Category: Web Development

Google is removing the basic HTML view from Gmail, starting in January of 2024. Here is their page about it. In case you’re not familiar with what that looks like, here is an example. This is the view you’re probably familiar with. This is the HTML view. Now, I’m not terribly interested in showing the … Continue reading “Google is Removing Basic HTML View from Gmail”

I had an incredibly frustrating experience this morning and felt the need to share. I wanted to know where I could watch the Notre Dame vs. Navy game. I figured it was either on NBC or on Peacock but wasn’t sure. So I Googled, “where to watch Notre Dame vs. Navy game” and received a … Continue reading “Stop Optimizing For Ad Metrics”

Meta launched their Twitter competitor today. It’s called Threads. It’s not a thread I’m going to pull on in the short term. A couple of disclaimers before my rant. In the year we make contact…2023…how does any service launch without a web experience. If you go to the main Threads site, you get nothing but … Continue reading “Not Touching Threads”

My dad showed me a weird “update” to the laundry app in his building. Instead of the countdown timer going all the way to zero, like it had been doing, it now switches to a “<5 minutes” message. I thought perhaps this would be to allow some room for washers taking longer than the expected … Continue reading “The Curious Case of Countdown Timers”

I’m trying to build a website for my dog. The plan is not very complicated. I’d like to just have a masonry layout of photos of him, and when you click one, a lightbox opens. I’d like to set it up so I can store the photos somewhere so I can hook into a REST … Continue reading “Photos API”

I was working on something where I wanted to add commas to a number that didn’t have commas. I like things to be readable ya know? Turns out it’s really easy. All you need to do is set up the “toLocaleString” method and JavaScript does the heavy lifting. After reading the MDN docs on it, … Continue reading “How to add commas to a number in JavaScript”

I don’t have too many badges of honor in nerd-dom. One of the few that I do have is that I’ve been into podcasts since 2008. The first podcast I ever listened to was Major Nelson Radio, now The Official Xbox Podcast, hosted by Larry Hyrb at Xbox. I thought it was magical. I was … Continue reading “Exclusivity is the Antithesis to What Podcasts Were Meant to be.”

I’m trying hard this year to do more creating. Write a blog, and even if it’s not perfect, that’s ok. Ship it. Build a site. Who cares if it’s small and not up to the design standards I’d usually set? Did I learn something? Ship it…or make it a Codepen. Just share learnings. I often … Continue reading “Space Photo of the Day”

If you’ve ever needed to automatically apply a coupon code at checkout for your WooCommerce customers, you may have noticed that there are a few plugins that can do this for you. However, with a little extra work, it’s easy to do yourself. Previous knowledge of the PHP and the WooCommerce folder structure is required. … Continue reading “How to Apply a Coupon Code Automatically in WooCommerce/WordPress”