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Quick Validating JavaScript Function Before Call

There are many instances where we have to execute a function where we have no idea whether it actually exists or not. Let’s say for example, a function expects another function passed to it as...

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A mentally costly experience of buying a lounger

Beware: Owner wouldn’t think twice before fleecing money from you. If you’re a sharp person and not easily fooled, try your luck. The above was my original review on Google Plus. The owner called me up...

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Knight in Rusted Armour

Stands stooped the knight Adorned by the faintness of darkness Covered by the mist of silhouette And the gleam of golden dust.  The next daybreak stands far away And what lies ahead is the deception of...

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Check if UNIX Path has Hidden Directory or File

This snippet of code uses regular expression to test if a path string contains any hidden directory. The use-case was derived from the difficulty in determining whether directory is hidden or not using...

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Upgrading to Raspberry Pi Model B+

Often my OpenELEC Raspberry Pi would get stuck at pre-boot. The culprit turned out to be a faulty SD card connector. Unclipping the connector pins (as suggested in the elaborate diagnostic wiki on...

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Monit’s DMCA Takedown Notice for Inspeqtor

While reading Github’s new DMCA policy revamp related post, I stumbled upon an interesting conversation in Monit’s DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor. The entire public-facing conversation calls for...

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Postmortem of a UI repaint issue on Chrome

A while back, a section of our users started reporting a UI rendering issue while using Postman. The interesting thing about the issue was that it occurred only on very high resolution monitors. High...

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Get your bash scripts to sleep (halt execution) on Shippable and Travis

As I write this, it’s been about 36 hours without sleep for me — enough to relate to the importance of sleeping. However, this discussion is around getting a bash script or JavaScript on NodeJS to...

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Building a Resilient Continuous Deployment System

When was the last time a single developer did something really small and it made big impact? You can list them out or you can read it on Verge, BusinessInsider and on TheRegister. In a nutshell, Azer...

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NeoPixel RGB LED Ring in action – powered by Raspberry Pi 3

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