and the tools we use every day.

The bug I encountered when typing non-alpha numeric characters in a text editor on my Mac, and how I came to fix the issue.

Web security and why one would choose GatsbyJS over other static frameworks.

Adapting your gatsby site to the limitations of gatsby-image.

Yesterday I pretty much completed the site. There are still things to do, add, etc. But that will happen over time as needed.

I recently changed my hosting for my business site to Netlify from gh-pages, but my Macbook Pro, which I use for development, does not point to the newly propagated site.

How to deploy an app or site hosted on a Github repository to Github gh-pages with git subtree.

How to add new content to your hugo website that is hosted on Github gh-pages.

Creating a Custom HTML5 Video Player And The Shadow DOM.

Why is there data recovery? Because sometimes you may lose a commit. Stuff happens! Remember. Nothing is perfect.