Author: jcianci12

  • When Your Cardio Gets Fit Faster Than Your Body

    Understanding why tendons, muscles, and bones become the bottleneck If you’ve recently started running more consistently, you might notice something strange: Your heart rate is improving.Your breathing feels easy.Your pace is getting faster. …but your legs feel tight, tender, or “behind”. This isn’t weakness. It’s not failure.It’s biology. What you’re experiencing is cardiovascular fitness outpacing…

  • Data Attribute Modal Convention: Dynamic Modals and Parent Page Updates

    Overview This guide explains how to use the data attribute convention for loading modals dynamically via AJAX and updating the parent page when actions occur within the modal. This pattern follows the CDIS unobtrusive AJAX principles, keeping JavaScript separate from HTML and making code more maintainable. Table of Contents Introduction The data attribute modal convention allows you…

  • SQL ‘Like’ Command Cheat Sheet

    The LIKE command in SQL is used to search for a pattern within a text/string column. It’s very useful when you don’t want an exact match but want to find strings that follow a certain pattern. Here’s a clear breakdown: Basic Syntax Wildcards LIKE uses wildcards to define flexible patterns: Wildcard Meaning Example % Any…

  • SQL JOIN Cheat Sheet: A Memory‑Friendly Guide

    If you ever find yourself pausing mid‑query wondering “wait… WHERE goes before GROUP BY, right?”—this cheat sheet is for you. This article gives you: The One Mnemonic to Rule Them All “Some Friendly Joins Only Work Great On Large Data” Each word maps to the exact order of a SQL query: Mnemonic Word SQL Clause…

  • When Systems Forget the User: The Hidden Cost of Poor UX in Clinical Settings

    Many systems fall short not because the technology is inadequate, but because user experience (UX) is not meaningfully considered — or sustained — over time. In clinical environments, where time is finite and pressure is constant, this gap becomes especially visible. Clinical systems are used by a wide range of people with very different needs.…

  • Finding Discovery 3 Air Suspension Leaks: Let the Smoke Do the Work

    Hunting down a small air suspension leak on a Discovery 3 is usually a slow game of bubbles—spraying soapy water over lines, fittings, and airbags, then watching for tiny bubbles. It works… eventually. But it’s tedious, easy to miss, and can test your patience. I’m taking a different approach: using an automotive smoke machine. Instead…

  • Discovery 3 Air Suspension Quirks: Calibration Matters

    Just a quick note for anyone noticing their Discovery 3’s front end behaving oddly at low speeds or when stopping at lights: I recently discovered that miscalibrating the air suspension can cause this. I thought I was on flat ground when doing the calibration—but apparently I was slightly off. What I noticed was the front…

  • Discovery 3 Temp Sensor: Slow but Normal

    Just a heads-up for anyone watching their Discovery 3 temp gauge and thinking it’s broken: the outside temperature sensor is supposed to be slow. I swapped mine out recently because I thought it was acting up and ordered a replacement from AliExpress. Big mistake—the new sensor immediately showed -8°C… in 28°C weather. Yep, negative eight.…

  • How to Check and Fix Windows Location Services Using PowerShell

    Introduction Windows location services allow applications and websites to access your device’s location. However, sometimes these services can be disabled by organization policies, Group Policy settings, or registry configurations. When location services are disabled, you’ll notice that the location toggle in Windows Settings is greyed out and cannot be changed. This guide will show you…

  • Buying a High-Pressure Fuel Pump from Alibaba: A Lesson in Defective Products and Trade Assurance Failures

    How a $470 purchase, 4 wasted hours, and missed Alibaba deadlines revealed a broken process Day 1 – Arrival and Installation (4 Hours Wasted) I purchased a high-pressure fuel pump from a Chinese supplier on Alibaba for my Discovery 3 (2.7 TDV6). Total cost: $470 USD. Installation took 4 hours, only for the pump to…