https://oneforthecode.com/posts/Recent content in Posts on One For The CodeHugoenThu, 05 Mar 2026 20:21:48 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-everyone-should-maintain-legacy-code/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-everyone-should-maintain-legacy-code/Nothing teaches humility quite like inheriting someone else’s decisions.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-documentation-is-a-feature-not-a-chore/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-documentation-is-a-feature-not-a-chore/Code that nobody can work out how to use is not really finished.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-dockers-init-flag-fixes-zombie-processes/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-dockers-init-flag-fixes-zombie-processes/Why your containers weren’t shutting down cleanly.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-docker-volume-mounts-vs-bind-mounts-when-to-use-each/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 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relies on.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-dataviews-dv-pages-vs-dv-list/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-dataviews-dv-pages-vs-dv-list/Which Dataview query to reach for, and when the other one is simpler.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-css-has-is-finally-here/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-css-has-is-finally-here/Parent selectors that actually work, after decades of waiting.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-creation-is-art-debugging-is-science/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-creation-is-art-debugging-is-science/Why models are so much better at finding your bug than designing your system.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-creating-your-first-laravel-package/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-creating-your-first-laravel-package/Pulling the code you keep copying between projects into something reusable.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-creating-type-safe-environment-variables-in-typescript/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-creating-type-safe-environment-variables-in-typescript/Catching a missing environment variable at boot rather than in production.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-creating-a-daily-review-template-in-obsidian/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-creating-a-daily-review-template-in-obsidian/Opening and closing the day deliberately instead of just letting it happen.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-creating-a-custom-eslint-rule/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-creating-a-custom-eslint-rule/Getting the linter to enforce the thing you keep repeating in reviews.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-copilot-is-training-wheels-you-should-eventually-remove/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-copilot-is-training-wheels-you-should-eventually-remove/Useful while you are learning, and worth putting down once you have.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-comments-should-explain-why-not-what/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-comments-should-explain-why-not-what/Nobody has ever needed a comment narrating the line directly underneath it.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-code-review-is-about-the-team-not-the-code/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-code-review-is-about-the-team-not-the-code/Reviews are for sharing what you know, not for scoring points on style.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-code-ownership-is-an-anti-pattern/Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-code-ownership-is-an-anti-pattern/Why ‘my code’ is a phrase that should worry you and everyone around you.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-channel-your-drama-into-entertainment/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-channel-your-drama-into-entertainment/Drama belongs on a stage, deliberately, and not in the middle of your day.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-caddys-automatic-https-is-magic/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-caddys-automatic-https-is-magic/Certificates that renew themselves, off the back of about three lines of config.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-burnout-is-not-a-badge-of-honour/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-burnout-is-not-a-badge-of-honour/Working yourself into the ground is not dedication, it is bad planning.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-type-safe-apis-with-trpc/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-type-safe-apis-with-trpc/Type safety from client to server, with none of the code generation.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-streaming-apis-with-node-js/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-streaming-apis-with-node-js/Moving a lot of data without your process quietly running out of memory.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-real-time-features-with-laravel-reverb/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-real-time-features-with-laravel-reverb/First-party WebSockets in Laravel, without reaching for a third party.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-multi-tenant-saas-with-laravel/Thu, 28 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-multi-tenant-saas-with-laravel/One codebase serving many customers without their data getting mixed up.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-custom-gpts-for-your-workflow/Mon, 25 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-custom-gpts-for-your-workflow/Building a narrow assistant that knows your workflow rather than everything.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-custom-artisan-commands-in-laravel/Thu, 21 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-custom-artisan-commands-in-laravel/Moving the tedious jobs into the CLI, where they were always meant to live.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-an-automated-weekly-review-with-things-3-and-obsidian/Mon, 18 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-an-automated-weekly-review-with-things-3-and-obsidian/Use Dataview queries to automatically aggregate daily notes and completed tasks into a weekly review.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-an-ai-code-review-bot/Thu, 14 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-an-ai-code-review-bot/Letting a bot take the boring first pass so people review what matters.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-zettelkasten-in-obsidian/Mon, 11 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-zettelkasten-in-obsidian/Small atomic notes that quietly compound into something genuinely useful.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-type-safe-api-client-with-zod/Thu, 07 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-type-safe-api-client-with-zod/Validating at runtime so your compile-time types are not a comfortable lie.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-robust-webhook-system-in-laravel/Mon, 04 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-robust-webhook-system-in-laravel/Sending events to other people’s systems and coping when they are down.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-rag-pipeline-with-langchain/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-rag-pipeline-with-langchain/Getting a model to answer from your documents instead of inventing things.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-plugin-system-in-typescript/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-plugin-system-in-typescript/Letting other people extend your code without it descending into chaos.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-pi-hole-unbound-dns-stack/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-pi-hole-unbound-dns-stack/Blocking ads at the DNS level and doing your own recursion while you are there.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-personal-crm-with-obsidian-and-dataview/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-personal-crm-with-obsidian-and-dataview/Keeping track of the people you care about without paying monthly for it.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-notes-mcp-server-for-claude-desktop/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-notes-mcp-server-for-claude-desktop/Give Claude direct access to your local notes folder using the Model Context Protocol.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-media-server-stack-jellyfin-arr-apps/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-media-server-stack-jellyfin-arr-apps/Jellyfin and the *arr apps wired together so the library looks after itself.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-local-first-app-with-crdts/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-local-first-app-with-crdts/Using Yjs so your app carries on working when the network does not.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-job-queue-with-bullmq/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-job-queue-with-bullmq/Getting slow work off the request cycle without losing any of it.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-home-dashboard-with-homepage/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-home-dashboard-with-homepage/One page that tells you whether everything in the house is still up.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-cli-tool-with-commander-js-and-ink/Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-building-a-cli-tool-with-commander-js-and-ink/Terminal UIs in React with proper command parsing.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-build-momentum-before-you-need-it/Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-build-momentum-before-you-need-it/Momentum is easier to maintain than it ever is to create from scratch.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-always-be-refactoring/Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-always-be-refactoring/Why the big rewrite never actually happens, and what to do instead.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-ai-wont-replace-developers-but-it-will-replace-developers-who-dont-use-ai/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-03-ai-wont-replace-developers-but-it-will-replace-developers-who-dont-use-ai/The tooling is not coming for your job, but the people using it might be.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-01-linux-chattr-makes-files-immutable/Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2025-01-01-linux-chattr-makes-files-immutable/The one Linux command that tells even root to do one.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/reducing-katas/Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:08:41 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/reducing-katas/Practising reduce until it stops feeling like witchcraft.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/roll-your-own-component-generators/Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/roll-your-own-component-generators/A little trick to speed you along your development journey.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2023-07-11-stone-soup-programming/Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:58:42 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2023-07-11-stone-soup-programming/Put a rock in some water and ask if anyone fancies adding a carrot.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2023-07-10-shape-shifting-functions/Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:24:03 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2023-07-10-shape-shifting-functions/Functions that change shape depending on what you hand them.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2023-05-11-how-to-make-time/Thu, 11 May 2023 09:39:36 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2023-05-11-how-to-make-time/How I actually structure a day around a big family and too many projects.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2023-04-22-javascript-101-higher-order-functions/Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:14:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2023-04-22-javascript-101-higher-order-functions/Functions that take functions, and why you already use them every day.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2022-04-02-javascript-101-call-bind-and-apply/Sat, 02 Apr 2022 09:58:29 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2022-04-02-javascript-101-call-bind-and-apply/Three ways to tell a function what ’this’ is supposed to mean.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2022-02-11-javascript-101-immediately-invoked-functions/Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:01:40 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2022-02-11-javascript-101-immediately-invoked-functions/The pattern that gave us module scope before modules turned up.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2022-02-05-comparison-and-logical-operators-in-javascript/Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:56:54 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2022-02-05-comparison-and-logical-operators-in-javascript/Double equals, triple equals, and when you can trust either of them.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2022-01-25-javascript-101-hoisting/Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2022-01-25-javascript-101-hoisting/What JavaScript does with your declarations before it runs a single line.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2022-01-14-javascript-101-implicit-type-coercion/Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:06:56 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2022-01-14-javascript-101-implicit-type-coercion/Why JavaScript quietly changes your types behind your back.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2021-12-29-javascript-101-data-types/Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:10:51 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2021-12-29-javascript-101-data-types/Everything JavaScript thinks a value can be, and why that matters.https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2021-12-14-what-does-passing-by-value-and-passing-by-reference-mean-in-javascript/Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://oneforthecode.com/posts/2021-12-14-what-does-passing-by-value-and-passing-by-reference-mean-in-javascript/The distinction that trips everyone up at some point, explained properly.