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Golang’s fmt.Sprintf() and Printf() Demystified

Go’s creators used the functionality of C’s printf and scanf as a basic template for fmt.Sprintf(). However, for non-C developers, the way…

Aug 22, 2020

A woman confused by Golang’s fmt.Sprintf() function.

Aug 22, 2020

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Git Step-by-Step: Renaming a master Branch to main

If we have the power to make the world better, more inclusive, and less offensive, as technologists, we should accept the challenge to act…

Jul 20, 2020

People of different races and genders place their hands on top of each other

Jul 20, 2020

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Zero to Hero: Set Up Your Mac for Software Development

If you’re starting from zero with a fresh, new MacBook Pro or 18-core (!!) iMac Pro, here’s how to get set up for code hero-ery… ism… uh……

Jun 29, 2020

Little boy with a cape, ready to become a code hero.

Jun 29, 2020

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Securing Files on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Security is ever important. To ease the human burden you might want to programmatically lock down file permissions. However, if you are…

Apr 30, 2020

Securing Files on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Apr 30, 2020

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pyenv: Multi-version Python development on Mac

Python developers and testers often support multiple Python versions. Switching back and forth between versions can be a pain. The…

Mar 7, 2020

pyenv: Multi-version Python development on Mac

Mar 7, 2020

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Fixing virtualenv 20.0.x

Hours ago, virtualenv was updated four major versions from 16.7.9 to 20.0.3. The result was a lot of broken CI with the update rated…

Feb 12, 2020

Fixing virtualenv 20.0.x

Feb 12, 2020

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macOS Catalina Xcode, Homebrew, Gems Developer Headaches

If you’re a developer and you’ve upgraded to macOS Catalina Version 10.15, chances are you have or will see some errors. Below we’ll look…

Oct 23, 2019

A frustrated woman sits in front of a Macbook

Oct 23, 2019

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Terraform Acceptance Testing: The Basics

Contributing to Terraform, HashiCorp’s open-source infrastructure as code (IaC) tool, is a great way to learn, get into open-source, and…

Oct 2, 2019

Terraform Acceptance Testing: The Basics

Oct 2, 2019

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Azure Pipelines and Git Tag Quirks

Your continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline likely charts a different course for release tags. However, Azure…

Sep 24, 2019

Azure Pipelines and Git Tag Quirks

Sep 24, 2019

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Azure Pipelines and Python Virtual Environments

Virtual environments in Python can cause quite a few problems with Windows-based Azure Pipelines. From unreported errors, to…

Aug 28, 2019

Azure Pipelines and Python Virtual Environments

Aug 28, 2019

Dirk Avery

Dirk Avery

Cloud engineer, AI buff, patent attorney, fan of cronuts. AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Professional. Go, Python, automation. https://www.hashicorp.com

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