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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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git checkout -- file-in-question.oh-my
Problem: using git and one file, like your db/schema.rb, is out of whack with the latest branch. If you run git pull and you get a failed merge and no update. You can of course, edit the conflicts manually. But what if you're confident that the latest sch...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
NO Table Cell Spacing Please
Remove cell padding on a table you add the cellspacing attribute and set it to "0". Is there a better way to do this with straight up CSS? Nothing seems to work... <table id='my-favorite-table' cellspacing="0" > ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Roll Your Own Session Based Flash Messaging w/ Sinatra
Session based flash messages are fairly common in web apps. They work well when you have a temporary status to report back to the user, such as successfully saving a form. If you use Rails it comes with the Framework. If you are using Sinatra there ar...
Written by Sean Behan on 11/01/2013
Super Simple Router for React Without Any Dependencies
Here is some very simple code to render React components dynamically without using a framework or routing library. It doesn't cover pushState and URL parsing, so in that sense it isn't a routing library. But it does let you render components from othe...
Written by Sean Behan on 11/16/2018
a nice cup of coffee
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012