This is a quick post about a feature I discovered by accident in Visual Studio Code that I really like: I was working in a Linux machine and ran a grep in the integrated terminal to find a particu...

In a recent post I talked about how great MySQL Workbench is. A few days later, I discovered a Visual Studio Code extension simply called MySQL. It is not as robust in some ways as Workbench (e.g. ...

There are a handful of tools in Microsoft 365 to help you with information protection. Which one is the best option will depend on the scenario you will need to use it for. Once you’ve identified s...

The stylus extension is a new addition to my browser (Edge, available for all Chromium browsers). The core idea: it allows for changing stylesheets on websites while you browse without actually cha...

This site is now ryanrobinson.technology instead of alliterationapplications.com. I felt that it was more representative of what this site has evolved to become. It is a repository of my technology...

You know what desktop app made the largest improvement to my workflows when I discovered it? Not Visual Studio Code, as much as my writing sometimes hypes it up as my preferred text editor. There w...

Have you ever wanted to test out a Drupal module without actually installing it on your site? SimplyTest.Me is the answer. All you have to do is pick a module or theme, including a specific version...

I’ve written before about Visual Studio Code, my preferred text editor. One of the great things about VS Code is the large number of extensions that are available, while continuing to be a lightwei...

I personally have not used Microsoft Teams as a phone system. My employers have stuck completely with Internet-based communications, mostly to others in the same organization. But if you want to in...

What if you need to partition your organization so that some members of your tenant cannot communicate with others in Teams? For example, maybe you have interns who you do want to have Teams access...