Whether you use Pingdom, UpDn, Datadog, or some other platform to test if your website is up and running, you will need to keep in mind some common traps that are waiting to ensnare the unsuspecting. The idea behind an uptime checker is that it will visit your site frequently and report whether it managed […]
Sometimes you need to see what’s going on under the hood of your analytics tracking. Google Analytics v4 (GA4) provides a simple way to debug your configuration either at the property level, or per-event. The DebugView Screen The DebugView can be found in your Google Analytics v4 property, at the bottom of the menu. One […]
Sometimes you have something super-important to communicate in Microsoft Teams, so you need to be able to send an important message. But how do you create an important message in Teams? All you need to do is use CTRL + SHIFT + i in the compose textarea. This will elevate your message to an important […]
We all like to log stuff out sometimes and it would be nice if it were as readable as possible when we do. If you are using JSON.stringify to drop out some values and are tired of getting a long line of text, here’s a simple way to get pretty printed output without adding any […]
There is a generally understood principle of programming that says if you remove duplication, you introduce coupling. For example, you have two classes that have similar code, so you create a function that they both call. Now the two classes are coupled to the function. You make one thing better, but something else gets worse. […]
It is pretty common to need to test a number is between two other numbers. You can do it with an if (number > a && number < b) if-statement, but it is nice when code reads out loud. Now you can read that if-statement out loud if you want to sound like a robot, […]
For many years, Can I Use? has been the go-to place to find out whether a browser supports a certain feature, like CSS aspect-ratio. However, what do you do when you need to add some additional styling if the browser doesn’t support a feature? Well, in an almost paradoxical way – you can use the […]
There’s a really neat extension for VS Code that allows you to run Microsoft Edge browser tools. You can use this in conjunction with your own project, or even as stand-alone. It uses browser automation behind the scenes, so it does depend on you having Microsoft Edge installed on your machine. You can add the […]
This is a tip for how to manage lots of Google Analytics accounts using version 3. Goals are a pain to set up when you manage hundreds of accounts, so here is a quick way to do it using Goal Template URLs in Google. Google Analytics version 4 is on the way, but I have […]
This is just one of those philosophical moments in programming where one small details can have a big impact. In C# / .NET you will find that when you ask if a string contains an empty string (string.Empty), the answer is yes. This may seem logically surprising so it is worth bearing in mind should […]