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Software Development

11 articles about software development

Building a React Native Driver App with InControl API

11/1/2025Software Development

A comprehensive tutorial for creating a production-ready mobile driver app using the InControl GraphQL API, featuring real-time session monitoring, interactive maps, and remote charging control.

Guide to using Claude to write InCharge Energy scripts

10/29/2025Software Development

You no longer need to be a developer to create helpful scripts using the InControl API for automating charger reporting and management (but it helps)

Netlify and Firebase Environment Variables

4/28/2018Software Development

A comprehensive guide to configuring Firebase with Netlify using environment variables, dotenv, and webpack.

Gatsby RSS Feed Configuration

4/10/2018Software Development

Fixing RSS feed configuration in Gatsby when your GraphQL query structure doesn't match the default plugin settings.

React Date Picking

4/9/2018Software Development

Using Airbnb's excellent react-dates library with Moment.js for beautiful date pickers in React applications.

Image Processing in Gatsby

3/16/2018Software Development

Understanding the complexities of pulling images from frontmatter in Gatsby using GraphQL and the various image plugins.

Gatsby Backticks

2/9/2018Software Development

A crucial debugging lesson: using backticks vs single quotes in gatsby-config.js filenames.

Pomodoro Timer

5/6/2016Software Development

Building an AngularJS Pomodoro Timer with Firebase integration for tracking focus sessions and tasks.

Angular Directives

4/25/2016Software Development

Understanding Angular directives, how to reference them in HTML, and how to create custom directives with proper naming conventions.

Moving to Rails

3/28/2016Software Development

Transitioning from WordPress to Rails for building a single page application with better flexibility and modern features.

HAML, HTML and Buttons

11/13/2015Software Development

Solving the challenge of implementing buttons in HAML when working with Rails, Bootstrap alerts, and data attributes.