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14
Jan 2022
Superfast and Practical Webapps using NextJS, Vercel, LiveView and Fly.io
Making fast web apps is hard but a tremendous [business oppurtunity](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/201807240054...
18
Dec 2021
Persistent URL Slugs in Elixir Phoenix
When building out a platform it's a great idea to let your primary outside world resource be reachable via slugs in the...
16
Dec 2021
The URL is the Web Developer's Best Friend
> Store your important public state that defines the flow of where your users are in the URL, and treat it as the singl...
26
Nov 2021
Thankful for Open Source
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# Outline - Open source software used to write this blog - Number of non adedquately compensated man hours - The effec...
31
Mar 2021
On God
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> Disclaimer: This is a hairy topic to talk about, so everything in this post is my opinion and shall be considered as ...
14
Dec 2020
Stop Being So Polarized All the Time
Remember when we used to joke around, debate about politics, have a drink afterwards and hug your friend with a diffe...
24
Sep 2020
The Curious Case of Corona Safe
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> This is going to be more of a story line rather than anything. So if you aren't interested in how a small state used ...
20
Sep 2020
Why Vim Is the Best in 2020
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Alright it's 2020 and we "entitled" developers need the best. Everything should be new and cutting edge, the tech we us...
19
Sep 2020
The Levels of Learning
Everyone loves to learn and with the advent of the Internet and all the good and bad things that came with it, access t...
11
Sep 2020
MacOS like Fonts on Manjaro/Arch Linux
Either you love gorgeous typography or just don't care. If you are the former read ahead on how to make the font render...
26
Jun 2020
Simplicity Matters
The world is inherently complex. Countless moving parts interact in exponential ways to create a a beautiful, functiona...
23
Jun 2020
Compiling OpenSSL 1.0 for Older Package Versions
Running older versions of software is always a pain. There will be missing libraries, compilation errors and what not. ...
12
Apr 2020
Implementing Autocomplete Select in Rails 6
`simple-form` makes creating forms that handle associations in rails a breeze. It creates a select dropdown that works ...
08
Feb 2020
Self Hosted NPM Fonts with Webpack
Whenever I wanted new fonts Google Fonts was the defacto place I'd go to. It has a ton of great fonts and it's fairly e...
07
Jan 2020
The Simplest Productivity System is the Best
Most of us are productivity gurus on the Internet nowadays. Anyone who works with a computer now has some general ideas...
08
Dec 2019
Turning Off Syntax Highlighting
Experimenting with turning off syntax hightlighting on code.
07
Dec 2019
On Writing on the Internet
It's been a long time since I have written some long form content, and it's starting to show. The ability to write show...