Bi-Weekly round-up on amitmerchant.com
Hi there! Dear reader!
Coming at you after a long long time!
Apparently, I have been pretty busy putting together and sending out a newsletter.
Now that I have got some time, here are all the articles that have been posted in the last two weeks in case you missed them.
Create non-existent files using VS Code
A handy trick I recently discovered in VS Code that allows you to create non-existent files using the editor itself.
Temporal intervals are handy in MySQL
Temporal intervals in MySQL are used to specify the number of units of time to subtract from the current date which lets you easily specify time duration in queries.
On breathing
I wrote about my struggle with anxiety and how I’m dealing with pranayam.
Using PER Coding Style with Laravel Pint
How to use the new PHP coding standard style, PER (PHP Evolving Recommendations), in Laravel Pint.
Checkered background using two lines of code in CSS
In this article, I’m explaining how you can create a cool-looking checkered pattern background using only two lines of CSS.
An int(11) is not what you think it is in MySQL
The biggest myth I had about MySQL’s int
data type that just got busted while watching one of the videos from the course MySQL for Developers.
That’s it for this one! See you in the next newsletter.
See ya!