June 27, 2023

JAVASCRIPT TIPS

Global regexes & .test()

When .test() return true, the .lastIndex doesn't reset, even when testing another string

Mar. 30, 2023

JAVASCRIPT …

v8's Error.stack gotcha

v8 caches Error.stack and never invalidates the cache

Dec. 2, 2021

SQL TIPS

SQL's odd null handling

Comparison operators typically yield one of two values; in SQL they yield one of three

May 11, 2020

TIPS

Using npm ci

An alternative to npm install that creates reproducible builds

Mar. 27, 2020

TIPS

Step through your code

Deeper insight outperforms quick wins

Feb. 24, 2018

C GDB SUBLIME …

How To Interactively Debug C

Integrating gcc's gdb debugger with Sublime Text via SublimeGDB

June 23, 2013

JAVASCRIPT …

'this' in Node modules and IIFEs

May 22, 2013

SQL SQLITE POS…

SQLite's HAVING clause picks an arbitrary row

Apr. 23, 2013

UNIX PHILOSOPHY …

Unix Philosophy and Node.js

Mar. 21, 2013

JAVASCRIPT NODE…

Annoying JavaScript Caching

Feb. 27, 2013

SUBLIME TEXT

How to remove a cursor in Sublime Text

Feb. 26, 2013

JAVASCRIPT

String.substr() is not ECMAScript

Feb. 26, 2013

JAVASCRIPT

Multi-line strings are not part of ECMAScript

Jan. 24, 2013

NODE READABILIT…

Readability != closeness-to-natural-language

Jan. 17, 2013

JAVASCRIPT BACK…

Function.length

Jan. 17, 2013

BACKBONE.JS

Backbone Tips

Jan. 11, 2013

JQUERY

jQuery setters act as getters if you pass undefined, breaking jQuery chainability

Jan. 10, 2013

JAVASCRIPT

'this' is automatically set, even for functions on object literals

Jan. 10, 2013

JAVASCRIPT

throw is disallowed in a ternary

Jan. 8, 2013

NPM

git URLs in NPM compare package.json versions

Jan. 4, 2013

JAVASCRIPT

replace() can take a function