Escaping e-mail hell
Can i say that this was first written by Julie Zhuo this is all her work...I just love the article and want to share it. How can I write more effective e-mails in less time? Q: I…
Firing a tracking pixel on button click without GTM
As a solutions engineer in Adtech, sometimes we have to create ways to bend the will of the browser for our clients. One of our clients wanted to fire a tracking pixel on a button…
Installing mySQL via Homebrew
I have recently started a new role as a Solutions Engineer, and it's time to dig back into SQL and learning my way through databases and how to query them. Therefore It's time to…
Making a star rating in React.js
When I was attempting to create a card, that allows for a star rating. It wasn't that easy for me...especially when watching a TailWind tutorial that was using Vue.js I did in the…
Rendering nav links with .map() in React.
React utilises .map() to render items in a list, this can be great for dynamically adding links to our navigation. Instead of copying the markup, again and again, ill run through…
A new journey into modern webdev
I am typing this currently unemployed. COVID-19 hasn't been the kindest of things for me and my partner, it's turned our life kinda upside down. Things are getting better but the…
Getting setup with Tailwind & Gatsby
I redesigned this site a while ago, moving from Jekyll over to Gatsby mainly because I wanted to learn some React. The learning curve was steep as I was coming from mainly an HTML…
Awesome aliases make everything better
I bloody love using aliases within my terminal. It does make everything better, as I have grown more confident using the terminal. I have continued to add more and more aliases…
Using .env files within Python
I have been trying a lot of Node.js tutorials, putting my hands to learning a new skill and all that, especially during COVID-19. Using enviroment variables has always been easy in…
Atlantic Night a VSC theme
After reading an article created by Sarah Drasner on creating a theme for Visual Studio Code, I got inspired to create my own. I have used many themes in my time, the likes of…
Making Git easier with aliases in the terminal
Using aliases allow you as a terminal user to save time, It will end up saving a lot of time during the day. Instead of git status I type gs the rest are below and are self…
Rebuild your static site automatically with Contentful web hooks and Netlify
I finally got Contentful to work. It took a bit of tweaking here and there, as I am still new to React and GraphQL, I got there in the end though. I was clicking through my site…