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Google Apps Script: 2 Caching Methods You Need to Use!

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Apps Script imposes execution time limits, which can cause issues. In this post I'll show you how to vastly improve your code efficiency via 2 caching methods.

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Google Sheets: Use Built-in Functions to Fetch JSON API Data

In this post I show you how to fetch JSON data from an API, in Google Sheets, without requiring additional auth scopes, and without having to set up triggers in Apps Script.

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Using LAMBDAs in Google Sheets to Create Filler Data

Google Sheets LAMBDAs are a bit of a strange beast. In this post I'll try to make their use clearer, by showing you how to use them to create filler data for queries.

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In a World with AI, Where Will the Future of Developers Lie?

A lot has been said about the future of AI and how it will affect the job market. In this post, I give my prediction of what the next generation of developers will be.

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Google's Decision to Effectively Kill-off Small Sites

Google's recent 'Helpful Content Update' has been anything but helpful, and has seen many actually helpful sites get buried in the SERPs. Time to finally ditch Google?

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Odd Behaviour with Alternating Colors in Google Sheets

Using Alternating colors (bandings) in Google Sheets can make your data much more readable, but they have some unexpected behaviour that had me scratching my head recently...

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How to Redirect URLs with Netlify

Netlify has built-in support for URL redirection and rewrites, and it's super simple to use. In this post, I'll show you how to use them.