Tyler Smith

I'm a software developer who writes about Laravel, JavaScript, Linux, Docker, WordPress and the tech industry. Follow me on Mastodon @tylerlwsmith@hachyderm.io

Sacramento, California Joined on Apr 17, 2018 https://deadhandmedia.com

Education

BA in Communications Emphasis in Public Relations

Work

Software Engineer

Linux, Python and all things JavaScript.

React.js, Next.js, Vue.js, Node.js, JavaScript, Linux, Hugo, WordPress & Laravel.

59 posts published

203 comments written

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Tyler Smith

Aug 3 '21

Comparison of MDX integration strategies with Next.js

#nextjs #mdx #react #javascript

7 min read

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Mar 25 '21

Installing Laravel on a Raspberry Pi with Sail

#laravel #php #docker #raspberrypi

5 min read

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Dec 23 '20

Reflecting on a year with Node.js and why I should have stuck with Laravel

#laravel #php #node #javascript

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5 min read

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Dec 20 '19

Fuchsia and the Server: Why I'm Betting on Linux

#fuchsia #linux #opensource

7 min read

Tyler Smith

Nov 30 '18

Simplifying WordPress's functions.php with OOP

#wordpress #oop #php

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6 min read

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May 29

How to copy test results from a container to the host using Docker Compose

#docker #dockercompose #testing

2 min read

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Tyler Smith

May 18

Set an Active Storage attachment in an after_save callback

#rails #ruby

2 min read

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Apr 30

Resize images before saving them with Ruby on Rails Active Storage

#rails #activestorage #ruby

3 min read

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Mar 3

Faking private class constructors in JavaScript

#javascript

2 min read

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Feb 23

Add trailing slashes in Rails without breaking everything

#rails #ruby

3 min read

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Sep 10 '22

Using Alpine.js directives on form_with in Ruby on Rails

#rails #alpinejs #javascript #ruby

1 min read

Tyler Smith

Jul 31 '22

Error boundary causes React Router links to stop working

#react #javascript

3 min read

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Feb 13 '22

Leveraging JavaScript to implement CSS transitions that use display: none

#animation #css #javascript

3 min read

Tyler Smith

Feb 10 '22

Using Google Analytics's gtag.js with Turbolinks

#turbolinks #analytics #javascript

5 min read

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Feb 9 '22

Using Alpine's Persist plugin in a separate JavaScript file

#alpinejs #javascript

3 min read

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Feb 6 '22

Binding an Alpine.js element to the turbolinks:load event

#alpinejs #turbolinks #javascript

2 min read

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Feb 5 '22

Scoping variables to a single file in Scss without @use

#scss #sass

2 min read

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Jan 26 '22

Download a webpage and all of its assets using wget

#linux

1 min read

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Jan 25 '22

Development-only pages in Next.js

#nextjs #react #javascript

5 min read

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Jan 23 '22

Development-only routes in Django

#django #python

2 min read

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Jan 22 '22

Styling django-allauth by overriding its templates

#django #allauth #python

3 min read

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Jan 20 '22

Creating a text column using Ecto in Elixir's Phoenix framework

#phoenix #ecto #elixir

2 min read

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Dec 16 '21

Self-hosting analytics with Plausible & NGINX on Ubuntu Server

#plausible #linux #selfhosting

7 min read

Tyler Smith

Dec 15 '21

A complete guide to deploying Rails on an Ubuntu VirtualBox VM

#rails #linux #virtualbox #ruby

8 min read

Tyler Smith

Dec 15 '21

Verifying GPG signatures: history, terms and a how-to guide

#gpg #pgp #cryptography #opensource

6 min read

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Dec 12 '21

Include a phone frame in a screenshot of an Android Expo project

#expo #reactnative #mobile #android

3 min read

Tyler Smith

Dec 5 '21

Build an "Edit Page" button in a Hugo template

#hugo #jamstack

3 min read

Tyler Smith

Dec 5 '21

Get the absolute path to the project directory in Hugo

#hugo #jamstack

2 min read

Tyler Smith

Dec 5 '21

How to check if a Hugo site is in development or production

#hugo #jamstack

2 min read

Tyler Smith

Dec 1 '21

Prevent NPM from installing packages outside of a Docker container

#docker #node #npm #javascript

3 min read

Tyler Smith

Nov 16 '21

Do content management systems actually serve their users?

#wordpress #jamstack #drupal #headless

10 min read

Tyler Smith

Sep 23 '21

SSH into a server behind Cloudflare using an SSH config file

#devops #linux #sysadmin

2 min read

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Sep 18 '21

Validating an upload as an image OR a video with Laravel

#laravel #php

2 min read

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Sep 14 '21

Speed up Laravel in Docker by moving vendor directory

#laravel #docker #php

4 min read

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Sep 13 '21

Handling url-encoded forwarded slashes in Laravel URLs

#laravel #php

2 min read

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Sep 11 '21

One does not "just containerize" an app

#docker #devops #containers #infrastructure

2 min read

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May 13 '21

Read selected text out-loud on Ubuntu Linux

#linux #a11y

3 min read

Tyler Smith

Mar 7 '21

Getting Pop_OS! Installed on an HP ProBook x360 11

#linux #popos

3 min read

Tyler Smith

Jan 16 '21

Change Laravel's exception screen code editor

#laravel #php #tooling

1 min read

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Dec 26 '20

DEV 2020 Year-in-Review: Scraping data using the Console

#javascript #tutorial

6 min read

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Dec 17 '20

Unpacking the murky distinctions between websites and web applications.

2 min read

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Nov 1 '20

"But does it scale?" A pragmatic overview of infrastructure scalability

#performance #architecture #codenewbie

4 min read

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Oct 31 '20

Is PHP a gnarly language? Yes, yes it is.

#php #languages #softwareengineering

5 min read

Tyler Smith

Oct 27 '20

Why is WordPress development painful?

#wordpress #softwareengineering

4 min read

Tyler Smith

Oct 12 '20

Laravel not running accessors with numbers in attribute name when serializing to JSON

#laravel #php

2 min read

Tyler Smith

Oct 3 '20

Can you be a good software engineer if you just do it for the money?

#opinion

3 min read

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Oct 2 '20

Using a TypeScript interface to define model properties in Objection.js

#typescript

2 min read

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Jul 27 '20

Hating jQuery doesn't make you cool

#jquery #javascript

3 min read

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Jul 26 '20

Exiting Node.js when programmatically using "Concurrently" to run multiple scripts

#node #javascript #tooling

2 min read

Tyler Smith

Apr 28 '20

Getting the Community SegmentedControl to Work on iOS in Expo SDK 37

#reactnative #expo #mobile

1 min read

Tyler Smith

Apr 27 '20

What to Consider When Picking a New Programming Language

#languages #careeradvice

4 min read

Tyler Smith

Apr 19 '20

No, you don't need to learn the language before you learn a framework

#opinion #beginners #frameworks

2 min read

Tyler Smith

Apr 19 '20

How to Open a CodeSandbox Project Without a Browser Preview

#codesandbox #tooling

1 min read

Tyler Smith

Nov 18 '19

Casting integers to floats for float division in Hugo

#hugo #jamstack

1 min read

Tyler Smith

Oct 29 '19

How to get React Router 4 to allow nested components inside of a Switch

#react #reactrouter #javascript

2 min read

Tyler Smith

Oct 20 '19

How to implement a working checkbox component in Formik 1.5.8

#formik #react #javascript

1 min read

Tyler Smith

Jul 27 '19

Getting Ubuntu Linux Installed on an HP ProBook x360 11

#linux #ubuntu

3 min read

Tyler Smith

Feb 15 '19

My Impressions of Hugo as a WordPress Developer

#hugo #wordpress #jamstack

9 min read

Tyler Smith

Jan 26 '19

Simplifying WordPress's functions.php with OOP: Part 2

#wordpress #oop #php

6 min read

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