Wilberto Morales

RDP File Format

Sun, 29 Oct 2023 06:01:05 -0500

.rdp files are just plain text so you can edit them with any editor. For example, you can disable printer redirection by adding this line: redirectprinters:i:0 You can enable it by adding: redirectprinters:i:1 This beats editing the connection via the GUI each time you connect. Values you can edit.

Dotnet Logger without DI

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:08:20 -0500

Creating Dotnet loggers in awkward places where dependency injection makes it difficult.

Leg Pummelling and Transitions

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 09:01:56 -0500

For the past week we’ve been working on the Craig Jones instructional on how to break legs with heel hooks. Now that we have a good feel for breaking mechanics, I just need to actually get into the actual submissions. Solo drilling the leg pummelling, creating windmills with your feet while rotating the hips. This drill should help get better at fighting for inside leg position. For the transitions, we’re learning how to go from the different heel hook positions.

A new company Wiki

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 07:58:37 -0600

For the past few months I’ve been working on BloominWiki, a company wiki. Its going to make documenting procedures easier for companies. While working at WithMe, we’ve had growing pains for something like it. Google Drive is great up to a certain point but it doesn’t scale with a growing team. It starts feeling like documents get lost. Search isn’t great. The way it separates your documents and the ones shared with you is dumb.

Black skips files without extensions

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:50:46 -0600

Python’s black formatter skips any files that don’t have a file extension(.py). This gets me once in a while, where I have a script with a shebang and notice that its code quality goes down over time because black has been skipping it. All done! ✨ 🍰 ✨ 374 files left unchanged.

Lua Is Embedded

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 08:35:32 -0500

Lua is missing so much functionality because it can be added from the host environment.

My Experience with a Monorepo

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 20:35:56 -0600

When microservices were at the peak of their craze, I was working on PrintWithMe. We had multiple services that made up the app. It was natural to have a separate repository for each service. As the system grew in size, it became too difficult to manage.

Use Signals to Safely Stop processes

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 21:19:07 -0600

You can use signals to manage processes externally. One usecase is telling a process to exit gracefully.

Making Decisions

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 22:28:07 -0500

Making decisions can be difficult; here are my models for making them.

React Testing Library - Testing a Node Attribute

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:06:34 -0500

You can test HTML node attributes with the toHaveAttribute matcher. When you need more than an equality check, though, you can use getAttribute.

Extremes are Usually Wrong for Software Engineers

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 23:34:14 -0500

We need to get into the habit of taking a step back and being more pragmatic when making choices.

Reading Effectively

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:48:54 -0500

I believe books are too long. Here are some tips to get the most out of your reading.

Library Testing Functionality

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 20:05:15 -0500

We would save a lot of developer time if libraries included testing functionality.

Testing Logger

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 01:18:50 -0500

Logging is sometimes a part of your requirements. For example, you might want to issue a warning anytime some security event occurs. I like to test these events using a TestingLogger class that can stand in place of a real logger.

Tips for Code Assignments

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:00:28 -0500

Over the last six months, I have been reviewing coding assignments while searching for our next Software Engineer at PrintWithMe. Here are some tips I would give developers on the other side of this.

Learning React 2nd Edition

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 07:25:26 -0500

If you want to learn React and catch up with other recent JavaScript developments, I recommend Learning React, 2nd Edition by Alex Banks & Eve Porcello.