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I started writing the year-in-review (recap) posts from 2019, so this will be the sixth consecutive year I will write a yearly recap. Taking some time to reflect on things accomplished this year from a professional point of view, I think it will be a good rear mirror view to look back at 2024; let’s dive in!
Do you feel your resume, LinkedIn profile, or GitHub contributions must convey the right message? Your CV, LinkedIn profile, and GitHub repositories are your digital storefront, and keeping them fresh and relevant is key to attracting opportunities. In this post, we'll explore leveraging Google Gemini 2.0's real-time streaming capabilities to improve your CV, LinkedIn, and GitHub profile, focusing on practical examples and actionable strategies for you to land a tech role. Let's dive in!
Updating existing data is a core requirement of any web application; doing it efficiently will make your life easier. PostgreSQL, a robust and feature-rich relational database, offers a powerful and elegant solution for managing these updates: INSERT ON CONFLICT UPDATE. It is helpful to combine insert and update to Upsert and use the same logic for both operations. In this post, you will learn how to use INSERT ON CONFLICT UPDATE in Postgres to Upsert data effectively with practical examples. Let’s get going!
Environment variables are essential for configuring your Node.js applications, allowing you to tailor settings for different environments like development, testing, and production. While you can set environment variables directly in your system or terminal, a more elegant and organized approach is to use a .env file. This file allows you to store all your environment variables in one central location, keeping them separate from your code and making it easy to manage different configurations.
In this comprehensive guide, we'll delve into the world of environment variables in Node.js, explore the role of the popular dotenv package, and uncover how to use it effectively. We'll also explore the native way of accessing environment variables in Node.js 20+ using ESM (EcmaScript Modules). Let's get started!
Working with dates and times is a common task in software development. In JavaScript, you have the built-in Date object, but it can be a bit cumbersome and has its quirks. There are third-party libraries like date-fns to help manipulate and format dates in JavaScript. However, the fundamental task of comparing two dates can be quickly done using the built-in methods, as you will learn in this post. You will start from the basics and move to use a third-party library, date-fns, for date comparison in JavaScript. Buckle up!
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