N-Zero-Alpha discovers Feelings

4 minute readThis is a story my girls and I did. It’s meant to teach kids to perceive others’ feelings and deal with them. N-Zero-Alpha is a robot with a big job. He’s flying a spaceship full of animals to a distant star, and his friend robot, Buster, isn’t working anymore. Monkey says the animals are worried […]

Password-Free SSH For Windows without Putty

2 minute readI’ve spent a few hours setting up password-free ssh access to Dreamhost’s websites a couple times now, and don’t want to waste this time again. Dreamhost has instructions on how to do it with Windows and PuTTY, and how to do it on Mac, but I’m using Windows with Laragon‘s Terminal which has a few […]

Protected: Gratitude Journal — July 2020

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Delete Files When Deleting Models in Django

2 minute readIn Django, when you delete a model instance from the database the files uploaded to those instances are not deleted automatically. This can lead to having lots of “orphaned” files: they’re not referenced by the database, but they’re still taking up space on the server. In this post, I’ll share how to change that so […]

Protected: Gratitude Journal for June 2020

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Protected: May 2020 Gratitude Journal

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How to Tag Your MailChimp Email List With Follow-Up Surveys in WordPress

8 minute readThis tutorial shows how to segment your MailChimp contacts with surveys from your WordPress website.

Protected: April 2020 Gratitude Journal

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Protected: March 2020 Gratitude Journal

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Take Shame in your Work, Not Pride

5 minute readI used to take pride in my work, especially building software, but I’m learning that’s actually a problem. Building something great can actually get in the way of doing something great. Before I explain, here’s a couple examples. You Heard of the $400 Squeezing Machine, Right? If not, this is the summary: a Silicon Valley […]