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PHP Software

Composer: everything I should have known

Composer was just something I used to get my project up and running and occasionally install additional libraries. I never put too much thought into it – it just worked. Sometimes I would run into problems, but often they were…

cdruc
Jul 9, 2019

Software

The little details matter most

Although I’m a big, big fan of YAGNI (You Ain’t Gonna Need It), lately I find myself discovering and appreciating more and more the value little details can bring to the table. Gainslog has a filterable food list you can…

cdruc
Jun 5, 2019

Design

Gainslog menu and average stats get some space to breathe

The previous cluttered menu items now have a more room to breathe, and if previously one would have to tap the exact teeny tiny piece of text to navigate around, now you can tap anywhere on the menu item.

cdruc
Apr 12, 2019

Laravel Software

Gainslog now makes daily backups to Google Drive

Thanks to this great tutorial on how to extend Laravel’s storage to Google Drive, Gainslog now pushes daily updates to Google Drive. Following the tutorial, one issue people run into is a File not found error when running the backup…

cdruc
Apr 11, 2019

Fitness and nutrition Software

Interfering in the way users are used to doing things is a no-no

Gainslog is a simple calorie tracker I made with only a handful of users. If you ever tracked your macros before, you know reaching your daily protein intake goal is the most difficult to attain from all three macronutrients (proteins,…

cdruc
Apr 8, 2019

Fitness and nutrition

Video quality and editing over great content

Great content is usually something entirely new or offers a different perspective on things we already know, but… consider fitness videos. Exercises don’t change over the years. Yes, the social media fitness industry keeps throwing at us different variations of…

cdruc
Mar 19, 2019

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Software

Sorting algorithms

Whenever I read about interviewing at a large company the author talks about how you need to know your algorithms on the spot and to the letter. It’s the same old story everywhere: “I got some basic questions about this,…

cdruc
Mar 13, 2019

Business Marketing

Logos: pick one and just roll with it

Recently, one of my friends decided to start a car cleaning service. Not your regular car wash, but the one where your car’s seats are taken out and expensive water vacuum cleaners are used. He bought all the equipment, rented…

cdruc
Feb 19, 2019

Marketing Thoughts

More than ordinary

It’s immensely pleasing when the barber doesn’t need to ask how you want your hair done, or when the barista hands your favorite drink the second you sit at the bar, or even when things go wrong and apologies are…

cdruc
Feb 3, 2019

Laravel Software

Eloquent trick #1: Replace conditionals with “when”

It happens very often that we want to apply certain eloquent query conditions based on what a request sends in. Sometimes it’s a “search by name” thing, other times we just need to filter the records based on a status…

cdruc
Jan 30, 2019