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  • May 21, 2026 - 3 min read

    Convert CSV to JSON with jq

    Command Line jq

    Recently, while working on a task to bulk-import data from a CSV file, I was looking for an e...

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  • May 9, 2026 - 2 min read

    How to loop a video on iOS

    iOS Swift AVKit

    When displaying videos in an iOS app, you may sometimes need them to loop continuously. Think...

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  • April 26, 2026 - 1 min read

    Prevent browser translation with the translate='no' attribute

    HTML

    When building a website, especially one for a brand or a company, maintaining the integrity o...

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  • July 11, 2020 - 2 min read

    How to specify an alternative location for the AndroidManifest.xml

    Android

    By default, Gradle expects an AndroidManifest.xml file on the root directory of the main sour...

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  • July 8, 2020 - 2 min read

    How to fix adb's `Permission denied` when copying a file from a device

    Android

    On a recent attempt to pull a realm database file created by an application that I built on m...

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  • July 3, 2020 - 1 min read

    Turn your browser into an WYSIWYG editor with document designMode

    Web

    TLDR; Open the browser’s Javascript console, Execute document.designMode = 'on';, Clic...

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  • July 1, 2020 - 2 min read

    How to list all the targets on a Makefile

    Command Line

    make is great tool to orchestrate the setup and build process of a project. It expects a Make...

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  • June 29, 2020 - 2 min read

    How to add support for dark mode on a website

    CSS

    In recent years, dark mode has grown in popularity as more and more devices and browsers are ...

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  • June 27, 2020 - 2 min read

    Improve the accessibility of your website using the aria-label attribute

    Accessibility

    With the ever-growing number of services offering their products solely through digital chann...

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  • June 26, 2020 - 1 min read

    Serve your local website or service on HTTPS with mkcert

    Command Line

    When working on a website or a service, the development environment should imitate as much as...

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