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I'm Sean.

I write about #software, #SaaS, #consulting and #mobile app development

I code in #Python, #PHP, #Swift, #Ruby, #ReactJS and #Postgres


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Double Click Event Using Prototype Javascript Framework
Super simple to get double click "desktop" like functionality out of Prototype! For some reason, googling it doesn't yield many useful results. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=double+click+in+prototype+javascript&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&fp=peEfEjG9pWY :( Anyway, he...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Uncompress A Bz2 File Using Tar Command
Uncompress a bz2 file using tar command tar --use-compress-program bzip2 -xvf your-file-to-uncompress.tar.bz2 @source http://www.kde.gr.jp/help/doc/kdebase/doc/khelpcenter/faq/HTML/bzip2.html...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Installing Sphinx Search Engine on Mac OS X... or ld: library not found for -lmysqlclient
If you are trying to install Sphinx on Mac OS X, it will most likely fail. The current version of MySQL bundled with Mac OS X is not supported and therefore, it will spit out the error message because it can't find the correct libraries. ld: library no...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
JSON::GeneratorError: only generation of JSON objects or arrays allowed
If you run into this error message try switching to an earlier version of ExecJs. JSON::GeneratorError: only generation of JSON objects or arrays allowed # Gemfile gem 'execjs', '~> 1.4' gem 'coffee-script' gem 'sass' ...
Written by Sean Behan on 08/22/2013
How to send email with Python, smtplib and Postmark
Here is a quick code snippet showing how to send email via SMTP with Postmark without any dependencies. It assumes you are using Heroku and have added the addon. But if not just make sure your api keys are set as environment vars. from os import envir...
Written by Sean Behan on 03/12/2017