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necessary steps

Posted on 2012-05-09 by Ben Atkin

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 →

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The Single Function Module

Posted on 2012-01-28 by Ben Atkin

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 →

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br-jquery: a jquery package for the browserify javascript packager for node.js

Posted on 2012-01-22 by Ben Atkin

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 →

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One Goal For 2012

Posted on 2011-12-29 by Ben Atkin

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 →

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rbenv and virtualenv performance tip: load on demand

Posted on 2011-12-02 by Ben Atkin

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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