Published in Build@Addepar·Aug 12, 2019Ember Table 2.0 ReleaseI’m excited to announce the release of Ember Table 2.0. This release is the culmination of more than 18 months of effort across several Addepar developers and external contributors. This release represents a ground-up re-implementation of Ember Table with a new, modern, and future-compatible API. At Addepar, the new Ember…Ember2 min readEmber2 min read
Mar 28, 2019Add a “Quit” button to Chrome; or, a Cruel April Fools prank to play on Chrome-using coworkersIf you use Chrome, you may be aware of all of its special pages. If you aren’t, these are worth taking a moment to explore — there are many interesting details about Chrome internals that you can find on these pages. …Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Jun 28, 2017I freed 15GB by deleting old node_modules directories (and you can, too)npm installs node modules to a local node_modules directory for every project you have, and, if you’re like me, over time you’ll accumulate a lot of crusty old node_modules dirs. They can easily take up 10s to 100s of megabytes. By deleting these old directories you can free up several…JavaScript5 min readJavaScript5 min read
Jun 21, 2017Use Mobiledoc-Kit to build an auto-linking text editorMobiledoc-Kit is a library for building WYSIWYG editors supporting rich content via cards. It was developed by our team at 201 Created for the fine folks at Bustle. To learn more about it, visit Mobiledoc-Kit on github or say hello to our team. In this post I’ll showcase one of…JavaScript5 min readJavaScript5 min read
May 24, 2017Torii Vulnerability DisclosureSecurity researcher Devin Weaver recently disclosed to us at 201 Created that Torii, the Auth Ember.js addon that we maintain, has a potential security vulnerability. The vulnerability affects all versions of Torii before 0.9.1 …Oauth3 min readOauth3 min read
Feb 12, 2017Hand-coding a color wheel with canvasThe other day I found myself staring my monitor as my Mac disgracefully spun the beachball of death at me, and in addition to wondering what I had done to deserve this fate I started to wonder how one might describe the algorithm that distributes those colors with code. When…Canvas10 min readCanvas10 min read
Published in Ecommerce Magazine·Jan 24, 2017Things to Know When Building an Ecommerce Mobile Web AppOur team at 201 Created recently built a best-in-class mobile web app to see how far we could push the boundaries of cutting-edge browser APIs and have our web app achieve feature parity with a similar native app. You can try it out; it sells stickers: www.shop-201.com …IOS4 min readIOS4 min read
Jan 18, 2017Serving Ember and Rails locally with SSL/TLS(After you’re done reading this article, be sure to check out our article on setting up TLS for free with LetsEncrypt and Heroku.) Update Jan 24 2017: Changed the recommended common name to localhost.ssl — using localhost alone can cause the browser to cache the https which causes some problems. …Ssl4 min readSsl4 min read
Jan 12, 2017Free TLS with LetsEncrypt and Heroku in 5 MinutesOur team at 201 Created recently built a proof-of-concept web app that showcases the extraordinary capabilities of the modern web. It is quickly converging on (and in some cases, surpassing) the feature set of native apps. …Https4 min readHttps4 min read
Jan 15, 2016More OAuth 2.0 Surprises: The Refresh TokenLast week I wrote a post about some of the things about OAuth that have surprised me as I learned more about it for Torii. This is a follow-up post focused on the OAuth 2 refresh token. As I explained in the first post, access tokens are the primary goal…Oauth3 min readOauth3 min read
