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Recent Posts Recently I was looking through the github issues for the MariaDB nodejs connector projectfor some low hanging fruit. I came across issue 347.This is something that is common in projects written in Javascript that are consumed via aTypescript project.

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Blog 3 months ago

MariaDB Typescript enum fix

When compiled (transpiled?), a const enum has it's values inlined. Const enums can only use constant enum expressions and unlike regular enums they are completely removed during compilation. Const enum members are inlined at use sites. Typescript Docs In

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News BrianDouglas.ie 3 months ago

Adapt, improvise, and overcome

On social media and YouTube I've been seeing a lot of influential developers complain abouthow LLM usage in programming has left them feeling. Mostly these complaints are along thelines of "I feel like my skillset is no longer important", "I feel no satis

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Blog 4 months ago

Command pattern for canvas games

I've been writing lots of small html canvas games recently, and each time have to write some key handling code. This is normally to move the character around the screen and to allow it to perform certain actions. Normally I handle the input directly insid

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Blog 4 months ago

Install Temurin from tar

tar -xvf jdk.tar.gz sudo mkdir -p /opt/java sudo mv jdk /opt/java/ echo "export JAVA_HOME="/opt/java/jdk" /.profile echo "export PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"" /.profile source /.profile java --version javac --version echo $JAVA_HOME

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Blog 4 months ago

Front page of the Orange Site

The article in question was a rant on the prevalence of Tailwind Templates in slop apps and vaporware. You can read the article at Tailwind and slop apps. Anyway let's look at the results of hitting Hacker New's front page. Comments See comments at hacker

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News BrianDouglas.ie 4 months ago

Ignore what everyone else is doing

I check Hacker News and Lobsters all the time. It's sort of like an addiction, or maybejust a bad habit. It started about three years ago when I would post blog links on thetwo platforms. Which Lobsters banned me for. Apparently self promotion is wrong. W

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News BrianDouglas.ie 4 months ago

I'm a "Software Engineer"

I've been working as a "Software Engineer" since 2014. Before that I studied a Master'sDegree in Computer Science. Where I learned about C, C++, and how computers worked. Thiswas all in preparation for a wonderous career in the software industry.

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News BrianDouglas.ie 4 months ago

Tailwind and slop apps

Tailwind is great. It's a quick way to style a webpage and offers incredibleflexibility. The problem is, despite Tailwind being incredibly customisableI can instantly tell when a site is using Tailwind. It has a certain look andfeel that is hard to shake.

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Award BrianDouglas.ie 4 months ago

AI and The Redmonk rankings

Every year I look forward to seeing the Redmonk language rankings. They arethe only language rankings I pay any attention too, cough Tiobe. In recentyears there has been very little movement in their top 20. It features allthe usual candidates. Java, Java

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Blog 5 months ago

1 Bit Jam #11

Really it's a variation on the classic game Asteroids. You play as a tiny tank that must stay alive as other tanks and artillery spawn in to try and blow you to smithereens. One screen, 16x16 pixels sprites, no fuss. The game was made as an entry into the

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