Jorge Colon Consulting Blog
My thoughts on programming, entrepreneurship, and freelancing.
Learn By Example: Elixir Pattern matching
Here’s an easy to follow code example on Elixir pattern matching
Learn By Example: What’s the ampersand in Elixir (capture operator)?
Seeing the ampersand for the first time in Elixir was really confusing, but here’s some examples to clarify how it works.
Expo Stuck on Splash Screen
I tried everything and no one knew the answer, but finally figured out why my Expo app was stuck on the Splash Screen
How to add a column with not null in Postgres
It can be a little confusing when you see you aren’t able to add a not null constraint to an existing table. Here’s one solution
Saying no. Breaking out of being a yes person
Saying no can be straightforward for some and not so much for others
Reverse Engineer a Web-based Integration
Debugging HTTP requests are easier if you use an HTTP Proxy. I go over what it is and what the options are.
SAML SSO in Simple Terms
SAML SSO is a complex technology, but it doesn’t have to be hard to understand. I distill SAML into simple terms.
Foundational Overview of the Docker Compose file
What if you could pull together many services easily with some sane defaults and set up your application in just a few lines of code?
Understanding How Docker Containers Work
Getting into Docker can be confusing since they don’t normally behave the same way as we’re used to, working with servers. Here we talk about