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Making an abstract base class for a Django database model to overwrite the save() function

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Jasper

I was recently faced with the challenge of needing to add translations to a hierarchal database setup in Django/Python. We wanted these translations…

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Where is Jasper (v1)? Connecting Google Calendar, Maps, and Places APIs

Posted on May 1, 2023May 1, 2023 by Jasper

Where am I? In real time: whereis.jshowers.com When I went full time digital nomad, I started using a public Google calendar to share…

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Alphabetically Sort A List With Special Characters

Posted on April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 by Jasper

Recently I was tasked with sorting a list of countries, that were translated to Portuguese, in alphabetical order. Because the list contained special…

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Creating a simple MiddlewareFilter using .NET Core 2.0 and dependency injection

Posted on May 4, 2018May 4, 2018 by Jasper

A MiddlewareFilter is the perfect tool for creating conditional logic on MVC controllers or actions using .NET Core. It receives the Middleware benefits of…

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Dynamic Routing In ASP.NET Web API

Posted on October 3, 2017October 3, 2017 by Jasper

What is dynamic routing? The purpose of dynamic routing is to produce pretty, intuitive URLs on your website that help improve SEO and…

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Home Automation – Turn A Power Switch On/Off At A Given Time

Posted on August 15, 2017August 15, 2017 by Jasper

My boyfriend started growing some indoor plants from seed that require a specific photosynthesis schedule. He asked me to remember to turn a…

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Implement Soft Deletes With Entity Framework’s Code First Approach

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Jasper

In order to maintain historical accuracy, data should not be truly deleted from a database. A soft delete can be used to signify…

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Yield: Understanding how ‘Yield’ works in the .NET Framework

Posted on April 20, 2017April 20, 2017 by Jasper

I first noticed the yield keyword on some shared code at work about a year ago. Befuddled, I read MSDN’s description of the…

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Scrape A Facebook Page And Turn It Into WordPress Posts Using PHP

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Jasper

A friend of mine, who runs the facebook page borkborkiamdoggo, approached me a few months ago wanting to set up a WordPress site…

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Detecting Motion Using A Raspberry Pi, Adafruit Motion Sensor, And NodeJS

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Jasper

I am working on a side project which involves a Raspberry Pi (model 2B) and an Adafruit PIR motion sensor. I decided early on…

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