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• Helping Other Developers is a Win/Win

  By TravCap on August 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

• Beating the Job Experience Catch-22

  By TravCap on July 17, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  To get a job you need experience, but to get experience you need a job. Training, volunteer work, and self-employment can help to bridge the gap initially. I used to teach part of a year-long adult-education course in full stack… Read More ›

• Connect Your Mac to a Linux File Server

  By TravCap on June 26, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Part One: Log in with the Terminal and OpenSSH

• A Single Writing App for macOS, Windows, and Linux

  By TravCap on June 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

• Randomize Your Gnome Backgrounds!

  By TravCap on June 11, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

• My 2018 MacBook Is Still Good Enough

  By TravCap on June 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

• Writing Interactive Fiction Professionally

  By TravCap on August 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  One of my goals is to write interactive fiction (IF) full-time. I have written a number of story outlines that I believe I can flesh-out into full stories. The problem is deciding if writing IF will ever be more than… Read More ›

• Cherry-Picking Commits To a Remote Branch

  By TravCap on July 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

• The Place of Text-Oriented IF in the 2020s

  By TravCap on July 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  We now have 3D simulations with photorealistic graphics, sophisticated characters, and compelling plotlines. Is there still a place in the 2020s for text-oriented IF? To me, asking about the place of text-based IF is like asking about the place of… Read More ›

• Git Logging

  By TravCap on July 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  If you use the –branches= option, you must include some kind of wildcard or else Git assumes there is an implied /* wildcard at the end your search string. So is really Also, if you’re using GitBash, don’t forget to… Read More ›