Pin Your Dang Dependencies

2021/06/04 Justin Hammond 3 minutes Software

Flask made an oopsie. I love the framework it works well and is simple enough to integrate in a Python project to spin up a quick API. But they don't pin their dependencies or didn't which caused massive issues across thousands of code bases overnight ...

iPhone 12 & 12 Pro Review + Unboxing: Worth the Upgrade?

2020/11/14 Justin Hammond 2 minutes Reviews

The iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are finally here but are they worth upgrading to? Check out my review and unboxing to find out the pros and cons of the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro. I've had a week to play with each device and determine if I made the right choice or not ...

A Day in the Life of a Software Engineer

2020/10/22 Justin Hammond 1 minutes Stories

People often ask me what I do for work. Here is a REAL look into a day in the life of a Software Engineer from yours truly Youtube A Day in the Life of a Software Engineerhttpswww.youtube.comwatch?vj1fc0FlCjyI ...

Building my Magic Mirror

2020/10/12 Justin Hammond 5 minutes Stories

Mirror Mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all? Not too often can fairy tales come true in real life but seldom magic truly can happen in the real world. I was recently introduced to the Magic Mirrorhttpsgithub.comMichMichMagicMirror project ...

Clone or Pull All of your GitHub Repositories

2020/10/12 Justin Hammond 2 minutes Software

Have you ever needed to clone or pull all of your GitHub repositories? What about your organization repos or gists? Then there are private repos in addition to your public ones. This question has been on the minds of many and often people try to build rou ...

The Importance of Unit Tests

2020/08/30 Justin Hammond 4 minutes Software

Recently I've taken on a new job as a software engineer. As part of this job I'm required to write unit tests for all my work. Up until this point in my software career I haven't built tests for the code I've written. Personal projects or frontend website ...

My Backup Solution - Protecting Precious Data

2020/01/26 Justin Hammond 4 minutes Tips & Guides

Intro With so much of our lives living on hard drives solid states phones and computers backing up our data should is critical part of our habits and schedules. Youve probably been where many have been before I lost that precious picture journal video ...

Homebrew Owned by a Standard User

2020/01/08 Justin Hammond 2 minutes Software

What is Homebrew Homebrew is a package manager for macOS allowing you to install things from the command line. It houses most everything you'd need or could find on the web that is widely used. Standard User Setup One of the biggest questions I ...

EasyPost UI

2020/01/06 Justin Hammond 3 minutes Software

EasyPost UI Have you ever wanted to print a label from home for any carrier you could imagine getting discounted rates all from a single application? Most people probably havent actually but if you are a business owner this probably sounds like someth ...

My $10,000 Mistake

2020/01/06 Justin Hammond 5 minutes Stories

Ive been a developer for many years now. Developers know all about copyright law especially when it comes to digital assets. Most people disregard copyright law we do live in a world of memes music covers and creations by fans of all kinds of media after ...

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