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Author Archives: Ben Atkin
necessary steps
I’m a believer in the concept of necessary steps. I can’t waste less time online unless I show some restraint. I can’t have more privacy online if I don’t self-filter. Tools can help. Things that break up the habit can … Continue reading
The Single Function Module
A function, all by itself: This is the escapeHTML() function from Backbone.js, which is hidden behind a closure. Thankfully it’s now in the latest version of Underscore.js, which is depended upon by Backbone. If an old version of underscore was … Continue reading
br-jquery: a jquery package for the browserify javascript packager for node.js
I published a node.js package to npm called br-jquery, which contains jQuery and provides an alternate path to downloading jQuery and putting it in a repository when starting a jQuery project. It is a lot like jquery-browserify, but it contains … Continue reading
One Goal For 2012
This isn’t my only goal for 2012, but it’s the only goal from my only set of goals for 2012 which contains only one goal. My goal is to, each night before I go to bed, prepare for the next … Continue reading
rbenv and virtualenv performance tip: load on demand
I found that new terminal sessions were taking a while to load, so I started commenting things out in my bash profile (How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Personal Summary calls it a Binary Search). I found … Continue reading
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