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Command+Backtick No Longer Working

Some time ago, Command+Backtick (`) just stopped working for me. Searching on that only found solutions talking about checking Keyboard…

Mar 21, 2024

Mar 21, 2024

You Can Improve What You Don’t Measure

You have heard it said that you can’t improve what you don’t measure, but I say to you that you can. Things change without reliance on…

Feb 10, 2024

Feb 10, 2024

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Software Developer

Being a Thoughtfully Invested Developer

This is good. I wrote something similar in a comment on a post by John Resig some years ago. I admit to being guilty of wanting folks to…

Mar 28, 2021

Mar 28, 2021

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Software Developer

Reusing JavaScript RegExp Instance Fails Test and Exec When It Shouldn’t

If you have a JavaScript regular expression instance (doesn’t matter how you construct it) that you want to re-use so that you don’t have…

Mar 23, 2020

Mar 23, 2020

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Software Developer

Parallels Shared Network Not Working on VM

Here’s a new one.. I changed my CPU/Memory config for a Parallels VM on my Mac today, and when I started back up, it said it had no…

Mar 5, 2020

Mar 5, 2020

Using Public Key to SSH into EdgeRouter Lite

For a few years now, I’ve been a big fan of Ubiquiti Networks. I first upgraded to their EdgeRouter Lite ERLite-3 router back in 2015…

Oct 9, 2018

Oct 9, 2018

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Software Developer

Change What localhost Resolves to in Windows for Testing IE/Edge on Parallels or VirtualBox VM

Not long ago I started at a new company, and the first project I worked on was configured to run (and has config that expects to be) on…

Oct 2, 2018

Oct 2, 2018

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Software Developer

The Dystopian World of Metrics Gone Wild

Metrics can be useful, but rarely are when it comes to people. And sometimes, they’re just evil.

Sep 30, 2018

The Dystopian World of Metrics Gone Wild

Sep 30, 2018

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Age of Awareness

Empathy, Language, and Reason

Considering that “there is nothing new under the sun,” I’m sure that this, too, is not new. But it seems to me that it has become an…

Sep 9, 2018

Empathy, Language, and Reason

Sep 9, 2018

How Not to Motivate a Team to Improve

And a Bit on How To Motivate Them

Jul 4, 2018

How Not to Motivate a Team to Improve

Jul 4, 2018

Ambrose Little

Ambrose Little

Experienced software and UX guy. Staff Software Engineer at Built Technologies. 8x Microsoft MVP. Book Author. Husband. Father of 7. Armchair Philosopher.

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