Mitchell McKenna - imported from instapaper.com http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com Aceternity UI http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19361/aceternity-ui

Wow, this site is an ABSOLUTE GOLDMINE for design engineers. It's a huge collection of micro-interactions / animations, all with their code available to…

]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 02:44:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19361/aceternity-ui/aceternity-ui Aspen - The Ultimate Free API Testing Tool for macOS with AI Integration http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19356/aspen-the-ultimate-free-api-testing-tool-for-macos-with-ai-integration

Aspen - The Ultimate Free API Testing Tool for macOS with AI Integration Aspen Download Mac App Aspen Your API’s Best Friend Test APIs locally within a…

]]> Sun, 11 Feb 2024 17:50:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19356/aspen-the-ultimate-free-api-testing-tool-for-macos-with-ai-integration/aspen-the-ultimate-free-api-testing-tool-for-macos-with-ai-integration Vite - Server Side Rendering (SSR) http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19344/vite-server-side-rendering-ssr

Server-Side Rendering (SSR) like Next.js does but for React, Preact, Vue, and Svelte.

]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:36:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19344/vite-server-side-rendering-ssr/vite-server-side-rendering-ssr Creating a custom Laravel Pulse card http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19323/creating-a-custom-laravel-pulse-card

Laravel Pulse is a lightweight application monitoring tool for Laravel.

]]> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:56:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19323/creating-a-custom-laravel-pulse-card/creating-a-custom-laravel-pulse-card Learn Livewire 3, Volt, and Folio by building a podcast player http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19298/learn-livewire-3-volt-and-folio-by-building-a-podcast-player

Yesterday, the Laravel team released Laravel Folio - a powerful page-based router designed to simplify routing in Laravel applications. Today, they released…

]]> Tue, 15 Aug 2023 20:16:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19298/learn-livewire-3-volt-and-folio-by-building-a-podcast-player/learn-livewire-3-volt-and-folio-by-building-a-podcast-player Why isn’t MySQL using my index? http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19283/why-isnt-mysql-using-my-index

One of the most frustrating experiences when dealing with databases is whenyou've designed the perfect index , but MySQL stilldoesn't use it. There are several…

]]> Sat, 06 May 2023 14:43:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19283/why-isnt-mysql-using-my-index/why-isnt-mysql-using-my-index Going deep on UUIDs and ULIDs http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19237/going-deep-on-uuids-and-ulids

The other day the HB team was chatting and Ben, our dev-ops master, mentioned that he wished he'd used ULIDs instead of UUIDs for a particular system. Like any…

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:21:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19237/going-deep-on-uuids-and-ulids/going-deep-on-uuids-and-ulids Announcing Turnstile, a user-friendly, privacy-preserving alternative to CAPTCHA http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19209/announcing-turnstile-a-user-friendly-privacy-preserving-alternative-to-captcha

Announcing Turnstile, a user-friendly, privacy-preserving alternative to CAPTCHA

]]> Sun, 09 Oct 2022 19:46:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19209/announcing-turnstile-a-user-friendly-privacy-preserving-alternative-to-captcha/announcing-turnstile-a-user-friendly-privacy-preserving-alternative-to-captcha Tweeten, Tweetdeck Alternative For Mac http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19188/tweeten-tweetdeck-alternative-for-mac

With Tweetdeck for mac being deprecated, seems like a nice alternative for mac if the new Tweetdeck preview isn't as good.

]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:52:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19188/tweeten-tweetdeck-alternative-for-mac/tweeten-tweetdeck-alternative-for-mac It's crazy and impossible |> Changelog http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19186/its-crazy-and-impossible-changelog

Today we have a very special episode, where Gerhard gets to share his favourite learnings from Steve Jobs. If it wasn’t for his determination to build a better…

]]> Sat, 21 May 2022 01:10:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19186/its-crazy-and-impossible-changelog/its-crazy-and-impossible-changelog Maintainable Podcast: Chelsea Troy - All Code Has Maintenance Load http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19185/chelsea-troy-all-code-has-maintenance-load

A lot resonated with me in this one, especially on "technical debt"

A chat with Chelsea Troy, the Staff Software Engineer on machine learning and backend systems at Mozilla. Chelsea will impart her valuable knowledge on how we can go about making software more maintainable, strategies we can use to quantify maintenance work, documenting code with more helpful error messages that provide more context, and so much more.

]]> Wed, 18 May 2022 00:54:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19185/chelsea-troy-all-code-has-maintenance-load/chelsea-troy-all-code-has-maintenance-load Adding External Libraries in Postman (or Newman) http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19183/adding-external-libraries-in-postman-or-newman

Some options for pulling in additional JS libraries. Might be an option for pulling in a different validation json validation library.

]]> Sat, 07 May 2022 12:02:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19183/adding-external-libraries-in-postman-or-newman/adding-external-libraries-in-postman-or-newman Rectangle http://mitchmckenna.com/post/19184/rectangle

Move and resize windows in macOS using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas Download Free and Open Source , Supports macOS 10.11+, Intel and Apple Silicon Quicker…

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