postgres data types: array

2019-06-10

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~2 min read

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247 words

When looking around a table in Postgres today, I noticed a curious looking field. looked like a collection, but when I looked at the Data…

git stash with a message

2019-06-09

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~1 min read

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157 words

Adding a message to a stash is a great way to easily identify what’s included in a stash. This can be particularly helpful if you’re only…

git stash a specific file

2019-06-08

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~2 min read

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261 words

Sometimes you only want to stash a few files at a time. Maybe in the course of your work, the files you were changing revealed a bigger…

lessons in typescript: extending 3rd party libraries and reading type definitions

2019-06-07

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~4 min read

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612 words

Using third party libraries is great when they do exactly what you want them to do. When it comes to extending them, however, it can get…

debugging transpiled code

2019-06-06

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~1 min read

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130 words

I was investigating a situation where my application was deviating from my expectations during runtime — aka bug fixing. Opening up my…

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