I was doing some troubleshooting and wanted to disable the “beforeunload” event listeners on a page. This is how I accomplished it with the Chrome browser.
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Revert Merge Commit
Typically a Git commit has exactly one parent, however a Git merge commit has two parents. The problem this creates with Git revert, is it is unclear which commit we want to revert to.
Always Bring Your Pull Requests Up to Date
A Pull Request (PR) should always be up to date with the branch into which it is being merged. Another way of saying this is you should be able to merge your PR as a fast-forward merge (even if you decide not to do a fast-forward merge). In this post we’ll look at how a safe looking PR that is out of date can be catastrophic to merge.
Quickly Delete Large Directory from the Command line
When deleting a large directory from the command line, it can take a frustratingly long time for the task to complete. This is a trick I use to speed things up.
git reset –hard vs git checkout -f
I recently had a conversation about “git reset –hard” vs “git checkout -f”, and it turns out they do the same thing. This is one of the tricky things about Git, there are often multiple ways to do the same thing.
git reset vs revert
Conceptually, “git reset” is erasing your last change while “git revert” is adding a new change that undoes your previous change.
Using jq and nvm to set Node version
The nvm command allows you to switch between versions of node. Often a project will include a .nvmrc file to specify the version of node to use. Even if a project does not contain an .nvmrc file, you may be able to read the preferred node version from package.json and use that value with nvm.
ReactJS Component Limited Time Render HOC
I wanted to render a ReactJS component for a limited amount of time every time (think of a notification that pops up and then goes away). Ideally, we would like to be able to apply this limited time rendering to any component, so this was an excellent candidate for a Higher Order Component (HOC).
WordPress Filter Early Return Pattern
A common programming pattern when using WordPress filters is the early return pattern (also know as the “short-circuit” pattern). This pattern is useful when you want to allow a filter to override a value that is “expensive” to calculate.
QMK 65% Esc and Backtick
When I downsized to a 65% keyboard I knew I was giving up function keys and a number pad but what caught me off-guard was the loss of my backtick (a.k.a. grave accent(`)) key. Because my keyboard runs QMK firmware, I’ve tried a number of modifications.