Over the last few months I have been trying to solve a problem at work in my spare time, fleeting as it is, revolving around how to consistently release Perl code to target environments (dev, tst and prd) with prerequisite … Continue reading
For $work I built a git pre-commit hook bash script about a year ago as a general purpose utility: Tab to four space conversion. It’s a company standard so please spare me the tab vs space rant. Trim trailing white … Continue reading
About a week ago at work I was looking at a support email about a latent process that parses large volumes of email. During the ensuing investigation it dawned on me we had no metrics around the process. I am … Continue reading
Have you ever opened a source code file only to have your lower jaw slack aghast as you discover no indentations or worse alignments applied helter-skelter? Tabs vs spaces is a coders crusade with fields ever green. I can recall … Continue reading
The season of Advent revolves around the coming of the Christ Child Jesus celebrated at Christmas. Christmas is a compound word combining “Christ” and “Mass” with the clearly stated intention of celebrating a Catholic Mass in honor of the birth … Continue reading
You are starting to annoy me. I knew you had flaws when I first put my blog on your CMS, but I went in with eyes fully open. Over the last two years you have proven easy to upgrade, simple … Continue reading
Today I was trying to get the hang of setting up a remote git repository for shared ssh use by several developers at my day job. I wanted anyone with ssh access to be able to check out the repository, … Continue reading
It’s been a whirlwind three plus months. My apologies to regular readers for the lack of recent posts. A recap is in order as to what exactly I have been up to. March 15, 2010 or so my wife and … Continue reading
Warning, this is a an article by a software geek for said geeks. Rapid boredom will probably ensue even for the target audience. Most of us at one time or another have worked on a Big Ball of … Continue reading
For the last four years I have volunteered at Holy Trinity Catholic Church & School as a catechist for the religious education program forming young adults. Classes are offered twice a week on Wednesdays evening and Sunday afternoon during the … Continue reading