Ben Sinclair articles - 53 total
(My first time) Running an Azure Function
Other people have done this before, of course. I'm not breaking new ground here. Background...
I made my DEV articles into a blog using the Forem API
Vanity, thy name is...
How to get into your CMS when you've locked the keys in your car.
Got access to the server but don't have the CMS credentials?
(My first time) Installing Laravel
Sometimes, especially when you're at the beginning of your career, it can seem that you're following...
It's not just you. Some things are always a pain.
Sometimes, especially when you're at the beginning of your career, it can seem that you're following...
Fuzzy business: shadowing ssh
Let's add super powers to your shell's boring ssh command
Did you come to development from a different career?
If you weren't always a developer as a profession, what did you used to do? Why did you...
My work setup for PHP development
These days the majority of my (programming) work is (in order of SLOC): PHP, Javascript (including...
Should we be making laws against "dark patterns"?
Deceptive design patterns ("Dark Patterns") are everywhere. Recently (2023 and 2024), the consumer...
My personal struggles with your user interface
Left and right I always have this problem, and I'm not even one of those folk who get left...
The (Tailwind) Purge
It's magic, magic baby
Got a personal a11y-related site? Want to join a webring?
You might not be old enough to remember webrings. If you do, great! If you don't, great! Now's your...
Resolution: read the reading list
If you're like me, you find something that piques your interest, but use the little bookmark...
Those of you who've worked as a contractor and as a full-time employee, which did you prefer?
I've been thinking about going down the contractor route, but I have reservations (which I won't get...
Automagically un-collapse Jira comments
I made a thing
Towards a better message of the day
Because first impressions matter
Keep your posts consistent with a template.
We all like code re-use, so let's get meta and do it with posts.
2020 Video Game Accessibility Awards
Disclaimer: someone shared this with me, I have no involvement with the project and didn't...
My one and only terminal tip
Is this is another one of those show-off-your-setup posts? Well, kinda. I'll give you a...
What sourcery is this?
Why we "source" some shell scripts and not others
Periodic Table toy in Python
A toy app in python
What I learned in 2019
They say that hindsight is 2020. So what can I take from this last year? I still love...
Why you need to learn to write a sorting algorithm
Or, why you don't need to learn to write a sorting algorithm
Read me first
Creating a command-line tool to browse README files.
What I've learned from Advent of Code 2019. Already.
My little collection of git helpers
Creating files with "touch"
The act of creation touch is often put forward as the command to create a file. What's...
What's the most inefficient thing you do?
We all have weird things we do, long ways around short problems. We should probably get around to...
Fuzzy branches: a brief example of a git custom command.
Living life in the express checkout lane.
What's my age again?
What it's like being, like, old.
What's the nicest thing anyone's said to you, as a developer?
I'm not talking about the best advice you've been given for your career, or something you wish you'd...