jeffsheets

jeffsheets, 7 months ago to random

thought I'd inspect why an API keeps failing when loading my AT&T bill online, and now I wonder if their unstable site is just a long ruse - well played AT&T

jeffsheets, 7 months ago to random

:pixel_battery_5: I've had an EV for 18 months now
⚡ I've loved most every minute of the experience
🔌 After collecting a list of thoughts/tips/tricks for many months, I finally put them down on paper
🔋 Thoughts On My EV After 18 Months: https://sheetsj.com/blog/thoughts-on-my-ev/

jeffsheets, 8 months ago to random

• tailwind isn't my thing, but it's fine, no problem if you like it.
• single-spa is kinda tricky, but has some nice benefits.
• just PLEASE don't use both tailwind and single-spa at the same time! Thanks! all sorts of weirdness with compilers tree-shaking out styles that it thinks are unused but are actually used by a different micro-frontend

jeffsheets, 8 months ago to random

Migrated https://sheetsj.com over to @eleventy and a new template today -- after nearly 20 years (2004-05-12) on Blogger!

Still some rough edges, odd html/css in markdown here and there, not quite finished design, but I'm loving iteration 0 so far 🚀🎉

jeffsheets, 8 months ago to random

Migrating from Firefox -> Safari on my Mac for a new daily driver. So far so smooth with the import making it easier than I had expected so far....

jeffsheets, 8 months ago to random

Gameday parking - can park at downtown Lincoln meter all day for $15 on the app. Or the expired meter citation is only $10. Why wouldn't you just take the citation and pay later? 🤔 Feels wrong but at same time aren't they basically incentivizing us to get a ticket instead?

jeffsheets, 8 months ago to omaha

Kicking off OJUG today w/ @hansolo_ with a security talk! #omaha #java

jeffsheets, 9 months ago to random

Started reading a 1986 book Secrets of Consulting by Jerry Weinberg, and the intro lists him as Lincoln, NE my hometown. And now I'm down a rabbit hole of learning about him and how often our paths might have crossed. Wow what a small world! And kinda sad I somehow never knew of his legacy until now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Weinberg https://twitter.com/JerryWeinberg

jeffsheets, 9 months ago to random

Shared a bookmarklet with the dev team to workaround an intermittent QA environment thing, and was pleasantly surprised that some team members hadn't seen a bookmarklet before, so here's a primer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmarklet they're wonderful little browser hacks!

jeffsheets, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to webdev

Took a journey to find a free static hosting solution that includes some simple server-side analytics stats. Used github pages for years (no stats), but finally looking to replace the client-side JS analytics piece...

Was surprised to find that the simplest (and maybe only?) solution was through Cloudflare(!) using Pages (https://pages.cloudflare.com/) with DNS (https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/zone-analytics/#free-plan)

Happily moved https://gaspumpr.com/ over without much trouble at all this morning! #dev #html #hosting

jeffsheets, 9 months ago to Sports

So excited to drive to the game tomorrow! Pretty awesome to see the top Huskers team on the frontpage of ESPN today! #sports #volleyball #nebraska https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/38271128/nebraska-volleyball-record-crowd-memorial-stadium

jeffsheets, 9 months ago to Java

Made a quick write-up to share a commandline way to setup Java to call APIs that use self-signed certs -- plus it doesn't require clicking around in cert downloads from a browser! Optimize your onboarding steps #java #dev https://www.devobsessed.com/post/commandline-java-truststore-cert-setup

jeffsheets, 9 months ago to random

Ah man, the schools updated their lunch calendar link, so my alexa lunch bot stopped working after 3 years! Time to dive back in for a fix tonight #alexa https://twitter.sheetsj.com/1374171248813608968/

jeffsheets, 9 months ago to random

Too often, the amount of bugs caused by code seems to be proportional to the cleverness-level of said code #dev

jeffsheets, 9 months ago to webdev

After a few months on my first Tailwind project I can say it has lived up to my expectations: nice framework for those without prior CSS experience, or for JS or backend devs, but not my thing. I can live with it but I’d rather not if given the choice. Maybe cause I’ve been pro CSS since the beginning, I don’t know. Just seems to not click with the vibe of what CSS really stands for #webdev #css #frontend #tailwindcss

jeffsheets, 10 months ago to javascript

Unit test cases in frontend JS are sooooooo valuable for actual units, and higher level integration unit tests of multiple components interacting using msw to mock the network are 💯 the best!

Working on fixing a super side case bug in some very complicated frontend logic and these react-testing-library tests are saving us soooooo much time! #dev #javascript #react

jeffsheets, 10 months ago to ai

Remember how when Siri came out it was going to change the world, but now she’s only good at “add thing to the grocery list”? #AI #ChatGPT will turn out similar and find their niche soon too

jeffsheets, 10 months ago to webdev

I haven't quite wrapped my head around how best to use it yet, but Split Screen in MS Edge is kinda cool! Using Edge on a client Windows laptop for the latest gig, and I've never seen this trick in other browsers before... #webdev #dev https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/features/split-screen?form=MT00D8

jeffsheets, 10 months ago to javascript

JS is great until you need to parse in a date in "MM/DD/YYYY" format and output it to "YYYY/MM/DD" format, and you just want to ignore timezones.... ugh i hate timezones.... #dev #javascript

jeffsheets, 10 months ago to gundam

Build 2 done and plenty of room on the new shelf for more! #gundam #gunpla

jeffsheets, 11 months ago to random

Can’t follow hachyderm accounts from Threads? I thought I heard Threads was federated but I guess not?

jeffsheets, 11 months ago to random

BA: why's this call slow after we "modernized" the API?
Dev: Using React functional components to call a GraphQL layer to call the REST layer that synchronously sends MQ messages that hits a Mainframe process to query a Mainframe flatfile isn't exactly "modernized"

jeffsheets, 11 months ago to random

i'm just the consultant/contractor, so i don't really care... but threatening your dev employees that if they don't deliver quicker that they'll have to start commuting to working in the office with mandatory overtime -- probably isn't going to get the reaction that you are thinking it will get #agile

jeffsheets, 1 year ago to gundam

Finally beginning this joy of a build #gundam #gunpla

jeffsheets, 1 year ago to random

Wish I had seen this cool local drone show last night! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN0I3MI9YxY