https://geektrainer.dev/ Recent content on GeekTrainer Hugo -- gohugo.io Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/code/devops-culture/ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/code/devops-culture/ I don’t know who needs to hear this, but buying a new treadmill won’t make you a runner. It’s a mistake we’ve all made at some point. We’ve all decided, “This is the year! I’m going to spend lots of money on new equipment, on gear, on clothes, on cool shoes, and I’m going to <fill in the blank here>”. And we’ve all been rather disappointed when said shiny items find themselves collecting dust, and the treadmill/rower/elliptical are expensive clothing racks. https://geektrainer.dev/code/suggestions-pr/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/code/suggestions-pr/ We’ve all been there. We’re reviewing someone’s code in a pull request (PR) and we spot a small mistake. A typo. The wrong option was set. A boolean flag was reversed. Something simple. What’s the best way to suggest a fix? One way is to create new branch and PR into the one you’re reviewing. Seems like a bit too much work, and maybe a little too formal. For a repository where you have permissions, you could simply push the updates. https://geektrainer.dev/code/aswa-svelte-starter/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/code/aswa-svelte-starter/ A quick perusal of this blog shows how much I love Azure Static Web Apps, a wonderful service for hosting full-stack web applications. Static Web Apps uses Azure Functions for server-side code, and provides wonderful functionality including authentication. When it comes time to start doing local development, the initial setup can require a couple of steps as there’s a fair bit being provided to you by the service. I want to explore how to setup a project for Azure Static Web Apps. https://geektrainer.dev/code/link-text/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/code/link-text/ Here’s a blog post about the word here. What we have here is an issue where here isn’t clearly defined. Here has lost all meaning here, and it’s hard to know where here is when here we use here to highlight things here, here, and here. I know what you’re thinking. I’m going overboard to try to make a point. You’re probably right. But it’s time we banish the word here from our link text, here an now. https://geektrainer.dev/article/my-bullet-journal-system/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/article/my-bullet-journal-system/ I’ve blogged previously about my adventures, covering what didn’t work for me about using a bullet journal (bujo). Now I want to walk through my system. Before we get started I want to make sure I highlight the fact this does not make me perfect by any stretch. I still have tasks which fall through the cracks, don’t get done on time, or aren’t a struggle. However, I’m far more successful with my bujo than without. https://geektrainer.dev/code/python-type-hints/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/code/python-type-hints/ I was on a community call on the Microsoft Python Discord channel when I was asked what my favorite new feature for Python was. My answer was immediate - “Type hints, type hints, type hints”. I find questions like this make for great blog posts, so let’s give it a whirl! The problem Before we get into type hints and why they’re so amazing, let’s explore the problem space. Let’s say I’ve created the following function: https://geektrainer.dev/code/deploy-astro-swa/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/code/deploy-astro-swa/ There’s been a push of late to limit the amount of JavaScript sent down to the client as part of single-page or static web applications. I for one welcome this shift, as it means we as web developers are listening to the needs of our users, who don’t have limitless bandwidth or computing power. Sites load faster, scale better, have decreased load, consume less resources, help with climate change… It’s goodness all around. https://geektrainer.dev/article/na-drinks/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/article/na-drinks/ I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve had this conversation: Me: I’m a dry person. What do you have for someone who doesn’t drink alcohol? Server: Well, we have Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite… Me: I said I don’t drink alcohol; I didn’t say I was 12. OK, I don’t actually say that last part out loud. But I sure do think it. This is a common challenge with restaurants of all shapes and sizes, star levels and prestige. https://geektrainer.dev/code/swa-authentication/ Mon, 24 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/code/swa-authentication/ Azure Static Web Apps is a fantastic Azure hosting service designed for full-stack (sometimes called static) applications. Among the various features offered is built-in authentication for Azure Active Directory (AAD), GitHub and Twitter. No additional actions or configurations are required to use these providers; they’re available out of the box! To support this, three routes are added to every static web app - /.auth/login/aad, /.auth/login/github and /.auth/login/twitter for AAD, GitHub and Twitter respectively. https://geektrainer.dev/code/deploy-sveltekit-aswa/ Tue, 18 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/code/deploy-sveltekit-aswa/ Note: SvelteKit is currently in early development. As such, things may be different than the post below. This post was lasted updated on 18 May 21. SvelteKit is a framework built on top of Svelte, my current favorite front-end framework. Svelte is based around svelte files which closely resemble standard HTML/JavaScript files, making it feel rather natural. SvelteKit is designed to enhance the Svelte development experience by providing bootstrapping, a build/dev toolkit, a routing engine, and server-side rendered pages. https://geektrainer.dev/article/bullet-journal-what-worked-for-me/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/article/bullet-journal-what-worked-for-me/ By now you’ve probably heard of a bullet journal (bujo), as it appears to be all over the place. But if you haven’t, let me sum it up for you. At its core a bullet journal is a system for managing tasks, making quick notes about life, and otherwise trying to put some order into the chaos that is life. When I first discovered the concept of bullet journals I was all in. https://geektrainer.dev/code/troubleshooting-aswa/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://geektrainer.dev/code/troubleshooting-aswa/ Azure Static Web Apps is probably my favorite product Microsoft has released since Visual Studio Code. It’s built for “static web apps” (ones where you rely quite heavily on client-side code, such as blogs, single page apps, or other “modern” web apps), and offers integration with GitHub and the workflows you’re already using. But, as everyone knows, when deploying your application things may not go exactly as planned despite our best efforts.