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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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Rails Paperclip Plugin Options for Attaching Files
I usually change some of the default settings when I use the Paperclip plugin. For most of my projects I don't like having separate directories for each image that is uploaded. I prefer, in this instance, to put avatars of different sizes together under o...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Read and Write to a Single Cell Using PHP and Google Spreadsheets API
This post assumes you've created a project with Google's web console and downloaded a client_secret.json file from the credentials page. If not, more info is here.. https://www.twilio.com/blog/2017/03/google-spreadsheets-and-php.html Note: The tuto...
Written by Sean Behan on 10/11/2018
How to Render Partials with an Underscore in Sinatra
Sinatra doesn't have a method for rendering partials. It defers to the template language of your choice. For instance, if you're using ERB, it's as simple as erb :'path/to/partial' Rails has a nice convention of using an underscore to mark file...
Written by Sean Behan on 10/13/2013
Working with Branches in Git
Show all the branches git branch Create a new branch git branch my_experimental_feature Use that branch git checkout my_experimental_feature Pushing the new branch to a remote server git push origin my_experimental_feature Pulling that branch down...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Use the Ls Command on Linux or Mac OS X to Sort Files based on Second in the Timestamp
Here is the one liner. ls -lhtTr It will output something like total 24152 -rw-rw-r-- 1 sean staff 1.0M May 4 14:31:42 2019 4c2caf52cb084ea39a6a65a0e68ee382 -rw-rw-r-- 1 sean staff 1.0M May 4 14:31:44 2019 76eeeea5d...
Written by Sean Behan on 05/04/2019