If you are using the WordPress plugin MemberPress to handle your subscriptions and one of the payment gateways is “Offline Payment” and you use Xero as your accounting software automatically creating a Bill in Xero is a REAL time saver. This Read more…
Code Like a Girl launched in Adelaide on the 8th of February 2018 and I was fortunate enough to attend the inaugural event. Code Like a Girl is an organisation that I came across when searching for tech and programming Read more…
I recently heard about the Make Nine Challenge on the first Love to Sew podcast for 2018 (Episode 22: New Year’s Re-Sew-Lutions). It was set up by Lucky Lucille a few years ago to share 9 projects on Instagram that Read more…
My task was straight forward. I wanted to set up a database on Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to use for a Ruby on Rails web application and a WordPress installation for my new business Read more…
To have control over your development environment when creating Ruby on Rails applications it’s best to use your own computer. It’s not a one-click install, so many tutorials recommend using cloud based service like Cloud9. But to remove all possible Read more…
To understand and remember what you read taking notes is a valuable exercise. But note taking has other benefits to. If you need to reference a quote directly you can write that down along with a page number that can Read more…
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook wrote the book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead in 2013 about women in the workforce. She uses many of her own experiences, including advice from mentors over the years, as well Read more…
Keeping on top of studies is a challenge for any student. There’s lectures, tutorials, readings, assignments, etc that need to be watched, read and completed, some within certain timeframes. I have found that the best way to overcome this is Read more…
Why use a database naming convention? Ever worked on databases that had some tables and columns with underscores for word separators and others without? How about primary keys named ‘id’ on one table and another table its the name of Read more…