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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 Flatten and Merge Arrays in PHP
There is no built in function for taking a multi dimensional array in PHP and flattening it into a single array. However, it's pretty easy to accomplish in a one liner. Here is the code ...
Written by Sean Behan on 09/28/2018
Installing Ruby with RVM without Xcode using CLANG
I am not using the full Xcode package on my laptop. Instead I'm using the command line tools, offered by Apple as a separate and much smaller install. I haven't had too many issues, aside from not being able to use the FileMerge program that ships with ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/24/2012
Installing Sphinx Search Engine on Mac OS X... or ld: library not found for -lmysqlclient
If you are trying to install Sphinx on Mac OS X, it will most likely fail. The current version of MySQL bundled with Mac OS X is not supported and therefore, it will spit out the error message because it can't find the correct libraries. ld: library no...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Pretty Formatted JSON from the Command Line
Sometimes you want to see JSON from the command line. I'm sure there are better tools for the job, but here is a little snippet you can throw in your ~/.bash_profile. function json { curl -s "$1" | python -mjson.tool; } Usage json https://g...
Written by Sean Behan on 08/21/2013
A Through Z
How to print the alphabet in Rails very easily. ("A".."Z").each {|letter| link_to letter, "/#{letter"} "A".upto("Z") {|letter| link_to letter, "/#letter"}
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012