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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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How to Find An SQLite Database with React Native and the iPhone Simulator.
I spent a few hours digging around my file system using `find` and `grep` hunting for my SQLite database that the iPhone Simulator was using for my React Native project. And no luck. But I found a simple solution was to use `react-native log-ios` and ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/29/2017
Why Doesn't Google Offer Dedicated Virtual Hosting?
AppEngine is nice, but it's a little limiting. No cron jobs, filesystem use nor customization with third party libraries, software, databases, languages, etc. You can't deploy PHP, Ruby and or your 'other' favorite web development tools. You can only use ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
rails fixtures: using the right timestamp
Fixtures in Rails allow you to quickly and easily populate a database with sample data. They are great when testing your app and you need to test against a condition that will rely on a certain preexisting data point. Fixtures are located in your RAILS_R...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Sending eMail with Rails on Mac OS X Development Environment
You'll need a mail transport agent (MTA). I installed and used postfix using Mac Ports. sudo port install postfix You'll need to start postfix, to send mail from your Rails application. You can set it as a startup item and it will start on boot. However...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Python Zlib Compress DeCompress
import zlib regular_string = 'this is my string' compressed_string = zlib.compress(regular_string) decompressed_string = zlib.decompress(compressed_string) print compressed_string print decompressed_string
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012