Mike

I'm a self-taught dev focused on websites and Python development. My friends call me the "Data Genie". When I get bored, I find tech to read about, write about and build things with.

South Africa Joined on Dec 4, 2017

Education

Marketing honors + self-taught dev

Work

Senior Software Engineer at 2U, inc.

Mike

Sep 30

Beginner's guide to GitHub Actions

#tutorial #actions #githubactions #beginners

3 min read

Recent Comments

re: Why I keep on failing Oct 21

Freelancing and especially cold calling sounds lonely and unp...

re: Maybe this useless workflow isn’t so useless after all? Oct 5

Okay great thanks. I haven't used workflow dispatch yet so I'...

re: Why don't you use Ansible ? Oct 5

Thanks. The UI tool I found looks like a job runner similar t...

re: Why don't you use Ansible ? Oct 3

Our devops team uses a mix of ansible, terraform and puppet. ...

re: How to make your github profile more captivating Oct 1

Thanks for sharing. I was disappointed that you didn't share...

re: What GIT GUI client do you use? Sep 30

I started off learning git on the command-line so mostly fall...

re: How do you deal with half-finished projects? Sep 30

Oh and Trello is also nice for building up ideas of projects ...

re: Maybe this useless workflow isn’t so useless after all? Sep 30

I wrote a post on this:) dev.to/michaelcurrin/beginner-s-gu....

Mike

Sep 28

Web-dev conferences in Oct

#conference #event #javascript #webdev

3 min read

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Sep 10

Where do my docs go?

#documentation #docs #wiki #writing

3 min read

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Sep 6

Dotfiles - Shared Config for ZSH and Bash

#zsh #bash #configs #tutorial

2 min read

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Sep 6

Dotfiles - Global Git Ignore

#git #dotfiles #gitignore #ignore

2 min read

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Sep 6

Dotfiles - Git Config with Aliases

#git #alias #productivity #config

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5 min read

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Sep 6

Dotfiles - Shell Aliases

#alias #aliases #dotfiles #productivity

2 min read

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Sep 6

Dotfiles - Shell Config

#dotfiles #productivity #npm #bash

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2 min read

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Sep 6

Dotfiles - How to Configure your Shell (intro)

#tutorial #dotfiles #productivity #linux

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3 min read

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Sep 5

Use JS to live-filter an HTML list - Part 3

#javascript #npm #library #html

4 min read

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Sep 5

Use JS to live-filter an HTML list - Part 2

#javascript #filter #search #frontend

2 min read

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Sep 5

Use JS to live-filter an HTML list - Part 1

#javascript #filter #tutorial #beginners

2 min read

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Sep 2

Topics for my next post

#help #blogging #ideas #writing

1 3

2 min read

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Aug 29

CI/CD tutorial using GitHub Actions

#javascript #githubactions #testing #tutorial

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9 min read

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Aug 28

VS Code Extension resources

#vscode #extensions #visualstudiocode #ide

2 min read

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Jul 22

Sidebars and nested menus

#jekyll #docs #sidebar #menu

4 min read

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Jun 28

Custom GH Pages deploys made easy

#githubpages #githubactions #ci #deploy

3 min read

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Jun 28

Hexo Quickstart project released

#hexo #static #githubpages #template

1 min read

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Jun 9

Auto-generating a commit message

#discuss #commit #git #productivity

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4 min read

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Jun 8

Automated package management

#apt #linux #bash #packages

1 min read

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May 23

Docker containers quickstart

#docker #containers #resources #sample

2 min read

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May 23

JavaScript's Event Loop

#javascript #node #threading

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3 min read

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May 20

How to build a docs site

#docs #site #tutorial #documentation

5 min read

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Apr 20

Recent thoughts on coding and inspiration

#community #inspiration #learning #attitude

1 min read

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Apr 19

Unicron scheduler

#cron #schedule #python #crontab

1 min read

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Apr 19

Docsify Tutorial

#docsify #javascript #docs #tutorial

1 min read

Mike

skills/languages

learning/trying

projects and hacks

available for

Beginner's guide to GitHub Actions

Recent Comments

Web-dev conferences in Oct

Where do my docs go?

Dotfiles - Shared Config for ZSH and Bash

Dotfiles - Global Git Ignore

Dotfiles - Git Config with Aliases

Dotfiles - Shell Aliases

Dotfiles - Shell Config

Dotfiles - How to Configure your Shell (intro)

Use JS to live-filter an HTML list - Part 3

Use JS to live-filter an HTML list - Part 2

Use JS to live-filter an HTML list - Part 1

Topics for my next post

CI/CD tutorial using GitHub Actions

VS Code Extension resources

Sidebars and nested menus

Custom GH Pages deploys made easy

Hexo Quickstart project released

Auto-generating a commit message

Automated package management

Docker containers quickstart

JavaScript's Event Loop

How to build a docs site

Recent thoughts on coding and inspiration

Unicron scheduler

Docsify Tutorial

code-cookbook

dev-cheatsheets

dotfiles

MichaelCurrin.github.io

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