iangreenleaf

Rails naming conventions

General Ruby conventions

Class names are CamelCase.

Methods and variables are snake_case.

Methods with a ? suffix will return a boolean.

drodsou

// -- updated in 2020/04/19 covering the issues in the comments to this point
// -- remember you also have things like `ensureDirSync` from https://github.com/jprichardson/node-fs-extra/blob/master/docs/ensureDir-sync.md
const fs = require('fs')

function writeFileSyncRecursive(filename, content, charset) {
  // -- normalize path separator to '/' instead of path.sep, 
  // -- as / works in node for Windows as well, and mixed \\ and / can appear in the path
  let filepath = filename.replace(/\\/g,'/');  

  // -- preparation to allow absolute paths as well

inchoate

Problem

When I click on links from Slack or Outlook on MacOS they open in seemingly random browser windows/profiles. This is annoying.

Solution

Open links in a particular google chrome profile window. Be less annoyed.

1. In Chrome, visit chrome://version and find the desired profile name. Mine was Default. Copy that profile's directory name, like Profile 2 or Default, not the profile's vanity name you see when you click on your profile icon in the browser.
2. Install Finicky: brew install finicky. After install it should be running and you should see the icon in the upper toolbar.
3. From the Finicky Toolbar Item, click > Config > Create New
4. Edit the new file ~/.finicky and make it look something like this, filling in your profile name: