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A look into Getters and Setters in JavaScript

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The genesis of the "Hello World" programs

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Open-source tools I use as a developer on Linux

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Bookmark frequently used folders in Ubuntu

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Useful GNOME extensions that I am using on my Ubuntu 22.04

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Generate fake files of any size in macOS and Linux

An Ultimate Guide to Web Application Security

Minimizing Google Fonts by Only Loading it for Certain Characters

Increasing Productivity with Omni — The Alfred of Chrome

My Recap of 2021

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My Coding Playlist

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My favorite PhpStorm tricks and tips that I use daily

Reviewing Chernobyl - The HBO miniseries

Using GitHub as a Content Delivery Network

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Spicing up text with text-emphasis in CSS

Building Dynamic Progress Bars using only CSS

Fading content using transparent gradient in CSS

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Scoped CSS lands in Chrome 118

The new light-dark() function to switch theme color in CSS

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Pre-defined Absolute and Relative Sized Fonts in CSS

Mixing colors to create variants in CSS

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Text Wrap Pretty is coming to CSS

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Classless CSS Frameworks

Easy shine animation on hover using CSS

Handling images with inconsistent height in CSS

Tracking value of number inputs using CSS

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Better conditionals in CSS media queries with Range Syntax

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CSS that depends upon JavaScript

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Conditionally loading CSS or any resource using media queries

Image Borders in CSS

The accent-color CSS Property is Now Widely Supported by Modern Browsers

Implementing scroll snap using only three lines of CSS

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Gradient-y Box Shadows in CSS

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Three lines of CSS to center anything horizontally and vertically

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Using abbreviations for long CSS properties in VS Code

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Built-in port forwarding in VS Code

Camel Humps in VS Code

Trying VS Code themes without installing them

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Tabbing out of brackets and quotes in VS Code

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Bold editor fonts? Yes, please!

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VS Code Timeline — Your local version control system

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Boolean toggle using useReducer hook in React.js

Effectively rendering lists in React.js

Using value of state variables right after updating in React.js

Curried event handlers in React.js

Auto assigning unique key to each child of a list in React

Always destructure your component props in React.js

Graceful error handling using Error Boundaries in React.js

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Supercharged and clutter-free data fetching using React Query

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Git Uncommit

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Dry running Git commands

Attaching additional notes to a Git commit

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Fetch commit logs of certain function or method in Git

Clone repositories without the entire history in Git

Remove local branches which don't have remote counterparts in Git

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HTML-only Keyboard Shortcuts

Hide an image entirely when it does not load in HTML

Render Images Based On Dark or Light Theme Of The Device

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Make DevTools pick colors outside of Chrome

The new Performance Insights panel in Chrome Dev Tools

Auto dark mode origin trial of Chrome

Track Git-style local changes in Chrome Dev Tools

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Finding security vulnerabilities in packages using Composer Audit command

Dry running Composer update without actually updating dependencies

Why you should always commit the composer.lock file

Gracefully installing global Composer libraries

How to pull GitHub repositories as Composer packages in PHP

Lesser known Composer tricks and tips you should know

Add app screenshots to the install prompt of PWAs

Check if a PWA is opened as a standalone app or not

Adding a custom Install button in Progressive Web Apps

Chrome 73 now supports installing PWAs as a native app on macOS

TIL - How to fix embedded scripts in Progressive Web Apps

Building a simple offline-capable Notepad app using ServiceWorker

Better help pages for commands in the terminal

Conveniently jumping to directories using Aliases in Terminal

Copy last terminal command to clipboard in Linux and macOS

Showing current Git branch for the project in command prompt

Search through the history of commands in terminal

Multiselect-able configuration setting in Magento2

Building API endpoints in Magento2 from scratch

Fetch and calculate tax details anywhere within Magento 2

Get all admin users as an array in Magento 2

GitHub Copilot now generates AI Commit Messages

I got access to GitHub Copilot Chat

Code explanation using GitHub Copilot

Making existing code more readable using GitHub Copilot

Dock installable web apps in Safari macOS Sonoma

Designing websites keeping floating tab bar of Safari 15 (on iOS) in mind

Get your website ready for new tab bar theming of Safari 15

Using environment variables in Next.js Frontend

Local HTTPS for Next.js 13.5

Store and fetch common application data in Next.js

What happens when you select count(*) in MySQL

Temporal intervals are handy in MySQL

An int(11) is not what you think it is in MySQL

Rebasing PR branches right from GitHub.com

How to Retrieve The Oldest Commit of a GitHub User

Using GitHub password in terminal when 2FA is ON

Best VS Code themes - January 2019

My favorite VS Code themes for September 2018

Make PHPUnit test reports more detailed using TestDox

Run or exclude certain tests in PHPUnit

Node.js vs Deno — A high-level comparison

How to install Deno on Ubuntu (Linux)

Quickly sudo-ing the previous command in Bash Shell

Add auto-completion in Bash terminal using Fish shell

Chrome 73 now supports installing PWAs as a native app on macOS

Components with inline templates in Vue.js

Expose local Vite instance to the network

The native ad blocker in Chrome you don't know about

Chrome 73 now supports installing PWAs as a native app on macOS

Why radio buttons are called radio buttons in UIs?

TypeScript's private modifiers Vs. ECMAScript's hash(#) private fields

Implementing dark mode using Tailwind 3.0

Codelobster IDE - A free PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript editor (Sponsor)

Strict vs Weak types in SQLite

Delay dispatching actions in Redux using Thunk middleware

Best Ways to Learn How to Code

Bookmarks feature in PhpStorm is truly a saviour

List down outdated npm packages in your project

Expose local directories to network devices in Node.js

My current setup (2018 edition)

Suspending and putting a running process in the background in Linux

How to set user paths in Fish Shell

Getting started with Electron