Nick Ciolpan

Nick Ciolpan @nickciolpan

About: I have extensive experience as a full stack developer, managing clients and building state of the art platforms.

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Jan 16, 2018

Nick Ciolpan
articles - 15 total

Stop shipping insecure file permissions

We set up file permissions in a hurry: chmod 777 (it just works) chmod 666 (for testing) No SUID...

Learn More 0 0Jun 23

Stop Shipping Broken Docker Images

docker-scan-lite after seeing too many prod incidents from: FROM ubuntu:latest USER root Hardcoded...

Learn More 0 1Jun 11

TIL How to Batch Compress PDF Files Using Ghostscript

brew install ghostscript Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode ...

Learn More 0 1Oct 6 '24

TIL: How to Quickly Check Which AWS Regions Support SES Using a Bash Script

Although it has improved lately for some services, AWS is still notoriously unfriendly when it comes...

Learn More 0 0Oct 6 '24

Orthogonality in Programming: Why Elm Gets It Right

The debate over the perfect language syntax is far from over—in fact, it’s constantly diverging. And...

Learn More 0 0Sep 11 '24

Beyond workarounds: DCI offers a genuine take on traditional OOP design patterns

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) design patterns are established solutions to common problems in...

Learn More 0 0Nov 15 '23

Beyond the Hype: Rethinking Decoupled Architecture and the Pursuit of Modern Frontends

Decoupled architecture used to be the magic bullet when one generator (data source) catered to...

Learn More 1 0Oct 4 '23

Enhancing Models with Meta Attributes: A Dive into Business Logic Beyond the Database

A perfect example of this complexity is when certain fields in your models require additional...

Learn More 1 2Oct 4 '23

Enhancing Laravel Commands: Parameterized Inputs and Custom Output Formats [4/4]

So far, so good. It gives us some insights into the current state of our gating system, but not much...

Learn More 0 0May 26 '23

Create a Laravel Command to Display All Authorization Gates Similar to route:list [3/4]

Create the ListGates command file: Create a new file called ListGates.php inside the...

Learn More 0 0May 26 '23

How to use the PHP Reflection API for Inspecting Closure Contents [2/4]

The Reflection API in PHP is a set of classes that allow you to introspect your code. It provides the...

Learn More 0 0May 26 '23

How to List All Authorization Gates in Your Laravel Application [1/4]

While Laravel doesn't provide an Artisan command specifically for listing gates, there's a valid...

Learn More 1 0May 26 '23

Boolean flip helper for Elm

TIL bits on Elm, Javascript and Frontend in general

Learn More 6 2May 15 '20

Ruby's .times in JavaScript

Ruby's 'times' loop in JavaScript

Learn More 5 0Dec 11 '19

You can write better jQuery

A DRY approach to multiple configurations

Learn More 6 0Jul 23 '19