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Why Your Try-Catch Block Could Ruin your 3AM—And How to Prevent It!
Subtitle: “Consider adding debug logging statements to your coding practices.” As a developer, let me rant for a minute about exceptions and your peace of mind. Specifically, the incredibly vital, yet often overlooked, need for appropriate logging within a try-catch block—especially when you’re handling “normal” behavior like a missing file. A quick aside, don’t use…
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Get started in our journey
What do you mean “our” journey? I’ll get there. This site is almost pure hobby. It’s a place to discuss my 40 years of experience, with people who either already are in the community, or want to be in the community. Maybe I’ll connect with some fellow cold-war Cherry Point jar-heads. Notice I said, “This…
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2021-08-29 – Day 39 – Launch Ugly – 3 Days to Launch
Status and Activity Learning WordPress and WP Themes If you’re looking at this blog prior to launch (i.e. my “Today”) it looks pretty ugly. I’m using the WordPress Twenty-Twenty-One theme, which is described as “clean.” It’s also the the theme being used in the course that I’m taking. The reason that’s important is because with…
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2021-08-27 – Day 37 – Launch Ugly – 5 Days to Launch
Activity and Status This week has been a collection of highs and lows. I spent Wednesday and Thursday nights watching 3 episodes of the Blacklist (Season 1). The Blacklist is a fun little show set in a parallel universe that is just over the top, full of massive quantities of plot armor, and secret agent…