Software Posts

The One Line Traefik/Docker Config That Broke My Routing

2024/04/20 Justin Hammond 3 minutes Software

I've used Traefik to route traffic to my Docker containers for years. For years I haven't had a problem with this. Containers that needed to connect to a database would run on their own "network" so the DB could talk to the UI. There would then be a globa ...

Harvey Deadlock Issues - Making Docker, uWSGI, and Nginx Play Nice

2023/05/26 Justin Hammond 9 minutes Software

Exploring the ProblemIt’s pretty standard to writeup a postmortem after stuff breaks in production. It helps to identify and analyze what went wrong, how it was fixed, and how it can be avoided in the future. Join me on my 1.5 year journey of fixing a n ...

I Built an iOS Game (Crazy Color Clash) - Here's What I Learned

2022/09/17 Justin Hammond 10 minutes Software

Where Can I Get the AppCrazy Color Clash is available on the iOS App Store, download it today for free!How the Project Got StartedI've dreamed of publishing something on the App Store for years. Being an Apple fanboy, I've long been downloading apps, cons ...

Build vs Buy in Software Engineering

2022/04/22 Justin Hammond 3 minutes Software

There has long been a debate of "build vs buy" when it comes to a software solution. You can either build the thing yourself which allows for complete control and customization or you can go out and buy the thing (or find an open source alternative) which ...

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 ...

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 websi ...

Homebrew Owned by a Standard User

2020/01/08 Justin Hammond 2 minutes Software

What is HomebrewHomebrew 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 see on the ...

EasyPost UI

2020/01/06 Justin Hammond 3 minutes Software

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 haven’t actually, but if you are a business owner, this probably sounds like something you’d ...

Automated Scripting - Take Back Your Time