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Review a PR then get back to work … faster!

I never mind reviewing PRs from my coworkers, but I do want to minimize interruptions knowing I typically have other tasks in-flight. To help make the overhead of switching contexts (and branches) more efficient, try using the git pr command found in https://github.com/tj/git-extras …

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“The box ‘bento/ubuntu-16.04’ could not be found” error when spinning up a new Trellis project

I was spinning up a new website using one of my favorite WordPress stacks built on Trellis and Vagrant, when I encountered the following error: “The box ‘bento/ubuntu-16.04’ could not be found or could not be accessed in the remote catalog.”

I had recently updated Vagrant from 1.8.5 to 1.8.7, and had also recently started using Ubuntu 16.04 for my new projects, updating from the previous LTS version 14.04 I had relied on for years.

Here is how I fixed it …

Ember vs React

Why I chose Ember over React for my next web app project

A week ago, I decided to spend 7 full days learning a couple of the more popular MV** frameworks, after which I would write a little about my learnings and make a choice for my newest project. I had watched a presentation called Comparing Hot JavaScript Frameworks: AngularJS, Ember.js and React.js by Matt Raible, and was inspired to quantify my framework selection a little more thoroughly, even if inevitably I make my choice from the gut. Read more about my experiment with JS frameworks.

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npm install returns an “Unsupported URL Type” error

While working on an Ember.js app today, I hit an odd snag.  Running a standard npm install was bombing terribly on my Mac.  And 10 minutes of my google-fu wasn’t turning up any good leads.  I had searched for “npm install ERR! Unsupported URL Type“, upon other variants, but I had missed something. The Solution What I had missed was a […]

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