Recently, I was documenting the steps to reproduce a certain bug and the bug required the presence of an autosave (along with the “There is an autosave of this post that is more recent than the version below.” message). Rather than wait for an autosave to occur naturally, I wanted to speed things up and manually trigger one. This is the command I use to do that.
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JavaScript Unix Timestamp from String in Time Zone
Given a string like “2022-01-01 13:00:00”, which represents a time in the “Europe/Paris” timezone, how can we get the corresponding Unix Timestamp in JavaScript? This problem is sufficiently complex that in my opinion leveraging a third-party library is the best solution.
Local by Flywheel from Sub-Directory
I was recently working on a project that loaded WordPress from a sub-directory. The result of which is if I cloned the project into the “public” directory, the WordPress files and directories were one level deeper (in “public/wordpress”).
Disable Core WordPress Update Notice
When working on projects, I often want to strictly control the version of WordPress that is running. However sometimes one of the other administrators on the site sees the “WordPress 5.9 is available! Please update now.” message and clicks it, thereby prematurely updating to a newer version of WordPress core. This notice can be disabled.
git alias tab completion for functions
When creating a Git alias that points to a function, sometimes Git provides the wrong tab completion by default (e.g. filename completion instead of branch name completion). This is how we can tell Git, which type of completion to use.
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).
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.
zsh alias with fallback
In my zsh configuration I define a number of aliases. One particular zsh alias maps gl to my custom Git alias “git lg”. Since my zsh configuration is portable, I want to define a fallback if my custom Git alias does not exist on the machine.
Manually Trigger WordPress Heartbeat from Browser
When developing code related to the WordPress heartbeat, it is frustrating to make your code changes and then wait for the next heartbeat to occur. You can trigger the WordPress heartbeat in the browser manually to eliminate this delay.