Your Dependencies Are Not Free
Dependencies are free chunks of functionality, except when they're not. They come with hidden costs which need careful consideration.
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A collection of 4 posts
Remove the 'Choose Your Search Engine' Dialog in Capybara
Google recently added a dialog to let users select their search engine. Ordinarily you choose your preferred search engine and get on with life, but this doesn't appear to be the case when using Chrome for automation, such as through Capybara; everything is fine if running in headless
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Eleventy Tricks
I recently moved this site away from Hugo and onto Eleventy. Given my simple needs, I was attracted to Eleventy because it too is simple and flexible. Unfortunately, those very positive traits mean that developers may need to invent a few features for themselves — one size does not fit all,
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Faster Excel Parsing in Ruby
When exporting data for general use, we commonly reach for CSV files; they're basically plain-text, but with a sort-of agreed-upon structure — well, there is RFC 4180 but Wikipedia agrees that implementations are inconsistent at best. For the layperson, though, Excel sheets are what's used and understood.
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