TODO: Granting Yourself Permission To Move Forward
Ben Nadel discusses the power of a TODO comment to grant permission in the face of a sub-optimal solution....
From: Ben Nadel
8/27/24, 4:41 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Signals And Array Mutability In Angular 18
Ben Nadel explores the interplay between Signals, array mutation, and change detection in Angular 18....
From: Ben Nadel
8/24/24, 5:22 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Exploring Lazy Evaluation Of Computed Signals In Angular 18
Ben Nadel explores the lazy evaluation of computed Signals in Angular 18....
From: Ben Nadel
8/22/24, 5:52 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Building An Angular App For ColdFusion Using Docker Compose
Ben Nadel shares how he's building Angular utility apps inside his ColdFusion blogging platform using Docker Compose....
From: Ben Nadel
8/21/24, 6:16 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 192: The Best And Worst Code
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about the best and worst code that they've seen (which is sometimes the code that they also wrote)....
From: Ben Nadel
8/21/24, 2:29 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 191: Too Much Process
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about bureaucratic processes at work, why they exist, and what we can (maybe) do about them....
From: Ben Nadel
8/19/24, 2:39 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Creating A Transient View Helper In Angular 18
Ben Nadel creates a transient view helper service that is unique instantiated for each host component in Angular 18....
From: Ben Nadel
8/18/24, 9:02 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 190: Career Advice To Younger Self
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about career advice that they'd give to their younger selves....
From: Ben Nadel
8/7/24, 11:06 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
JavaScript Application Size Shouldn't Affect Performance
Ben Nadel deconstructs the argument that the size of a JavaScript application affects the overall performance of said application....
From: Ben Nadel
8/1/24, 1:34 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Code Isn't Magical, It's Just A Series Of Commands
Ben Nadel explains that code isn't magical - that's is just a series of commands. And that thinking about it this way makes it easier to maintain....
From: Ben Nadel
8/1/24, 11:06 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 188: Code Review Nuance
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about code reviews; and reflect on the decision tree that we use when reviewing other people's code...
From: Ben Nadel
7/26/24, 2:47 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
An "x-input" Property Binding Directive In Alpine.js
Ben Nadel creates an x-input directive in Alpine.js which allows outer component properties to be bound to inner component properties....
From: Ben Nadel
7/22/24, 3:33 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Code Kata: Building A Tri-State Switch In Alpine.js
Ben Nadel tries to build a tri-state switch / toggle using Alpine.js....
From: Ben Nadel
7/20/24, 3:49 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Using AttributeCollection To Manage Locking In ColdFusion
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to use attributeCollection to manage locking in ColdFusion....
From: Ben Nadel
7/18/24, 2:52 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Highlighting Dynamic Parts Of A Pretty-Printed JSON Value In JavaScript
Ben Nadel demonstrates how he highlighted the dynamic parts of a pretty-printed JSON value in JavaScript....
From: Ben Nadel
7/17/24, 5:42 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 187: Viability Of The Minimum Viable Product
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about the viability of the Minimum Viable Product; and whether solopreneurship is still possible in the web application industry....
From: Ben Nadel
7/17/24, 2:50 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Getting A Struct Key In Its Native Key-Casing In ColdFusion
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to access the internal key-casing of a struct key in ColdFusion....
From: Ben Nadel
7/15/24, 5:29 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
OWASP Java Encoder Project Recommends Using Both URL and Attribute Encoding For HREF Attributes
Ben Nadel looks at the OWASP Java Encoder project's recommendation to double-encode dynamic URLs in an HREF context....
From: Ben Nadel
7/14/24, 3:11 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Normalizing Collection Entries In ColdFusion
Ben Nadel creates a user defined function, toEntries(), for normalizing collection iteration in ColdFusion....
From: Ben Nadel
7/12/24, 7:40 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Sorting Arrays With Priority Elements In ColdFusion
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to sort an array with a subset of priority items in ColdFusion....
From: Ben Nadel
7/10/24, 5:56 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 186: Work Insecurities
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about the insecurities that they feel at work regardless of how much value they create for their companies....
From: Ben Nadel
7/10/24, 2:23 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Creating A ColdFusion-Oriented HashCode With Loose Types (Part 2)
Ben Nadel updates his FusionCode algorithm to allow for key-casing and type-coercion settings to be configurable in ColdFusion....
From: Ben Nadel
7/7/24, 11:00 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 185: A/B Testing Mechanics
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about the mechanics of A/B testing; and, how it might be incrementally added to a bulk email system....
From: Ben Nadel
7/5/24, 8:47 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Extracting Illegal Tag Names From AntiSamy Error Messages In ColdFusion
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to extract illegal tag names from the OWASP AntiSamy HTML sanitization error messages in ColdFusion....
From: Ben Nadel
7/4/24, 11:08 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Creating A ColdFusion-Oriented HashCode With Loose Types
Ben Nadel creates a FusionCode algorithm which is a ColdFusion-oriented version of Java's HashCode concept....
From: Ben Nadel
7/3/24, 12:09 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee