Chris Mendez

How to calculate sweat equity amongst co-founders in a clean and simple way.

For Managers

ES6 Checking for Empty or Undefined

Chris Mendez

Javascript

Using an ORM with NodeJS

Chris Mendez

I've written a lot about building REST API's and a few of my favorite include Rails-only API [https://www.chrisjmendez.com/2016/07/04/...

NodeJS

NodeJS: How to fix localhost Error: listen EADDRINUSE

Chris Mendez

If you're using NodeJS, sometimes you'll get an error like this: Error: listen EADDRINUSE :::5000 at Object.exports._errnoException at exports._exceptionWithHostPort at Server....

NodeJS

Ruby: Web 2.0 Name Generator

Chris Mendez

Name Generator in the style of a Web 2.0 company.

Ruby

Organizing My Product Development Lifecycle

Chris Mendez

Every time I start a new project, I find myself following this process. Discovery Discovery - This pretty much means research. Research about the customers we want to...

For Managers

Angular: Working with Google Material Design

Chris Mendez

Here's how to install Angular Material [https://material.angular.io/] into your Angular app. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step 0 - Install Angular Install Angular [https://www.chrisjmendez.com/...

For Developers

GIF encoder / decoder

Chris Mendez

This article from Dennis Felsing [https://hookrace.net/blog/time.gif/] captured my attention i seconds. "Can you really embed a GIF with code? Can you do...

For Developers

How to create a temporary email address

Chris Mendez

I'm working on an app that aims to use Amazon Cognito for user registration and one of the things I need to test is e-mail signup....

For Developers

JS: Create UTC from new Date

Chris Mendez

Here's how to create a UTC using Javascript.

Javascript

Create fake test data using Node

Chris Mendez

I'm working on a tool that enables marketers to upload a CSV file full of mobile numbers and send auto-generated surveys through Twilio. Before working on...

NodeJS

Common Open SSL Commands

Chris Mendez

Deprecated Openshift v2.0 has now reached End of Life [https://blog.openshift.com/migrate-to-v3-v2-eol/] and will be replaced by v3.0. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Below are all the commands...

SSL

Types of Digital Radio Apps

Chris Mendez

I've been working in radio for 7 years and over that time people, have asked me how many types of radio apps I can actually make....

Radio

Troubleshooting Angular

Chris Mendez

Angular development moves so quickly that there's a really good chance you'll have to troubleshoot your installation. Below are a few common problems I...

For Developers

The Malcolm Gladwell myth

Chris Mendez

This story below is interesting because it makes you wonder if you really need 10,000 hours to get great at something or you if just need to...

For Managers

Where to learn about Deep Learning

Chris Mendez

I've been stumbling upon all of these great resources so I'm deciding to make a simple list. If there's anything else I...

Python

Sources of inspiration for developers

Chris Mendez

If you area a software developer looking for your next gig, here area few sources for inspiration. I've organized this list into two main categories: paid...

For Developers

Radio: Fetching album artwork using beets

Chris Mendez

You will need the requests library to capture album artwork from Fetch Art [http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.3.17/plugins/fetchart.html]. pip install requests Install...

Radio