Michael Lee 🍕

Maker of things, giver of high-fives 🖐

Cary, NC Joined on Apr 14, 2017 https://michaelsoolee.com

Education

NC State University

Work

Developer

Michael Lee 🍕

Mar 31

Why is it you can execute a function on the right side of an AND && operator in JavaScript

#explainlikeimfive #javascript

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How do you code when you are depressed?

Great point @darkwiiplayer !

Apr 2

Why is it you can execute a function on the right side of an AND && operator in JavaScript

This totally looks like it could be by design of JavaScript. ...

Mar 31

How do you code when you are depressed?

Try going for a walk. Coding is problem solving. I often ge...

Mar 31

Learning JavaScript is HARD!

That is awesome!!! I'm so glad to hear how you persevered and...

Jan 28 '21

Learning JavaScript is HARD!

Thanks for sharing your experience @xoshly and I'm glad you ...

Jan 27 '21

Create your own iOS widget with JavaScript

Glad to see more articles around Scriptable :) Thanks for sha...

Jan 26 '21

Add a YouTube stats widget to your iPhone with JavaScript

Thanks @krrishdhaneja

Jan 26 '21

SCRIPTABLE app, who uses it?

Hey @yobretyo I use Scriptable. It is a lot of fun to use. H...

Jan 25 '21

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Michael Lee 🍕

Jan 26 '21

Add a YouTube stats widget to your iPhone with JavaScript

#showdev #javascript #scriptable #youtube

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Michael Lee 🍕

Oct 25 '20

Avoiding the awkward 2 seconds after a Zoom call looking for that end button

#zoom #remote #automation #video

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Michael Lee 🍕

Sep 30 '20

Changing domains for a website hosted on Netlify and how to tell Google you've moved

#netlify #domains #aws #google

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Michael Lee 🍕

Oct 21 '19

You are a software engineer

#career #encouragement #motivation #engineer

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Michael Lee 🍕

Oct 9 '19

How to prevent readline in Node from exiting on line event?

#help #node #javascript

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Michael Lee 🍕

Sep 26 '19

What has your developer journey looked like?

#career

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Michael Lee 🍕

Sep 23 '19

Rails queueing system, should I use delayed_job or sidekiq?

#discuss #rails #help

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Michael Lee 🍕

Sep 6 '19

What is the "<>" operator called in Elixir?

#discuss #elixir

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Michael Lee 🍕

Sep 6 '19

Why does Rails component classes start with the prefix "Action" or "Active"?

#discuss #rails

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Michael Lee 🍕

Sep 6 '19

Is there a way to subscribe to a series on DEV?

#discuss

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 28 '19

The best thing about my job is ___

#discuss #justforfun #career #fun

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 26 '19

Cool, just send me a copy of the code on ___

#justforfun #game

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Aug 22 '19

It's going to take ___ to finish that task.

#justforfun #game #productivity #fun

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 21 '19

Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak is to Apple as _ is to _

#justforfun #jquery #game #rails

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 20 '19

___ as a Service

#justforfun #fun #game

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 19 '19

What I hate hearing most as a developer.

#discuss #justforfun #fun #game

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 16 '19

Trust me, I can build software because I learned how to code from ___

#watercooler #justforfun #game #fun

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 15 '19

A misunderstanding of ______ brought down all of the Internet

#justforfun #game #internet #fun

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 14 '19

I got to the bottom of an infinitely scrolling website and found

#ui #ux #justforfun #game

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 13 '19

git commit -m "_____"

#justforfun #fun #game #git

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 13 '19

Who are women that should get recognition for their contributions to software?

#womenintech

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 9 '19

Friends don’t let friends ____ on a Friday afternoon.

#justforfun #fun #game

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 8 '19

_____ does not Spark Joy, thank it and discard it.

#justforfun #fun #game

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 7 '19

Bane of my existence as a developer

#justforfun #fun #game

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 7 '19

My favorite swag from tech conferences are ______

#justforfun #fun #game

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Michael Lee 🍕

Jul 26 '19

Resizing panes in tmux

#productivity #video #tmux #tip

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Michael Lee 🍕

Jun 25 '19

Compile a Jekyll project without installing Jekyll or Ruby by using Docker

#docker #jekyll #ruby #beginners

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Michael Lee 🍕

Jun 11 '19

How would you setup a model in Rails to reference the same model type?

#help #rails

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Michael Lee 🍕

Apr 25 '19

How does one go about allowing custom domains to point to your application?

#help

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Michael Lee 🍕

Mar 7 '19

Silencing the lizard brain

#lizard #productivity #concentration #projects

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Michael Lee 🍕

Mar 7 '19

Determine the current route in Rails

#rails #ruby #css

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Michael Lee 🍕

Feb 23 '19

Spell It Out: 600+ acronyms spelt out

#sideprojects #node #jekyll

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Michael Lee 🍕

Feb 20 '19

Whee! Issue 008 - A weekly newsletter highlighting the funnest web development resources around

#fun #webdev #resources

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Michael Lee 🍕

Feb 12 '19

Whee! Issue 007

#fun #webdev #resources

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Michael Lee 🍕

Dec 19 '18

How do you name your git branches?

#help #git #discuss #development

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Michael Lee 🍕

Dec 12 '18

Whee!, a newsletter highlighting the funnest web development things

#showdev #fun #webdev #newsletter

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Michael Lee 🍕

Dec 5 '18

Avoid setting up an inbox for MailChimp by using AWS's Simple Email Service (SES)

#showdev #aws #mailchimp #productivity

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Michael Lee 🍕

Nov 30 '18

Is there a better alternative to lorem ipsum for placeholder copy?

#help #webdev #design

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Michael Lee 🍕

Nov 28 '18

A behind the scenes look at running Spell It Out

#showdev #webdev #node #jekyll

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Michael Lee 🍕

Sep 19 '18

When signing up or logging into an app, do you prefer OAuth (authentication w/social media account) or email sign up/sign in?

#discuss

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Michael Lee 🍕

Sep 15 '18

What teaching my kids how to play tic-tac-toe taught me about user onboarding experience

#webdev #ux #design #parenting

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 20 '18

Why haven't you gone to a development conference?

#discuss #webdev #conferences

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 17 '18

What's your origin story?

#career #learn #webdev

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 9 '18

What are you learning from the DEV open source codebase?

#discuss #opensource

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Michael Lee 🍕

Aug 2 '18

The tools I use, July 2018 edition 🛠

#productivity #career #dev

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Michael Lee 🍕

Jun 29 '18

So, do it.

#culture #productivity #motivation

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Michael Lee 🍕

Jun 20 '18

Saying bye to a personal project

#projects #mentalhealth #productivity

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Michael Lee 🍕

Jun 5 '18

WWDC 2018 acronyms spelt out

#showdev #apple #wwdc #learning

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Michael Lee 🍕

May 10 '18

Introducing my second Twitter bot, @tinyraces

#showdev #javascript #twitter #bots

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Michael Lee 🍕

May 2 '18

Programming is hard!

#learning #beginners #javascript

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Michael Lee 🍕

Apr 18 '18

Hi, I'm Michael. I'm a dad, work remote, developer now working as a designer, love full stack JavaScript + side projects. AMA!

#ama #javascript #remotelife #parenthood

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Michael Lee 🍕

Apr 17 '18

The best tech stack for projects

#javascript #jekyll #productivity #projects

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Michael Lee 🍕

Feb 12 '18

I just got a Raspberry Pi 3. What can I do with it?

#discuss #raspberrypi

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Michael Lee 🍕

Jan 11 '18

Spell It Out: spelling out tech acronyms, abbreviations and word shortenings

#showdev #acronym

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Michael Lee 🍕

Jan 1 '18

Future proof your footer's copyright date with the current year

#copyright #newyear #javascript #webdev

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Michael Lee 🍕

Dec 13 '17

How should markdown be saved and rendered?

#discuss #webdev #javascript

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Michael Lee 🍕

Sep 28 '17

If you're in a position to hire, what are you looking for in a web developer's portfolio?

#discuss #career

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Michael Lee 🍕

Sep 26 '17

Explain variables in programming like I'm five

#discuss #explainlikeimfive

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Michael Lee 🍕

Sep 15 '17

I built my own invoicing system

#showdev #javascript #node #business

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How do you code when you are depressed?

Why is it you can execute a function on the right side of an AND && operator in JavaScript

How do you code when you are depressed?

Learning JavaScript is HARD!

Learning JavaScript is HARD!

Create your own iOS widget with JavaScript

Add a YouTube stats widget to your iPhone with JavaScript

SCRIPTABLE app, who uses it?