The PDF Toolbar that comes up in Google Chrome when displaying a PDF can be suppressed by modifying the URL.
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Dev Tips
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Git HEAD~ vs HEAD^
Both HEAD^ and HEAD~ can be used in Git to refer to previous commits but in different ways.
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Git Commit Message Editor
By default Vim is the editor used when writing a Git commit message. While I love Vim, it does work very differently than most other editors. A good option for those who are not comfortable with Vim, is to use a different editor. This is how to setup Git to use a different editor.
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Vim, tmux, iTerm broken colors
I do most of my work in Vim (or Neovim) in tmux inside of iTerm on my Mac. I found my color schemes were being properly applied in Neovim but not in Vim (version 8). Adding two lines to my .vimrc corrected the problem for me.
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Introduction to Arrow functions
I’ve been spending more time working with modern JavaScript (including learning about arrow functions) and I wanted to make some notes here regarding arrow functions (since some details about them were not intuitive to me at first).
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Why Learn jQuery
A friend of mine, who is not a developer by trade but deals with websites a lot, asked me recently about learning JavaScript. The short version of my recommendation is to learn jQuery. It is already installed on the sites he is working on and using it he can get results quickly.
Git Interactive Rebase Order is Wrong
The interactive rebase feature of Git is one of my favorites. I love being able to squash multiple commits into one commit or re-order my commits for clarity. My one complaint is the Git interactive rebase commit order is wrong (at least for the way my brain works).
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Install a non-wordpress.org Plugin with WP CLI
The WordPress plugin repository at wordpress.org/plugins is a great resource. I often use WP CLI to install plugins on my WordPress site from there, however, sometimes I want to install other plugins with WP CLI.
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Override WordPress Publish Date on Creation
When creating new posts for a video demonstration, I wanted to display a consistent date. While my first thought was to reset my system clock, this snippet overrides the date when the post is first created, which worked for me.
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Collapsible Section in GitHub Issue
I spend a lot of time working in issue trackers (e.g. GitHub), which involves writing a lot of markdown. Sometimes, perhaps I write too much information and it would be nice to allow the person reading to optionally skip some details. Traditionally, I accomplish this with a “Summary” section but now with collapsible sections in GitHub Issues, I can write even tidier comments.