the seed of imagination is others

2019-07-18

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~2 min read

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316 words

My mind races a lot. I can’t help it. Whenever I talk to someone, read something, observe an interaction, etc. I immediately start thinking…

check for duplicates - count, case, and exist in postgres

2019-07-16

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~3 min read

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504 words

Before I write to a database, I want to make sure that I don’t create a duplicate record based on the name and parent record id. To…

using coalesce and dynamic updates to multiple records in postgres

2019-07-16

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~4 min read

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711 words

I wanted to update multiple fields on multiple records and handle the case that not all of the information is present in the update for each…

gatsby config plugin syntax

2019-07-14

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~2 min read

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235 words

I often struggle with the syntax of config files. What are resolvers? How do options work? etc. As a result, while making my way through…

what is `require.resolve` and how does it work?

2019-07-13

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~2 min read

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374 words

In order to understand , part of the Node API, we must first understand its context. Namely, the module and how it fits within the realm of…

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