Articles

On Chartable being unset and conversion metrics.

Fetch RSS as JSON using webhooks and Make (formerly Integromat).

Allow jump links to scroll to the correct position in Next.js.

A bookmarklet to clip Tumblr posts for Obsidian

Making the leap from Evernote to Obsidian

Throw errors in Next.js components and make them testable in Storybook interaction tests

Pro tips for getting testing up and running with Next.js 14.

When code words and proving who we are in meat-space isn't just for science fiction and spies.

The art of social-media management with Meta is apparently a convoluted one.

Getting around interesting quirks with dynamically loading components in Next.js

Conservation is a systems problem. Because it's all connected.

Bands get to come back for another round, why not our flora and fauna.

Some ideas about 'ownership' in AI SaaS groups are making me channel Inigo Montoya when Vizzini keeps saying 'inconceivable'.

I was mildly inconvenienced in my quest for improved publishing workflows, so I figured out how to write an Obsidian plugin to slugify filenames from headings.

I recently added interactive show notes and transcripts to the STEAM Powered website. Here's how I did it.

Convert unadorned gist links in markdown to React-compatible embeds in Next.js.

Programmatically insert quotes into Obsidian templates with Templater

Quick snippet for sharing cookies across subdomains using Supabase auth.

How I migrated old WordPress blogs to Eleventy with colocated image support.

An annoying hack to get access to the current pathname in Next.js 13 app router generateMetadata function.

An revision of tools for improved productivity and workflow management.

The one about why we need to talk about new technology.

A cursory foray into using ChatGPT for research purposes.

Reviewing my reel making strategy for podcast promotion.

The one about work, identity, and cringe personal brand.

Sharing what I've learned about podcasting lessons the long way so that you don't have to.

Some thoughts about climate change and the agricultural industry.

Use DeepGram transcripts in your Descript projects.

Use web requests to automate or programmatically post to Mastodon with Make.

A tale of YouTube granting me some nice numbers by connecting naked yoga and sharks.

Some thoughts about comfort zones and personal tethers.

A few people have told me what I post about the backend of my podcasting journey on Facebook is interesting/amusing and I should make it more accessible.

Some thoughts about attending the WiTWA TechPlus conference and WestTechFest, and feeling pretty inspired by the current state of STEAM.

An inelegant workaround to use colocated images with MDX on Next.js.

Use DeepGram as your Speech-to-Text (STT) engine in autoEdit 3.

Troubleshooting sharp errors on Netlify.

Deploying server-side canvas on Netlify.

Workarounds for letters displaying with cutouts on MacOS.

Proxy redirect parts of one Netlify site to another.

Reduce artefacts in audio exports from DaVinci Resolve.

Integration and rendering of Contentful embedded assets and entries.

Some thoughts about what this #freelance #dev thing actually involves other than being a code-monkey who sits around in PJs all day.

How do I regret thee, let me count the ways.

Automatically post Raindrop.io bookmarks to Tumblr.

Found some great examples of compassionate technology like HippoCamera, No Isolation, CSIRO's CALD app, and programs like April Wensel’s Compassionate Coding.

I launched a web app called Thesaurus Inventus as a Pinterest for writers.

Some thoughts about the discourse happening around self-taught vs formal education, and what it means to be successful.

MDX wraps components with paragraph tags and can add extra whitespace in tables which produce invalid HTML. This GatsbyJS plugin cleans up the markup.

How to create baked-in captions in videos using srt files and ffmpeg.

Thoughts some brilliant women in STEM had to share about how we can promote educational engagement, stoke enquiring minds, and get kids (and everyone else) excited about STEM.

Classical music in cartoons like Bluey, Sarah and Duck, Looney Tunes, and Disney.

When you have a broad range of experiences, and work in teams where everyone can bring something different to the table, magic happens.

The arts is more than 'just' making things pretty. It's integrated into everything that we do in so many different ways.

Exporting multiple timelines at one in DaVinci Resolve.

Configuring Xrdp on CentOS for use over Microsoft Remote Desktop.

Using Google Cloud Services Speech to Text to generate SRT files from short videos.

How to create permissions on groups in Django in a migration.

The technical details behind the creation of STEAM Powered.

Use DaVinci Resolve marker EDLs to create timelines that can be used in show notes and YouTube timelines.

Replicate Fairlight settings when using the same track on multiple timelines.