Author: Shawn Jackson

I’ve spent the last 18 years in the world of Information Technology on both the IT and Development sides of the aisle. I’m currently a Software Engineer for Paylocity. In addition to working at Paylocity, I’m also the Founder of Resgrid, a cloud services company dedicated to providing logistics and management solutions to first responder organizations, volunteer and career fire departments, EMS, ambulance services, search and rescue, public safety, HAZMAT and others.

VSCode and Ionic/Cordova Platform File Locking

If your running into file locking, like in the platform/android/assets/www folder, trying to use the Ionic or Cordova CLI tools with VSCode you need to exclude those folders from your VSCode’s explorer. The benefit here is also they will disappear from your search results from VSCode as well. The error you might be receiving might
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Good nuf’ development

I’ve been called a Copy/Paste Coder and a Duct Tape Developer more then a few times over my career. For some those are derogatory terms, for me they are just part of who I am. But know that those are part of me also doesn’t mean I’m not a Software Craftsmen. Most of work in
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Kicking the can down the road

Being a developer is an interesting profession. On one hand there are an engineering feel to it but on the other hand it’s far more like art. For me calling myself a “Software Engineer” is more for marketing then anything else. But lets face it, little of what developers/programmers do is actual engineering. Engineers are
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