[Mac] How to Fix brew Command Not Working in Yosemite

How to fix the brew command on Mac OS X Yosemite when it fails with a bad interpreter error.

Support Only Specific Browsers for Admin Panels to Reduce Development Costs

Why limiting an internal admin panel to just Chrome is a reasonable way to cut development costs.

Save 'Long Working Hours' as a Last Resort

Reflections on saving long working hours as a last resort and producing consistent output within a fixed timeframe.

[WordPress] How to Implement Twitter Cards Using the Official Twitter Plugin

Adding Twitter Cards to WordPress in three steps using the official Twitter plugin.

Don't Take Google Analytics Data at Face Value

Why you shouldn't take Google Analytics sampled data at face value, and when to build your own tracking.

Retty Office Moving Party

A short note from Retty's office moving party, where the Tsukiji-fresh sushi stole the show.

Received a ¥20,000 Free Coupon for 'Sakura Cloud'

Got a 20,000 yen Sakura Cloud coupon and started planning a migration from Sakura VPS.

[EC] Definition of remote islands and shipping fee determination processing

Notes on Japan's remote-island definition and Yamato Transport's shipping fee policy for EC sites.

[Jade] Mixin Naming Conventions

Jade mixins and .jade filenames use hyphen-separated names in the official examples.

[Firefox] POST Request Failing Due to Two Cookies with Same Key

Recovering from a Firefox issue where two cookies with the same key blocked POST requests, by deleting all cookies for the site.

[Mac] -bash: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale (UTF-8): No such file or directory

Turn off Terminal's 'Set locale environment variables on startup' to silence the LC_CTYPE warning over ssh.

social-share-urls: Easy Generation of SNS Share URLs

Using the open-source social-share-urls tool to bulk-generate share URLs for multiple social networks.

CSS3 Gradient Generation Site 'Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator'

A quick intro to Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator, a GUI tool for building CSS3 gradients.

[Node.js] phantom Module's addCookie Method Arguments Changed

phantom 0.7.2 changed addCookie to take a single cookie object, so callers need to be updated.

[JavaScript] Cross origin requests are only supported for protocol schemes: http, data, chrome, chrome-extension, https, chrome-extension-resource.

Chrome refuses to $.getJSON from file:// — a memo on why, and how to serve JSON over http as a workaround.

[MongoDB] Bank Account Schema Definition Sample Code

Sample field names for a Mongoose bank-account Schema — bank_name, branch_code, account_holder_name_kana, and more.

[Nginx] upstream timed out (110: Connection timed out) while reading response header from upstream

How I resolved Nginx 504 Gateway Time-out errors by switching PHP-FPM's pm to static and retuning it.

[WordPress] Hew - User-Friendly Theme for Mobile Devices

Hew — a lightweight responsive WordPress theme suited to mobile-first sites.

join.me Screen Sharing Service is Super Convenient for Pair Programming and Meetings

join.me — a lightweight screen-sharing service — proved great for pair programming and estimation meetings.

[Mongoose] Implementation Strategy for Adding Default Field Definitions Midway

Adding a default to a Mongoose Schema later fills in existing data with that default too — here's how to handle it.

[Windows] When You Accidentally Delete Programs, Use 'System Restore' to Revert

How I recovered a Windows machine with System Restore after uninstalling too many programs.

[MongoDB] Command to Remove Fields

How to remove fields in MongoDB with $unset, with samples for single-document and bulk updates.

[Windows] Fake Java Update Sites and Solutions

How I cleaned up a Windows machine hit by fake Java update sites, using browser cache clearing and IObit Uninstaller.

Development Project That Kills All Motivation

Reflections on a development project with no market research or revenue estimates that killed engineer motivation.

Gave a Slack Introduction Talk at 'My Secret Tips Championship Tournament! #1'

Slides from an in-house lightning talk introducing Slack for work efficiency.

[Git] How to Undo When You Accidentally Execute git push origin master

Safely undo an accidental `git push origin master` with `git revert` instead of force push.

[Mongoose] Use mongoose.Types.ObjectId.isValid for ObjectId Validation

Validate ObjectId strings in Mongoose with mongoose.Types.ObjectId.isValid.

Implementing 'Practical Lessons in Peer Code Review'

Takeaways from Practical Lessons in Peer Code Review, including budgeting about 25% of development time for review.

HTTP(s) Monitoring Service Pingdom

Setting up external HTTP(S) uptime monitoring for a personal site with Pingdom's free plan.

Should I Recommend a Friend to Use WIX Paid Plan for Website Creation?

Comparing WIX, Jimdo, Weebly, and WordPress.com for a non-engineer who wants to run their own site.

I Was Thinking 'There's an UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY Error!' When I Received an Email Titled '[Sakura VPS] Report on Failure'

A Sakura VPS host hardware failure caused fsck errors — I opted to restore from their backup.

The Debt of Being Unable to Decide

A short note on the debt that piles up when a startup can't decide who owns each call.

[Atom] List of Default Built-in Packages

Checking Atom's 84 default built-in packages with `apm list` and pruning them from apm stars.

[Mongoose] Check if Specific Fields Have Changed with isDirectModified, isModified, modifiedPaths

How Mongoose's isDirectModified, isModified, and modifiedPaths differ when detecting field changes on a document.

take-a-screenshot.org Explaining How to Take Screenshots is Convenient for Customer Support!

Sharing take-a-screenshot.org, a per-device screenshot guide handy for customer support.

After Reading 'Building Trust with Team Members: Recommendation for Regular One-on-One Meetings,' I Tried 1on1 and It Was Great!

Tried a 30-minute 1on1 after reading Cookpad's article, and it opened up topics we normally never discuss.

[MongoDB] Failed global initialization: BadValue Invalid or no user locale set. Please ensure LANG and/or LC_* environment variables are set correctly.

Work around the mongo shell BadValue locale error by running `export LC_ALL=C`.

Tokyo Node Academy 15th Session Participation Report #tng15

Notes from Tokyo Node Academy 15th session (#tng15) — io.js, Extensible Web, and more.

[Gmail] Delivery Status Notification (Delay)

Gmail's Delivery Status Notification (Delay) turned out to be an over-quota storage issue on the forwarding destination.

[Atom] Managing Packages with apm (Atom Package Manager)

Managing Atom packages by starring and bulk-installing them with apm's star commands.

[Node.js] log-timestamp: Adding Timestamps to console.log and console.error Output

Introducing log-timestamp, a Node.js module that prepends timestamps to console.log and console.error output.

Internet Explorer has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. The program will be closed and Windows will notify you if a solution is available.

Fixing Internet Explorer crashes on a bank transfer system by clearing the browser cache.

[CircleCI] About Ruby Version Specification

Pin Ruby down to the patch level in .ruby-version so CircleCI does not fail on unsupported patch levels.

[MongoDB] Connecting to Another DB from mongo shell to Execute Queries

Open a second connection with connect() and reach another MongoDB server from the same shell.

[Node.js] Error: bind EADDRINUSE

Recovering from Node.js bind EADDRINUSE by finding the port-hogging process with netstat and killing it.

[JavaScript] jsdom memory leak

Fixed an out of memory error in a jsdom scraper by calling window.close().

What Should You Do to Pay Back Technical Debt?

Notes on hsbt-san's take that paying back technical debt comes down to hiring the right person and giving them authority.

[MongoDB] How to Check Execution Time of aggregate

Measuring MongoDB aggregate execution time by wrapping mongo --eval with the shell's time command.

[Mac] Steps for Screen Recording with QuickTime Player

How to record your Mac screen with QuickTime Player including microphone audio.

[Android] SSH Client App JuiceSSH

Installed JuiceSSH on a Nexus5 for on-call SSH access, importing the private key via email.