Rob OLeary

Hacker, traveller, photographer, tinkerer

Joined on Apr 5, 2020 https://www.roboleary.net/

Rob OLeary

May 24

How to create a slick CSS animation from The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (TV series title sequence)

#webdev #css #javascript #tutorial

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How to create a slick CSS animation from The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (TV series title sequence)

May 24

How to create a slick CSS animation from The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (TV series title sequence)

May 24

VS Code - You don't need a formatting extension (Prettier and friends)

Yes, that builtin extension formats JavaScript and TypeScript...

May 23

VS Code - You don't need a formatting extension (Prettier and friends)

Ya when it comes to a team project, there are these consider...

May 19

VS Code - You don't need a formatting extension (Prettier and friends)

Manual formatting is an alternative of course! If you gain by...

May 18

VS Code - You don't need a formatting extension (Prettier and friends)

May 18

Spring clean your home directory! Or should you? 🌻🧹🤔

It can be an admin task when you use symlinks. I dont know if...

May 13

Spring clean your home directory! Or should you? 🌻🧹🤔

And do you start again with your configuration for programs/a...

May 12

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May 18

VS Code - You don't need a formatting extension (Prettier and friends)

#vscode #tooling #webdev

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May 12

Spring clean your home directory! Or should you? 🌻🧹🤔

#discuss #linux #programming

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Apr 27

Add a smart 'back to top' button to your website 👓🔝

#webdev #tutorial #javascript #beginners

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Apr 20

VS Code - What's the deal with telemetry?

#tooling #vscode #privacy #webdev

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Apr 13

How to detect scroll direction in vanilla JavaScript (to make a goofy logo animation)

#webdev #javascript #tutorial #beginners

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Apr 4

How to include browser support data (caniuse) in your blog posts

#html #javascript #webdev #beginners

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Mar 28

Native lazy-loading - Why doesn't the video element have it?

#webdev #performance #html #javascript

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Mar 25

Add a "skip to main content" navigation link to your website to improve accessibility

#webdev #beginners #css #a11y

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Rob OLeary

Mar 17

Setting up VS Code for Java development

#java #vscode #tooling #beginners

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Mar 1

VS Code keyboard-fu: custom keyboard shortcuts that will boost your productivity

#vscode #productivity #tooling #beginners

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Rob OLeary

Feb 25

Read XKCD in the terminal with some bash magic

#showdev #linux #bash

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Jan 22

How to create a slick animation from Ozark (TV show title sequence)

#webdev #javascript

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Jan 17

Add bookmark links to your blog to make it easy to reference

#webdev #javascript

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8 min read

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Jan 14

Add a 'copy code to clipboard' button to your blog's code blocks

#webdev #javascript

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Rob OLeary

Nov 18 '21

Testing a Svelte app with Jest

#webdev #javascript #svelte #testing

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15 min read

Rob OLeary

Nov 8 '21

VS Code: You don't need that extension part 2

#vscode #tooling #productivity

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Rob OLeary

Oct 11 '21

VS Code - Quickly increment and decrement numeric values with keyboard shortcuts

#vscode #productivity #webdev #css

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Rob OLeary

Sep 2 '21

Automatically change your wallpaper on Linux

#linux #bash

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Rob OLeary

Aug 30 '21

Setting up your own online store? Here's a breakdown of the transaction fees charged by payment services

#webdev #ecommerce

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8 min read

Rob OLeary

Aug 24 '21

VS Code - Snippets are not bash aliases. How to write great snippets that anyone can use

#vscode #tooling #productivity

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7 min read

Rob OLeary

Aug 16 '21

VS Code - Get type checking in JavaScript easily

#webdev #javascript #tooling

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Rob OLeary

Aug 10 '21

VS Code - How many extensions should I use?

#vscode #performance

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5 min read

Rob OLeary

Jul 30 '21

Images are hard. Is there a simpler way?

#webdev

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13 min read

Rob OLeary

Jul 14 '21

Make your own (interactive) graphic novel

#webdev #javascript #css #design

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Rob OLeary

Jul 12 '21

How to add a favicon to your website

#webdev #design

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7 min read

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Jun 20 '21

My article was #1 on Hackernews yesterday and it was an unpleasant experience

#writing

2 min read

Rob OLeary

Jun 16 '21

Write a VS Code extension in JavaScript, not TypeScript ^

#vscode #javascript #node #beginners

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Rob OLeary

Jun 9 '21

Give your linux terminal a makeover

#showdev #linux #bash #zsh

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Rob OLeary

May 1 '21

An unwanted update to your Google Account

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Apr 28 '21

Easy file management in VS Code

#showdev #vscode #tools #webdev

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Mar 22 '21

A quick reference for shadows in CSS

#webdev #css

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Rob OLeary

Mar 3 '21

Making a living from open source

#opensource #webdev

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Rob OLeary

Jan 9 '21

Get Git and Github/GitLab in sync on default branch naming (master | main)

#webdev #productivity #git #github

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Rob OLeary

Dec 28 '20

Add Intellisense for third-party JavaScript libraries in VS Code (it is not always automatic)

#vscode #webdev #beginners #tutorial

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2 min read

Rob OLeary

Dec 24 '20

How to create a slick animation from Killing Eve (TV show title sequence)

#webdev #tutorial #javascript #css

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Rob OLeary

Nov 18 '20

How to make an awesome horizontal parallax animation

#webdev #css #design #tutorial

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Rob OLeary

Nov 6 '20

Is there a "missing" feature or extension that you would like to see in VS Code?

#watercooler #vscode #webdev

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Oct 19 '20

How to run a command automatically in VS Code when you open a project

#webdev #vscode #productivity

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Rob OLeary

Sep 22 '20

VS Code's secret snippets

#webdev #vscode #productivity

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Rob OLeary

Sep 17 '20

Customise VS Code for a project, or per language

#webdev #vscode #productivity #tutorial

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Rob OLeary

Sep 15 '20

How to set VS Code as your Git editor, difftool, and mergetool

#webdev #git #vscode #productivity

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5 min read

Rob OLeary

Aug 10 '20

The easy way to find the perfect font and theme combination

#webdev #productivity #vscode #tips

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Aug 5 '20

Animate text along a path (it's easy)

#webdev #javascript #beginners #tutorial

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1 min read

Rob OLeary

Aug 5 '20

VS Code: You don't need that extension

#webdev #vscode #productivity #tips

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Rob OLeary

Jun 24 '20

From 'A' to 'Web App': Test an API in Java 🕸☕

#webdev #java #tutorial #testing

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Rob OLeary

Jun 19 '20

For front-end development, how do your organise your code (outside of a framework), and what tools do you use to manage it?

#discuss #webdev #javascript #typescript

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Rob OLeary

Jun 16 '20

Happier writing with markdown: linting, spellchecking, auto-preview, and more ✍🙂

#writing #productivity #coding

5 min read

Rob OLeary

Jun 10 '20

What languages and tools do you use that spark joy?

#discuss #career #productivity

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Rob OLeary

Jun 3 '20

From 'A' to 'Web App': Build an API in Java

#java #webdev #beginners #tutorial

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22 min read

Rob OLeary

May 26 '20

Create eye-catching rich snippets for your blog posts

#html #webdev #beginners #tutorial

7 min read

Rob OLeary

May 1 '20

Shall I enumerate the ways you drink me? Java enumerations 🤤☕

#java #programming #beginners #tutorial

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Apr 24 '20

Calculate the 'reading time' for your blog ⏱🦉

#css #javascript #tutorial #beginners

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Rob OLeary

Apr 21 '20

Make a reading progress bar for your blog 📊

#webdev #javascript #css #tutorial

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Rob OLeary

Apr 17 '20

HTML Nuggets: Little bits that you may have forgotten, never learned, never realised, or ignored! 🔸🤓

#html #webdev #beginners

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Rob OLeary

Apr 13 '20

Make it stick! Sticky headers in CSS 🦎🔝

#css #webdev #beginners #tutorial

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Rob OLeary

Apr 12 '20

How do you make learning new stuff fun, and stay motivated? 💪🥳

#programming #javascript #webdev #beginners

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Rob OLeary

Apr 8 '20

When did you start to learn productivity-boosting techniques and development tools? 🧰⏩

#discuss #webdev #productivity #healthydebate

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How to create a slick CSS animation from The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (TV series title sequence)

How to create a slick CSS animation from The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (TV series title sequence)

VS Code - You don't need a formatting extension (Prettier and friends)

VS Code - You don't need a formatting extension (Prettier and friends)

VS Code - You don't need a formatting extension (Prettier and friends)

VS Code - You don't need a formatting extension (Prettier and friends)

Spring clean your home directory! Or should you? 🌻🧹🤔

Spring clean your home directory! Or should you? 🌻🧹🤔