Nelson Figueroa articles - 23 total
It’s 2025, Why Aren’t You Using an Ad Blocker?
I find myself asking this any time I discover that someone uses a web browser with no ad blocking...
How to Clone a Specific Git Branch Without Other Branches
Cloning a Specific Branch To clone a specific branch of a git repository without cloning...
AI-Generated Images Discourage Me From Reading Your Blog
I have a growing hatred for AI-generated images in blogs. It makes me wonder if the text in the blog...
Finding Private Information Through Resumes on Google Search
I noticed a lot of people are willing to upload their full unredacted resume to their personal...
Let's Stop Asking "Why Do You Want To Work for Us?" in Interviews
“Why do you want to work for us?” I have run into this question many times as I’ve been applying to...
I Am So Sick of Leetcode-Style Interviews
I quit my previous job at Robinhood in late November of 2023 mainly for health reasons. I've been in...
Calendly Denial of Service via Mass-Scheduling
Introduction I’ve been doing interviews lately and I have been sent several Calendly...
Python Lists Cheatsheet
This is yet another cheatsheet I made for myself when studying for Leetcode and Hackerrank kinds of...
Get Unique Elements in a Python List
In Python we can get the unique elements from a list by converting it to a set with set(). Sets are a...
Ruby Arrays Cheatsheet
This is a cheatsheet I made for myself when studying for (Leetcode/Hackerrank)-style interviews. It's...
How I Discover New Blogs
This is a list of resources I use to discover new blogs. Hacker...
My Favorite Blogs
This is a list of blogs I enjoy along with a recommended post. This is essentially a blogroll. I’ll...
Making Life More Difficult for Bank Scammers
If you’ve been around you know I enjoy spamming phishing/scamming sites. I recently received this...
Keep Homebrew Tidy With `brew leaves`
Homebrew has a brew leaves command that shows all installed packages with no dependencies. That means...
Getting EC2 Instance Metadata Using IMDSv2
The EC2 Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) allows us to make an API call within an EC2 instance to...
How to Determine the Entrypoint for a Docker Image
You can use docker inspect to determine the entrypoint of a docker image. The command looks like...
Restricting Ruby on Rails Routes with :only and :except
Generating All Routes for a Model Lets say we have an item model in a Ruby on Rails...
Handling Decimal Precision in Rails
Ruby on Rails allows us to specify how precise we want decimals to be by defining precision and scale...
AWS IAM: Allowing a Role to Assume Another Role
To allow an IAM Role to assume another Role, we need to modify the trust relationship of the role...
How To Install Older Versions of Homebrew Packages
It's possible to install older versions of Homebrew packages by saving an older version of the...
Scrape Contributor Emails From Any Git Repository
In a previous post I wrote about how it’s possible to scrape emails from GitHub repositories using...
Cleaning Up Residual Files on macOS After Deleting Apps
After deleting apps on macOS, they tend leave behind residual files and directories throughout the...
Insertion Order Iteration of Maps in Go
In Go, map contents are randomized. Go doesn't care about insertion order. Elements in a map are...