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"title": "JavaScript Design Patterns", "url": "https://mikeball.info/blog/javascript-design-patterns/", "published_at": "2011-03-19T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-e58e-7386-9433-49471ca58cab", "title": "Simplified Find/Replace from the Command Line", "url": "https://mikeball.info/blog/simplified-find/replace-from-the-command-line/", "published_at": "2011-02-03T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-e58e-7386-9433-49471d7e5d9d", "title": "How to Exclude Files from SVN Commits", "url": "https://mikeball.info/blog/how-to-exclude-files-from-svn-commits/", "published_at": "2010-12-09T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-e58e-7386-9433-49471db80f48", "title": "Basic Overview of the Surround Plugin for Vim", "url": "https://mikeball.info/blog/basic-overview-of-the-surround-plugin-for-vim/", "published_at": "2010-11-01T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-e58e-7386-9433-49471e42098d", "title": "Our Philadelphia", "url": "https://mikeball.info/projects/our-philadelphia/", "published_at": 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"01a087a5-e58e-7386-9433-494720cebd86", "title": "Clap Yr Hands", "url": "https://mikeball.info/projects/clap-yr-hands/", "published_at": "2010-02-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-e58e-7386-9433-494721a146b9", "title": "free103point9", "url": "https://mikeball.info/projects/free103point9/", "published_at": "2010-02-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-e58e-7386-9433-494721d3fe5f", "title": "Taylor & Juliette", "url": "https://mikeball.info/projects/taylor-juliette/", "published_at": "2010-02-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-e58e-7386-9433-4947224ccb0b", "title": "Anthroapology", "url": "https://mikeball.info/projects/anthroapology/", "published_at": "2010-02-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-e58e-7386-9433-494722b83e47", "title": "Polaroid Celluloid", "url": "https://mikeball.info/projects/polaroid-celluloid/", "published_at": "2010-02-20T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-e58e-7386-9433-494723b29975", "title": "31 Portraits", "url": 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Self-validating Terraform imports: detecting regressions at plan time original ↗

9 May 2026

Verifying and validating Terraform: techniques for testing infrastructure-as-code original ↗

13 Apr 2026

Testing JavaScript with node:test original ↗

29 Mar 2026

Terraform: natively reading GitHub release assets original ↗

31 Jan 2026

2025

Infinity Cats original ↗

30 Dec 2025

Terraform: self-validating plan-time permissions checks original ↗

21 Mar 2025

Packer: conditionally omit HCL block configuration original ↗

15 Mar 2025

2024

Terraform Patterns: the wrapper module original ↗

10 Jul 2024

Scalable Terraform Patterns: Reuse and Repeatability original ↗

9 Jul 2024

Scalable Terraform patterns: compound workspace names original ↗

1 Jul 2024

2023

Automated Terraform Plan Analysis With Terratest original ↗

21 Dec 2023

Unit Testing AWS S3 Downloads in Go original ↗

25 Aug 2023

Using tfmigrate to Codify and Automate Terraform State Operations original ↗

6 Aug 2023

Using the gh-dash gh CLI Extension to Manage GitHub Notifications original ↗

31 May 2023

Notes on Implementing Backstage original ↗

3 Mar 2023

2022

Extending the gh CLI with Go original ↗

28 Dec 2022

What is the Kubernetes controller pattern?original ↗

12 Dec 2022

What is the Kubernetes Operator Pattern?original ↗

28 Nov 2022

IP addressing, Networks, Subnets, and CIDR original ↗

11 Nov 2022

Advanced Terraform Logic original ↗

8 Nov 2022

Collecting Paginated HTTP API Response Data Using JavaScript's async/await original ↗

4 Nov 2022

Querying GitHub Release Data With gh and jq original ↗

2 Oct 2022

Terraform Provider Development Demystified original ↗

14 Jul 2022

2021

Mocking aws-sdk With Jest original ↗

16 Nov 2021

Multi-stage Docker Builds original ↗

7 Jul 2021

Transforming Terraform Output Values to Markdown with Terraputs original ↗

2 Jul 2021

Triggering GitHub Actions From Outside of GitHub original ↗

1 Jul 2021

Go Test Parallelization original ↗

11 Jun 2021

Terraform Plan Validation With Open Policy Agent original ↗

9 May 2021

Using Terraform workspaces original ↗

25 Apr 2021

An Intro to Unix File Permissions original ↗

21 Mar 2021

Go Concurrency With Goroutines and Channels original ↗

20 Feb 2021

HTTP Middleware in Go with httptest.ResponseRecorder original ↗

13 Feb 2021

2020

A systemd Cheat Sheet original ↗

18 Dec 2020

Testing Ansible Roles With Docker-in-Docker original ↗

29 Nov 2020

2019

How to Make a Concourse Resource Type original ↗

29 Oct 2019

2018

Channels in Go original ↗

9 Jan 2018

2017

Committing Via the Concourse Git Resource original ↗

5 Jun 2017

Serialize Empty Structs to JSON in Go original ↗

4 Jun 2017

31 West Philly Illustrations original ↗

1 Feb 2017

2016

Using the ConcourseCI pull request resource to verify Docker builds original ↗

19 Aug 2016

Using OptionParser in Rake original ↗

15 Apr 2016

2015

Using wget over Ansible's get_url original ↗

23 Dec 2015

Apache Persistent Connection Problems original ↗

18 Oct 2015

Secure Session Cookie in Rails over HTTPS original ↗

24 Sept 2015

How to Test Google Polymer elements on Travis CI original ↗

6 Jun 2015

JSConf 2015: Headless Testing Against Real Web Browsers original ↗

27 May 2015

NW.js Chromium data-path original ↗

9 Apr 2015

2014

Creating a Windows Installer for a node-webkit App on Mac OS original ↗

25 Sept 2014

Hopscotch Coffee Illustration original ↗

1 Sept 2014

All CSS Modal Dialogs original ↗

8 Aug 2014

JavaScript Modules original ↗

7 Jul 2014

TimesGrapher original ↗

22 May 2014

Rails API Integration Tests original ↗

17 Apr 2014

A Simple Ruby Class Example original ↗

30 Mar 2014

Automating Product Availability Alerts original ↗

27 Mar 2014

Automated Tests: What, Why, How?original ↗

8 Feb 2014

wp2middleman original ↗

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2013

31 Dream Homes original ↗

2 Oct 2013

Lobber original ↗

1 Oct 2013

Philadelphia Police Advisory Commission Complaint Map original ↗

27 Apr 2013

Nicar 2013 Conference original ↗

4 Mar 2013

Using Google Spreadsheets and Tabletop.js as a Web Application Back-end original ↗

2 Mar 2013

Streamlined Rails Gem Updates on Gem in a Box original ↗

11 Feb 2013

2012

Using the phl_geocode Ruby Gem original ↗

17 Dec 2012

Using the civic-info Node.js Module to Get Voter and Election Info original ↗

8 Nov 2012

Deploying an Express App to Heroku original ↗

22 Oct 2012

Testing Node.js with Mocha, Expect.js, and Nock original ↗

12 Oct 2012

Icon Sprites with Compass original ↗

10 Oct 2012

Using Mocha to Test a Node.js Server original ↗

15 Aug 2012

Collecting Basic Team and Sprint Metrics with Git original ↗

11 Aug 2012

Gull original ↗

6 Aug 2012

Setting Up Postgres on Mac OSX with Homebrew original ↗

29 Jul 2012

Fluent 2012 Notes: Nicholas Zakas on Maintainable JavaScript original ↗

31 May 2012

Deploying Wordpress to Pagodabox original ↗

24 Mar 2012

Lobbying.ph original ↗

5 Mar 2012

Using South on a Heroku-hosted Django Project original ↗

18 Feb 2012

2011

TEDxPhilly original ↗

9 Sept 2011

Basic Command Line Tools original ↗

30 Aug 2011

How to Contribute to a Project on GitHub original ↗

23 Aug 2011

CSS3: An All-CSS, Image-less Play Button original ↗

16 Jul 2011

CSS3: Using Transform to Make a Cube original ↗

15 Jul 2011

How to Make Testable Private Methods in JavaScript original ↗

11 May 2011

JavaScript Design Patterns original ↗

19 Mar 2011

Simplified Find/Replace from the Command Line original ↗

3 Feb 2011

2010

How to Exclude Files from SVN Commits original ↗

9 Dec 2010

Basic Overview of the Surround Plugin for Vim original ↗

1 Nov 2010

Our Philadelphia original ↗

23 Apr 2010

Quiet Logger: HTML5 WordPress Theme original ↗

26 Mar 2010

Hometown Typeface original ↗

19 Mar 2010

OurPhiladelphia.org Launched original ↗

28 Feb 2010

Battles original ↗

23 Feb 2010

Brainworms original ↗

23 Feb 2010

Clap Yr Hands original ↗

23 Feb 2010

free103point9 original ↗

23 Feb 2010

Taylor & Juliette original ↗

23 Feb 2010

Anthroapology original ↗

22 Feb 2010

Polaroid Celluloid original ↗

20 Feb 2010

31 Portraits original ↗

1 Feb 2010

2009

31 Patterns original ↗

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