• CodeMash 2020 Recap

    CodeMash 2020 This was the 7th CodeMash that I have attended. It is a cross-technology conference held the first full week of each January in Sandusky, OH, at the Kalahari resort and water park. It is a good chance to get a broader exposure to new technologies than you would...


  • Adding issue number to commit messages

    We have a convention of naming our feature branches like feature/12345-short-description where the 12345 is the number of the issue we are working on. It is also helpful to include that number in the commit message so that it looks something like [12345] fixed the bugs I introduced but it...


  • Keeping unwanted code out of your Git repository

    Sometimes you can include code for debugging that you do not want to have pushed to the production environment. Git allows for hooks to run against code as you are committing it to your repository. In the .git/hooks directory you will find several sample files that you can modify to...


  • SpringOne Tour - Columbus

    SpringOne has smaller conferences at various cities around the U.S. called Tours, and this is a very afforadble option for getting training without taking time and money to travel to a single conference location. Below are the notes that I took from each session. Day 1 Better Software is Better...


  • CodeMash 2019 Recap

    CodeMash 2019 I think this was the 6th CodeMash that I have attended (judging by the number of hoodies in my closet). It is a cross-technology conference held the first full week of each January in Sandusky, OH, at the Kalahari resort and water park. It is a good chance...