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Type safe URL templates

31 October 2024

Making URL template replacements safe

An unexpected way to open links in the terminal

28 August 2024

A little shortcut for opening terminal links in VSCode

A Visual Language for Image Manipulation

24 August 2024

I accidentally created a programming language for editing photos

Parameters, but only sometimes

16 August 2024

Better handling of function generics with optional parameters in Typescript using overloads

More generic than it should be

15 August 2024

A method for designing highly generic APIs in Typescript

Life, Gleam, and Parser Combinators

20 July 2024

A short introduction to Parser Combinators

The Most Awkward Person in the Room

13 July 2024

The challenge of language

On Automatic Lensess

27 April 2024

Why automatic camera lenses suck

On Falling Down

19 April 2024

Responding to change

Passwords

12 April 2024

Some casual commentary

Show Children when Parent is Hidden with CSS

04 April 2024

Make the children of an HTML element visible when the parent element is hidden

CSS @counter-style with Emojis

21 March 2024

Using the Counter-style attribute in CSS

Use localStorage for Tab Synchronization

07 March 2024

Synchronize data between browser tabs using localStorage

View Transitions and an Astro Presentation Framework

06 March 2024

Easily create presentations from your existing markdown content

Interacting with Kafka with Kotlin Coroutines

09 November 2023

Producing, Consuming, and Processing Kafka Event Streams

JPA Queries without the Magic

20 October 2023

Defining custom queries for JPA using specifications

Using Type Guards and Unions to prevent bugs and increase maintainability

26 June 2023

A practical introduction to type guards and union types

Nvim Error when using Plugins

13 June 2023

Fix NVim Error Executing Lua with Plugins

Generic Object Property Formatter and Validator using Typescript

09 May 2023

A statically typed, generic method for formatting and validating javascript objects for interchange across system boundaries

Postman Flows

03 March 2023

First impressions playing with the new Postman Flows

Update or Append to DynamoDB Attributes

28 February 2023

Use UpdateExpressions to modify DynamoDB items without reading them from the database

Draggable Div with XState and React

31 January 2023

A simple example of using XState with UI Events to build interactivity

Structuring HTML Content

26 January 2023

Transforming HTML into structured data to work with EditorJS

Let's talk about Feeds

24 January 2023

A short introduction to RSS feeds

Virtual Machine vs Containers

20 December 2022

Diagrams Comparing Virtual Machines and Containers

Smooth Bottom Navigator with Secondary Actions

15 December 2022

A Smooth Bottom Navigator using CSS Transitions and Svelte

Podcast and RSS Reader App Design

14 December 2022

A design study in building an RSS and Podcasting App in Figma with light and dark mode

Typescript Utilities

12 December 2022

Some general purpose utility types

Un-editable sections inside of a content editable

16 November 2022

Block user interactions and editing within a contenteditable or specific parts of it

Expanding Bottom Navigation with CSS Transitions

13 November 2022

A bottom navigation with expanding icons using CSS Transitions and Svelte

Education App Design Ideas

27 September 2022

Some design snips for a learning app

Read Metadata from Images using Rust

25 August 2022

Using Rust to parse EXIF metadata from image files

Binary Data and File Formats

20 August 2022

An introduction to bits, bytes, and binary file formats

Using React.memo for Controlling Component Rendering

16 August 2022

Using the react top-level API for debouncing and selectively rendering a component for better performance

Dev Tools Update

03 August 2022

Software development tools and languages I'm using at the moment

A Simple JSON Backed Database in Typescript

07 July 2022

Create a simple database that's backed to a JSON file using Typescript and Node.js

A type for getting properties common in all objects from a union

08 June 2022

Using typescript type conditions and Exclude to get keys commmon in parts of a union and an object with only common keys from that union

Type Narrowing in Typescript

31 May 2022

Using Type Narrowing for better handling of dynamic variables in typescript

Localhost HTTP Proxy with Node.js

08 March 2022

React Top Level API

01 March 2022

Building complex react components using the React top-level API and TypeScript

Visualizations with React

11 February 2022

Create SVG Graphs and Visualizations in React using D3

Logging Aliases for Javascript

02 November 2021

Console and file-based logging alias for Javascript

Javascript Range Function

29 October 2021

Create ranges in Javascript

Template Literal Types with Typescript

16 August 2021

Defining type combinations using Template Literal types

Building Serverless Apps using the Serverless Stack Framework

17 June 2021

Build, debug, and deploy serverless applications on AWS using SST and VSCode

Multi-module Python project using an __init__.py file

06 May 2021

How to work with modules and handle the 'ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ...' error

XUnit with F#

10 April 2021

Configuring and Testing F# applications using XUnit and the .NET Core CLI

Control a Raspberry Pi GPIO with Python

28 March 2021

Flicker and control and LED via a Raspberry Pi's GPIO Output pins using Python and RPi.GPIO

Custom Styles in Markdown

23 March 2021

Add styles for specific HTML elements in a markdown document

Render Element by Tag Name in React

19 March 2021

Dynamically render a React Element given the name of the corresponding HTML element

Setup HomeAssistant RaspberryPi with WiFi configured

09 March 2021

Enable a HomeAssistant flashed RaspberryPi to operate over WiFi using config files

Serialize a JsonValue Array using F# and FSharp.Data's JsonProvider

03 February 2021

Making use of the FSharp.Data JsonProvider and the serialization of JsonProvider arrays into JSON

Jenkins: A Git process may have crashed in the repository

03 February 2021

Repair an issue preventing Jenkins from running Git processes

Custom Attributes in C# Web Controllers

17 December 2020

Modify controller behaviour using Attributes

Debug POSTs using an Express App

04 December 2020

Create an express.js app with an endpoint that logs and returns a request's JSON body

Backup SQL Server Database as Script

26 November 2020

Create a DB Backup/Restore Script using SQL Server

Linear Regression with Sklearn

25 November 2020

Create a simple Linear Regression model using Scikit-learn and the Iris dataset

Generate data for a Postman request

24 November 2020

Using Pre-Request Scripts and Environment variables to generate data in Postman

Capture Fetch with Cypress

10 November 2020

Capture and Use Fetch Requests and Responses in Cypress

Position Legends in Seaborn

14 October 2020

Move figure legends outside of your graph area with seaborn

Scripting with FSharp

13 October 2020

Using the .NET CLI to use the F# Interactive console and run F# Scripts

Package Management with Poetry

07 October 2020

Manage python packages using poetry

Trust .NET Core Dev Certificates

07 October 2020

Adding .NET Core Certificates to the Cert store from the CLI

Highlight Specific Elements

29 September 2020

Add a border around all HTML Elements that match a CSS Selector to aid in debugging

URL Text Fragments

29 September 2020

Link to, and highlight, content on any part of a Web page with the Text Fragment directive

Node.js Dirname vs Resolve

25 September 2020

Working with paths using resolve and __dirname in Node.js

Split an Array into Segments

23 September 2020

Distribute elements of an array over a fixed number of segments

Mongo DB in Docker

22 September 2020

Run a MongoDB Instance with Docker or Docker Compose

Web APIs with AdonisJS and PostgreSQL

06 September 2020

A look at developing Web APIs using the AdonisJS Framework and MongoDB

Automate Anything with GitHub Actions

11 August 2020

Build a GitHub action that updates your Twitter Profile

Code in a Container

25 July 2020

Using a Docker Container as a development container using the Visual Studio Code Remote-Containers Extension

Code for Noobs

17 May 2020

An introduction to programming and general programming concepts using JavaScript

Colour in Black and White Photography

07 April 2020

Introduction to Black and White Colour Filtering and Processing for Photography

The Gatsby Migration, pt.3 - Smart Pages

15 March 2020

Adding dynamic pages to a Gatsby site

The Gatsby Migration, pt.2 - Dumb Pages

01 February 2020

Migrating a React.js website to Gatsby.js

The Gatsby Migration, pt.1 - Setting the Scene

21 January 2020

Building a basic React site with basic dynamic data loading

Real-time Communication with MQTT

12 November 2019

MQTT and real-time communication with the browser, JavaScript, Web Sockets and a Mosquitto message broker

Intro to F# Web APIs

30 October 2019

Introduction to .NET Core Web APIs with F#

Looky, a wild HTML!

01 October 2019

The first blog post, A quick journey through my design and development process for the site