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I'm Sean.

I write about #software, #SaaS, #consulting and #mobile app development

I code in #Python, #PHP, #Swift, #Ruby, #ReactJS and #Postgres


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How to Emulate Double Tap for Progressive Web Apps (PWA) iOS and Android
The double tap event isn't supported in libraries like jQuery Mobile (out of date anyway). But coding up your own function is very easy. We will compare time in milliseconds between tap or click, events. The reason for both tap and click events is due ...
Written by Sean Behan on 04/08/2018
Install Sphinx on Ubuntu
It's a pretty straightforward process. Download the source and compile it. There isn't a package for it so here are the commands. wget http://sphinxsearch.com/downloads/sphinx-0.9.8.1.tar.gz tar xzvf sphinx-0.9.8.1.tar.gz cd sphinx-0.9.8.1/ ./configure...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Sending eMail with Rails on Mac OS X Development Environment
You'll need a mail transport agent (MTA). I installed and used postfix using Mac Ports. sudo port install postfix You'll need to start postfix, to send mail from your Rails application. You can set it as a startup item and it will start on boot. However...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How To Create a Dump File in Postgres Compatible with Heroku
When Heroku creates a dump file of your Postgres database it uses the `-Fc` option It is equivalent to running pg_dump -Fc -d name_of_db > name_of_db.dump This command will let you import your database with the `pg_restore` command pg_rest...
Written by Sean Behan on 03/06/2017
Quick Syntax to Pipe an SQL Query Directly to a file
Here is a quick way to put the contents of a database table into a simple text file. This could be handy if for example, you just want to grab some emails and pop the results into a simple csv file. Your sql statement can be as creative as sql allows. All...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012