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May 8, 2020

Rails Style Ruby Database Migrations with Sequel

If you’ve ever worked with ActiveRecord databases, you know how awesome it can be to manage changes to your database. Make some changes in an indexed migration file, and run rake db:migrate to apply all changes; your database stays up to date…

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Dec 26, 2020

How to Play Audiobooks on the HomePod

One of the limitations of the Apple HomePod is it cannot access your Audiobooks library to play audiobooks for you. This is not ideal, since Amazon Echo can read Audible books aloud. Having recently switched my smart speakers to HomePod, I’m happy to have finally…

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May 13, 2020

One Command Developers on MacOS Should Run Every Day

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Feb 20, 2018

How I Choose the Recruiters I Work With

In every job hunt, I find a huge influx of requests to connect with recruiters and hiring managers. Some of them are great, and some of them treat me like a number in their firehose of job applicants. I’ve developed a pretty good system for separating the good…

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Nick Prokesch

I’m a software developer at Tanga.com. I enjoy coding in Ruby, Python, Javascript, ReactJS, and Angular. I like DevOps, and I’m a big fan of AWS infrastructure. I’m also passionate about fitness, health, tacos, hiking, cooking, and living with dietary restrictions.

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Road Warrior Gear: Everyday Carry for the Nomadic Software Developer

useFeatureFlag: Feature Flags with React and Webpack

How to Share Songs Links from Apple Music to Spotify Friends

Rails Style Ruby Database Migrations with Sequel

How to Play Audiobooks on the HomePod

One Command Developers on MacOS Should Run Every Day

How I Choose the Recruiters I Work With