Love isn’t gonna save us

Do you know what love is? It’s a hot bath. What happens to things when you leave them in a bath for too long? Huh? They get soft; fall apart. […] It’s a war, baby: this life. The things we endure. You said you saw the future and it’s an apocalypse. Who survives that? The lovers? Or the fighters? They sell us this lie that love is gonna save us. […] Love isn’t gonna save us… it’s what we have to save. Pain makes us strong enough to do it. All our scars, our anger, our despair: it’s armor. Baby, god loves the sinners best ’cause our fire burns bright bright bright. Burn with me.

—Sydney Barret, Legion S2/E4

Cinco de Drinko Rumchata

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  • 1 part spiced rum (Captain Morgan)
  • 1 part white rum (Bacardi)
  • 1 part amaretto (Disaronno)
  • 4 parts rice milk
  • 2 dashes of ground cinnamon

Mix it all up in a shaker with a few ice cubes. Pour. Enjoy.

Goes great with Mexican food but also delightful as a Xmas cocktail.

Colored Console Output

const out = {

  end: '\x1b[0m',

  // Modifiers.
  blink: '\x1b[5m',
  bright: '\x1b[1m',
  dim: '\x1b[2m',
  hidden: '\x1b[8m',
  reverse: '\x1b[7m',
  underscore: '\x1b[4m',

  // Foreground Colors.
  black: '\x1b[30m',
  blue: '\x1b[34m',
  cyan: '\x1b[36m',
  green: '\x1b[32m',
  magenta: '\x1b[35m',
  red: '\x1b[31m',
  yellow: '\x1b[33m',
  white: '\x1b[37m',

  // Background Colors.
  bgBlack: '\x1b[40m',
  bgBlue: '\x1b[44m',
  bgCyan: '\x1b[46m',
  bgGreen: '\x1b[42m',
  bgMagenta: '\x1b[45m',
  bgRed: '\x1b[41m',
  bgYellow: '\x1b[43m',
  bgWhite: '\x1b[47m',
};

Usage:

console.log(out.red, 'Something went wrong:', err, out.end);

Validate the Crickets’ Nest

I have a problem getting values from deeply nested objects: if one of the properties along the namespace is incorrect|modified|removed, Javascript throws. To avoid this, you can end up with obnoxious validation:

// Trying to get this.data.homeScene.user.name
const isValid = (
  typeof this.data === 'object' &&
  typeof this.data.homeScene === 'object' &&
  typeof this.data.homeScene.user === 'object' &&
  typeof this.data.homeScene.user.name === 'string'
);
if (isValid) {
  const { name } = this.data.homeScene.user;
  ...
}

What if I made a reusable helper to validate the namespace and return the value? 

export default function getNamespace(startObj, path) {
  const isValidArgs = (
    typeof startObj === 'object' &&
    typeof path === 'string'
  );
  if (!isValidArgs) return undefined;

  const finalValue = path
    .split('.')
    .reduce((obj, p) => ((typeof obj === 'object') 
      ? obj[p]
      : undefined
    ), startObj);{

  return finalValue;
}

Now the obnoxious validation looks like this:

// Trying to get this.data.homeScene.user.name
const name = getNamespace(this, 'data.homeScene.user.name');
if (name) { ... }

Dude! Sweet!

Alias for Git sanity

Git command line is pretty confusing. Here are some aliases that I found helpful that normalize it with other command line commands and add a little bit better context.

Open global .gitconfig file:

$ open ~/.gitconfig

If there isn’t an [alias] section already, add one:

[alias]
  cd = checkout
  ll = branch
  ls = branch
  delete-merged = !git branch --merged | egrep -v \"(^\\*|master|development)\" | xargs git branch -d
  new-up = !git push -u origin `git symbolic-ref --short HEAD`
  stage = add
  unstage = reset HEAD

Update 2018-07:

To set VS Code as the default editor for commit and merge messages:

[core]
  editor = code --wait

Hex

Here they are for not forgetting:

#cc9
#996
#663