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Career Advancement

Top 8 Places to Find Developer Jobs Online

Travis Rodgers on Feb 05, 2020

Landing that first developer job can be hard, but knowing the right places to look can help. Here are the top 8 places to find developer jobs online. I’ll say it again, landing that first developer job can be difficult. Employers take a chance on you by hiring you ... Continue Reading

Coding Tutorials

Manage Docker Easily With VS Code

Travis Rodgers on Jan 26, 2020

I manage Docker tasks almost exclusively using VS Code. I can visualize my Docker images, containers, etc., and can run all commands, "one-click," with it. Here's how. For most Docker newbies, we have to look up commands a lot. Docker build, Docker run, Docker exec, Docker inspect, etc. We also ... Continue Reading

Opinion

When Everyone Seems Smarter Than You - Junior Developers

Travis Rodgers on Jan 24, 2020

Junior developer, do you ever feel like everyone in the room seems smarter than you? Other developers are breezing through the day while you're sweating bullets? Let's discuss. I'm thankful that the 2020 software world is gladly hiring self-taught programmers. Computer science degrees, while nice, are no longer required to ... Continue Reading

Coding Tutorials

How to automate the psql password

Travis Rodgers on Jan 21, 2020

Password prompts really put a damper on automation. In this post, I want to show you how to automate the psql password so you can run Postgres commands in a scripting environment. So let's create a script that: Authenticates as the postgres userCreates two databases, two users for those databases, ... Continue Reading

Career Advancement

The Learn to Code Blueprint is Now FREE

Travis Rodgers on Jan 20, 2020

As of today, January 20, 2020, my 6-month, Learn to Code Blueprint Course is now completely FREE! In this post, I'll share how to you can get enrolled and on your way to a successful 2020. In 2020 I want to see more people learn to code, become confident developers, ... Continue Reading

Coding Tutorials

How to Create An Uptime Monitor For Ghost

Travis Rodgers on Jan 10, 2020

It's very important that you know if your site goes down. In this post, I'll show you how to create an uptime monitor for Ghost (or any other service). I'm happy to be hosting my site with Digital Ocean and am also glad they provide alerts for metrics such as ... Continue Reading

Career Advancement

5 Tips For Junior Web Developer Growth In 2020

Travis Rodgers on Jan 07, 2020

It's a brand new year with new opportunities. In this post, I want to share with you 5 tips for junior web developer growth in 2020. If you consider yourself a junior web developer or even someone just learning to code, I can only assume that you are adamant about ... Continue Reading

Digital Strategy

How To Add Ads.txt To a Ghost Blog, Self-Hosted

Travis Rodgers on Jan 03, 2020

If you are looking to add an ads.txt to a Ghost Blog on platforms such as Digital Ocean, there are few minor adjustments you must make. I'll show you how to do it in this tutorial. What is an Ads.txt file? According to the docs, its an initiative ... Continue Reading

Digital Strategy

How to Find a GoDaddy Nameserver IP Address For Any Host

Travis Rodgers on Jan 02, 2020

When setting custom Nameservers for GoDaddy domains, an IP Address is required for each. In this article, I'll show you how to easily locate that IP Address. I recently moved my blog to Digital Ocean. My domain is with GoDaddy and when changing the Nameservers over to the three required ... Continue Reading

Wordpress

How To Get The Primary Category Of A Post Only - Reusable Function

Travis Rodgers on Dec 22, 2019

In light of WordPress's primary category feature, we sometimes just want to just retrieve that one primary category, not a list of all. In this post, I'll show you how to get the primary category of a post only. First off, whether a post should have multiple categories or not ... Continue Reading