February 27, 2021
After my post on how to auto-switch your theme based on the time of day, a few readers pointed out that VS Code “does this automatically”. In other words, you don’t need the extension that I recommended to do this. I had no idea! Is this true? Kind of… While...
February 22, 2021
While looking at Google Trends the other day for “visual studio code”, I noticed that one of the rising trends was “visual studio code format json”. Today, it’s gone, but still in the top related queries along with “how to format code”. This got me curious as to what it...
February 16, 2021
It’s a good idea to switch between dark and light mode depending on what time of day it is. During the day when your body is more awake, it might make more sense to use a light theme where reading comprehension is better. At night, your eyes become more tired...
February 11, 2021
Knowledge isn’t free. You have to pay attention. Ok, but all “play on words” aside, knowledge is free. That’s the key contribution of the internet, isn’t it? That all knowledge is now essentially free? And this is kind of a recent development. It used to cost quite a bit to...
February 08, 2021
No / Low Code tools (NoLow - I just coined that) have been the holy grail of software since I got into programming. I remain optimistic, but skeptical in regards to the idea that some day anyone will be able to build apps. Optimistic because we really need to get...