George Nance

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The Apps I Use

Staying productive in a digital world can be hard without the right tools. I have assembled a list of great apps that I use everyday that make my life easier. Bear Bear is a note taking app that brilliantly simple. Where it thrives is its ability to use anywhere in your note and…

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7 Reasons you SHOULD write CSS

This article is in response to this post on DEV. I believe that preprocessors like SASS, LESS, or Stylus are becoming more and more irrelevant as CSS becomes more powerful. 1. PostCSS I am going to start this list with PostCSS . Some people will be gritting their teeth right…

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Don’t use frontmatter to seperate your markdown files in GatsbyJS - Use the file system

Introduction How splitting up markdown is normally done Why its bad Prerequisites Step 1 - Create the folder structure Step 2 - Set up the file system in Gatsby Step 3 - Update Gatsby config Step 4 - Let the separating begin Wrap Up Introduction I have a link to the code I used…

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An Open Letter to New Programmers

Dear weary novice programmer, Do not give up. I promise it will all make sense soon. Learning to program is not an exercise of remembering commands but the ability to change how you think. Learning to program is bigger then having the ability to write computer programs. It will…

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How to be productive as an ADHD programmer

Being productive while having ADHD can sometimes feel like a colossal task. When I was rediagnosed with ADHD as an adult, I began to research ways to be more productive that are inattentive friendly. To my surprise, there was not much content for adults with it. So I compiled a…

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Deleting untracked files from git

The problem: Have you ever tried to pull down some new changes and come across this error? Untracked files huh? Okay, that doesn't sound too difficult. You should be able to run git reset --hard But wait They are still there! What gives !? The reason is because git reset --hard…

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Deadlines are important

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline. -Nolan Bushnell, Atari When I think of deadlines, I think of late nights staying up working on school essays the night before it was due. Me and deadlines have always had a discomforting relationship. I was a bit of a slacker and I would…

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