Drew Gallagher

2 months ago | producthunt.com | Drew Gallagher

HomeProductReadble RegexRegex REST API For Easier Codebase Maintenance Of RegexAn open-source REST API called Readable Regex that lets you do common string manipulation tasks (like validating emails or extracting numbers) with simple API calls. Reduces regex maintenance in codebases and improves code readability.

Oct 30, 2024 | fredericksburg.com | Drew Gallagher

Mountain View’s volleyball team has a few rotations where they feature two potential Division 1 players in the front line with Loyola Maryland commit Elsie Afful and Alyssa Kumah, who is generating upper level interest as a sophomore. Massaponax established early, though, that if the visiting Wildcats could not get the ball to their twin towers, their net presence would not matter in the Commonwealth District championship as Massaponax won in straight sets, 25-19, 25-11, 20-15.

Apr 7, 2024 | fredericksburg.com | Drew Gallagher

Dr. Dan Dervin, a longtime Mary Washington College English professor and the most prolific book reviewer in the history of The Free Lance–Star, passed away recently at home in Florida at the age of 89. He was my friend. I hesitated to use the word friend if only because he and I never actually met.

Oct 23, 2023 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Drew Gallagher

Lewis Brownmiller has been lost to history. A distant relative of mine, Brownmiller was one of five sons who fought for the Union in the Civil War and one of three who didn’t make it back home to Ohio afterward. Online records list him as “Missing and presumed dead.” The place where his life ended is not hallowed. It isn’t even known. Brownmiller’s wasn’t a unique fate.

Jul 29, 2023 | fredericksburg.com | Peter Heller |Drew Gallagher

It is fitting that my final book review for The Free Lance-Star is “The Last Ranger” by Peter Heller. The titular connection is convenient, but more important is the fact that Heller is an author I have enjoyed and have reviewed often in these pages. From his début novel “The Dog Stars” (which I would argue is one of the best books written in the past 20 years) to “The Guide,” which was decidedly not one of the best books written in the past 20 years.