Ramblings of a web developer and sometimes writer
It's 2018 and if the weather has any say, I'll never go outdoors again. It's currently -9 with about four inches of snow on the ground. The snow doesn't bother me too much, but the cold can turn around any day now. With a new year comes the … [Continue reading] about Happy New Year and Leveling Up
Today's problem came as a result of a Firefox anomaly. It's one of those problems that comes up after launching because we were too lax in testing. Here's how it broke down, without going into great detail about the application. We're building a CRM … [Continue reading] about Inputs in Firefox storing previous values
The question came up when working with a new application that relies heavily on Javascript, How can we force users to renew the javascript file? This is especially important for single page applications that rely heavily on Javascript for everything … [Continue reading] about How to Force Javascript File Updates onto Users
I helped a friend update their Magento site from version 1.9.1 to 1.9.3.2. The software has a few ways to update, one using a command line utility and the other a web based service called Magento Connect. We used the latter to update and ran into a … [Continue reading] about Magento update breaks site
The clapboard shutters banged against the cedar planks. The wind dislodged debris from the barn that ratcheted against the house. Dan sat motionless on the couch in the living room. He muted the TV so he could listen again for the scream. This time … [Continue reading] about The Scream