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How To Use NPM ES Modules With Deno

Discover how the Skypack CDN can help use your favourite modules with Deno

2 min read


Self-Destructing Tweets

A look into how you can run a cron job to self-destruct tweets

6 min read


Using DynamoDB on your local with NoSQL Workbench

Learn how to play around with DynamoDB locally and use NoSQL Workbench to plan out your work

4 min read


Local AWS development with LocalStack

Learn how to setup LocalStack to help with local development emulating AWS products

4 min read


Running Cron Jobs On Your Local Mac

An easy-to-understand example of how to run automated jobs using crontab on your Mac

5 min read


Intro To Debugging Node.js Applications With VSCode

See how you can get started with the VSCode debugger for Node.js applications

10 min read


A First Look At Generative Art With p5.js

Slowly introducing yourself to the world of generative art with this short introduction

7 min read


Debugging JavaScript Performance With NDB

Use the Node debugger to visualise performance

5 min read


First Steps With Jupyter Notebooks

Setting up a Jupyter Notebook for the first time to aid with the 100 Days of Python challenge

3 min read


Unsplash API with Python

Installing and using an unofficial Python Unsplash API by salvoventura

3 min read


Composing Images and Text with Python

Use the Pillow image library to add text and icons layers to an image programmatically.

4 min read


Frontmatter Parsing With Python

Learn how to take a markdown file and parse the frontmatter metadata for usage in your scripts.

2 min read


Reading a file directory with Python

Use the glob library to create a list of all the files in a directory.

3 min read


Building CLIs With python-fire

Work through an example of building a simple CLI script with the python-fire library.

3 min read


Dev Only Next.js Routes

A method to protect your Next.js routes from being accessed in production.

5 min read


Python Unit Testing With PyTest

Learn the basics of installing and using PyTest with a basic math module example.

4 min read


Tip: Making Directories Recursively With Python

Using the OS module recursively make folders on your operating system.

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Tip: Interactive Python Notebooks With Binder

Display your public GitHub repositories in an interactive notebook.

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CLI Prompts In Python

Use PyInquirer to create more interactive and user-friendly command line prompts.

5 min read


Pretty Error Output In Python

Make debugging Python errors more enjoyable.

2 min read


Annotating Video Clips With MoviePy

Introduce yourself to MoviePy through a simple example to add text to video.

4 min read


Beautiful CLIs With The Rich Python Library

See how the Rich library for Python can make it easy to add color and style to terminal output.

4 min read


Working With Regex Expressions In Python

This post will look at how the regex module in python can be used to work with regular expressions.

4 min read


Exceptions In Python

An overview look at custom exceptions in Python

4 min read


Datetime In Python

Learn how to work with the datetime library in Python.

4 min read


Mocking Python datetime In Tests With FreezeGun

Learn how to set up reliable PyTest unit tests for the Python datetime library with FreezeGun.

5 min read


Time Functionality In Python

Explore how to work with the time module from the Python Standard Library in detail.

3 min read


How PyDoc Helps Your Python Development

Explore PyDoc and understand how it can improve your documentation and how to search it.

7 min read


PyTest With GitHub Actions

Build off previous work on PyTest by adding a GitHub action to run PyTest in CI.

4 min read


Oil Paint Effect With OpenCV Python

Apply an oil paint effect to images in Python with OpenCV.

2 min read


Discriminated Unions In Typescript

Peel back some of the magic behind discriminated union in TypeScript and how they impact your workflow.

11 min read


Exploring the Tremor dashboard UI library

A look at implementing beautiful graph UI components quickly with Tremor.

4 min read


Using The New Vercel Open Graph Image Generation

Following the release of Satori and Vercel's new open graph image generation, follow along as I demonstrate how I updated my own open graph images for the blog.

6 min read


A Practical Look At The "Unknown" Type In Typescript

Ever wanted to better understand the unknown type? This blog post walks you through a practical setup and look at working with the unknown type.

8 min read


Next.js + Vercel AI Package In Action

Get started with the new Vercel AI SDK in this quick demo with NextJS.

7 min read


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