I make things that run on the web (mostly).
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It isn't a legitimately controlled TLD (111)
A partial and a script for quickly fetching open graph data and embedding it in a Jekyll page (349)
Unless... (214)
An experiment to generate long but easy to remember passwords, partially inspired by XKCD #936 (155)
My answer to an Ask HN. Yes, particularly for features that are still too complex and for features that deal with money. (136)
Notes on figuring out what NFTs really are. (470)
GoAccess, a log analysis tool, is a perfect replacement for Google Analytics resulting in more accurate (and private)analytics, particularly for smaller sites. (1042)
Big tech is in focus and being held somewhat responsible for fighting misinformation. But what about smaller platforms? And how can big tech help? (1230)
My answer to an Ask HN. TL;DR: For money. (66)
Looking back at one year of more "serious" blogging (1039)
At times it's more readable to use the plural of a model instead of singular. For instance Products.for_indexing instead of Product.for_indexing. This can be accomplished through a simple initializer that creates the plural model automatically.
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My answer to an Ask HN. Use the db-updates-as-code for your framework, make the system fudgeable and have an audit log. (118)
A summary of other machine-readable codes and their purposes (1090)
Similar to the actor model pattern, the functional model pattern creates multiple models that operate on the same table. But instead of focusing on the user type that primarily accesses it, it focuses on the functionality required. It works well for different stages of a base model. (685)
A brilliant technique to (almost) determine a user's OS by testing whether CSS has OS-specific built-in font families. (331)
A way to calculate the "negative" of a string to be able to sort an array of objects in alphabetic order of one field but reverse alphabetic order of another. (372)
A collection of lessons based on my experience in Supplybunny (202)
When software is polite, when a link is needlessly small and when the best and brightest have errors in prod. (205)
They give the impression of authenticity, but the current implementations are bad. (1238)
TL;DR You aren't, but spam is real, and a good alternative doesn't exist at the moment. (848)
A provider that has no comparable competition is the perfect example of why competition is not only good but necessary. (663)
An improvement over using `jekyll-pdf` or `wkhtmltopdf` (637)
Hijacking blocking notifications and DNS unresolved errors (57)
Some emojis that (un)fortunately didn't make the cut. (219)
While Stack Overflow does cover the most commonly encountered issues, particularly for beginners, there is still a lot of value in technical blogging for solutions that are the result of experience. (965)