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5 steps to a successful company retreat

Rescuing myself from the email monster with JavaScript

Replace Gmail Filters with Google Apps Scripts to use advanced criteria or regular expressions to label everything, act on or archive emails after a delay, and label outbound conversations automatically.

DrupalCon Austin: frontend wrap up

Parallel database reloads with Node.js and Drush

Have you ever found yourself working on a large Drupal site, pleased with whatever new piece of functionality you’re adding but simultaneously terrified of inevitably needing to reload the database? The thought of waiting twenty, thirty, forty, or more minutes to pull down a database is completely unacceptable and a huge waste of valuable developer time...

Local development with Apache VHosts and Dnsmasq

There are plenty of tools for doing local development, however some of them place some inconvenient limits on what you can do. If you aren't afraid to edit a few config files then you can have an incredibly flexible local development in just a few steps.

#4DaysOf4K: Four Kitchens’ guide to Austin coffee

Let’s be honest for a minute and talk about what you’re really going to need to get through a week of tacos, adult beverages, sessions, and networking. Caffeine. A cup of joe. The almighty coffee.