Huboard – socket.io backend

huboard.com! Your favorite open source kanban board built on top of the GitHub api has gotten a little bit more awesome. I’ve decided to release the socket.io backend that is keeping huboard.com all up to date and super fancy. Why … Continue reading 

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Huboard redesign (gif edition)

Huboard! I’ve been working on a big redesign of huboard since around September or so. I’m finally ready to reveal all of that hard work. So what better way to show off all the new features than animated gifs, right? … Continue reading 

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UX: Color is only meaningful if it’s different

Color is important for UX On the daily, when I’m not lurking imgur, I work on HR case management software. HR case management isn’t exactly the sexiest technology sector, but that doesn’t keep me from trying to provide the best … Continue reading 

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Huboard goes RealTime ™

Huboard! Websockets FTW I’ve recently added websocket support to the issues board in Huboard. Things I’ve added: Live update for cards moving from column to column Live update of issues closed from huboard.com Live update of issues closed from github.com … Continue reading 

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The *nix Rube Goldberg machine – shift

Learn your shell! If you have been following along, I love bash and use it all the TIME! I’ll go as far as to say its the greatest thing I’ve learned in my entire career. In my last bash post … Continue reading 

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Huboard – New feature overview

Huboard! I’ve been working one a few new features in my side project huboard and they are pretty awesome. Since the start I’ve always prioritized features by what adds the most value to github issues. That means features github already … Continue reading 

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The *nix Rube Goldberg machine – functions!

Learn your shell! So a couple weeks ago I finally decided to learn how to use bash functions. I knew they existed but I decided to ignore them for the longest time. Often times you find yourself typing the same … Continue reading 

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The *nix Rube Goldberg Machine – .bat;.cmd done better

Learn your shell! My primary work machine is Ubuntu *happy face* but my day to day work is in a windows VM *sad face* Our project uses a lot of nugets packages and some of those nugets bring in command … Continue reading 

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The *nix Rube Goldberg Machine – for f in awesome

Learn your shell! I can’t stress enough how important it is to learn what every shell program you prefer. cmd, bash, zsh, powershell, doesn’t matter pick one and learn it! There is endless productivity and general sanity to be gained … Continue reading 

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The *nix Rube Goldberg Machine – find/grep/vim

Learn your shell! Piping grep into grep I was spelunking my .bash_history and came across this little piece of awesome. ~/lecode> find source/ -type f | grep -v ” ” | xargs grep this\.Asset.* | grep dovetail | grep -v … Continue reading 

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