A lot of people that I know, other developers included, think that this is all a bunch of crap. I explained to them what I was talking about and aside from a little pat on the shoulder or a reassuring comment, I was left to fend for myself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BACKGROUND:

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Ok, so we’re not really going to turn your phone into a pixel, but we are going to use legit google packages to add the pixel launcher and google assistant to your phone. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prerequisites: 1. Ability to use adb and fastboot commands from your command prompt. (I am

So iTerm2 is a great program, since I switched to it along with ZSH, it’s been nothing but blue skies and happiness… Until I tried to word jump with the Option key… Which doesn’t work. After being too lazy to look it up for a few months, I

How to use LetsEncrypt SSL certs with Heroku. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update May 2017: Heroku now offers free, automatic SSL certs from LetsEncrypt that are easier to manage than these are. Go Here [https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/automated-certificate-management] for more information. This guide can still help if you want to run

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