Nick Janetakis

I'm a full stack web developer who has been freelancing for the last 20 years. I write about everything from development to production and also have video courses on my site!

New York Joined on Apr 17, 2018

Education

Self taught

Nick Janetakis

Nov 16 '19

#showdevDo You Have a Web App Running in Production? Become a Guest on My New Podcast / Interview Site

#devops #podcast #showdev #webdev

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Configuring wsltty Which Is My Favorite Windows WSL Terminal

#beginners #terminal #video #wsl

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Nick Janetakis

Aug 29 '19

Upgrading a Dockerized Flask App from Python 2.7 to Python 3.7+

#docker #flask #python #video

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Nick Janetakis

Aug 13 '19

Find and Replace Text in 1 or More Files Using Vim, fzf and ripgrep

#beginners #video #vim

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Nick Janetakis

Jul 15 '19

A Python CLI Tool to Help Diff Web Framework Versions

#opensource #python #video #webdev

3 min read

Nick Janetakis

Jul 8 '19

Using tmux Sessions, Windows, Panes and Vim Buffers Together

#beginners #tmux #video #vim

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Nick Janetakis

Jul 1 '19

Design Your Web UIs Faster by Planning Out Each Different State

#beginners #tutorial #video #webdev

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Nick Janetakis

May 28 '19

Learning a New and Unfamiliar Code Base

#beginners #opensource #video #webdev

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Nick Janetakis

May 20 '19

Live Demo of Planning a Real World Web Application from Scratch

#beginners #tutorial #video #webdev

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Nick Janetakis

May 6 '19

Writing and Previewing Markdown in Real Time with Vim 8+

#beginners #markdown #productivity #vim

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Nick Janetakis

Apr 22 '19

Remap and Set Global Hotkeys on Windows 10 with Auto Hotkey

#autohotkey #beginners #productivity #windows

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Nick Janetakis

Apr 15 '19

Using GnuCash as a Freelancer to Track Finances and Prepare Taxes

#beginners #career #freelance #tips

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Nick Janetakis

Apr 1 '19

Getting Productive with Vim in a Week without Hating It

#beginners #productivity #programming #vim

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Nick Janetakis

Mar 12 '19

Vim Is Saving Me Hours of Work When Writing Books & Courses

#productivity #programming #writing #vim

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Nick Janetakis

Feb 25 '19

80 Characters per Line Is a Standard Worth Sticking to Even Today

#beginners #productivity #webdev #vscode

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Nick Janetakis

Jan 2 '19

A Linux Dev Environment on Windows with WSL, Docker, tmux and VSCode

#docker #productivity #windows #vscode

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Nick Janetakis

Dec 25 '18

My Favorite VSCode Extensions and Settings

#beginners #productivity #webdev #vscode

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Nick Janetakis

Dec 5 '18

Optimize Your Programming Decisions for the 95%, Not the 5%

#beginners #devops #productivity #webdev

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Nick Janetakis

Nov 27 '18

How to Transfer a Domain Name with Zero Downtime

#beginners #devops #webdev

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Nick Janetakis

Nov 1 '18

ngrok, lvh.me and nip.io: A Trilogy for Local Development and Testing

#beginners #stripe #testing #webdev

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Nick Janetakis

Oct 16 '18

Here's Why You Should Quote Your Variables in Bash

#bash #beginners #devops #linux

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Nick Janetakis

Oct 3 '18

Best Practices When It Comes to Writing Docker Related Files

#beginners #docker #devops #webdev

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Nick Janetakis

Sep 17 '18

Using Print Statements Are A Handy Way to Debug and Explore Code

#beginners #learning #productivity #webdev

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Nick Janetakis

Aug 29 '18

Microservices Are Something You Grow Into, Not Begin With

#beginners #learning #productivity #webdev

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Nick Janetakis

Jul 30 '18

#discussNot sure what to build? Here's a desktop app idea that solves a real problem for people who create videos

#discuss #opensource #desktop

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Nick Janetakis

Jul 10 '18

#discussHow do you organize source code on your computer?

#discuss #productivity #beginners

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Nick Janetakis

Jun 18 '18

Would Socrates Use Docker Today?

#docker #beginners #learning #productivity

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Nick Janetakis

Jun 17 '18

#discussWhat's a good light weight library to handle inputting text that also supports file uploads?

#discuss #opensource

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Nick Janetakis

Jun 12 '18

Using WSL and MobaXterm to Create a Linux Dev Environment on Windows

#productivity #webdev #beginners #windows

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Nick Janetakis

Jun 5 '18

How to Pick a Good Monitor for Software Development

#productivity #webdev #beginners

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Nick Janetakis

May 19 '18

How to Start and Finish Any Web App Project

#beginners #webdev #flask #productivity

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Nick Janetakis

Apr 18 '18

Dockerize a Rails 5, Postgres, Redis, Sidekiq and Action Cable Application with Docker Compose

#docker #rails #webdev

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Nick Janetakis

May 1 '18

Flask Libraries for Building Awesome Real World RESTful APIs

#flask #python #webdev #api

5 min read

Nick Janetakis

May 10 '18

Breaking down Problems by Prepending a DOM Element with jQuery

#beginners #javascript #webdev

3 min read

Nick Janetakis

May 6 '18

Setting up a Python Development Environment with and without Docker

#docker #python #flask #productivity

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