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Create a Waveform Image with ffmpeg
Waveform images have a variety of uses and I've started seeing waveform images overlaying at the bottom of videos. That type of feature seems useful if you want to see identify music in a video or specific spaces in a video which feature action. If you're...
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Prevent Mobile Browser From Sleeping
Web developers still have a difficult job when it comes to mobile; the web will never provide as many APIs or as much control as native mobile platforms but our users expect the same excellent experience. Creating HTML5 games and media-heavy apps for the web can...
![O’Reilly Jupyter Conference for Machine Learning is Coming!]()
O’Reilly Jupyter Conference for Machine Learning is Coming!
Machine learning is an exciting topic in the computer science world these days, which means that O'Reilly has you covered with a first class conference. Jupyter Conference is coming this August so I wanted to speak to O'Reilly's Director of Learning Group, Paco Nathan...
Streaming Data with Fetch() and NDJSON
*"If you stream it, you can do it" -- Walt Disney[^1] * Streams are trickling into the scene as we search for ways to improve performance. What if instead of waiting for our entire ajax response to complete, we could start showing the data as it arrives? Streams...
![Website Speed Test by Cloudinary]()
Website Speed Test by Cloudinary
Making your website as fast-loading as possible is not only an art but a necessity these days. Slow-loading websites cause users to bail, leading to lost revenue and loss of credibility. Add that Google now factors site speed into search results and you realize how important...
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Undo File Changes with Git
One of my favorite features in modern text editors is their ability to integrate tools to format code upon every save. When you're working on legacy projects, however, auto-formatting can be a problem; if you open a file that you don't explicitly change, the file may...
![Best Time Tracking and Invoicing Apps that Will Do The Work For You]()
Best Time Tracking and Invoicing Apps that Will Do The Work For You
Time tracking, expense tracking, and invoicing, are important tasks in running a business. Yet, they represent non-billable hours expended. Moreover, if they are taking up too much of your time, it's hurting your bottom line. Some project managers and business owners might be familiar with these...
![Checkout the Previous Branch with git]()
Checkout the Previous Branch with git
Command line shortcuts are can be a huge time saver, which is why I like creating bash aliases and and enjoy other tricks I've found. I do have a list of tasks I don't yet have a shortcut for, like easy switching between my current...
![Custom, Embeddable Site Search with Swiftype]()
Custom, Embeddable Site Search with Swiftype
As hard as we try to make our website navigation and content structure as logical as possible, a large percentage of users would prefer a simple search box to find what they need. That being the case, we need to ensure that site search is as accurate and...
![Add CSS and JavaScript Files to Phabricator Extensions]()
Add CSS and JavaScript Files to Phabricator Extensions
Every open source framework has its own methods of extending functionality; some make extending incredibly easy and others...not so much. Most of the time it comes down to how well the framework is documented. Phabricator did an awesome job of making necessary classes extendable but it's fair to say it...
