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Refactoring code with ChatGPT
Refactoring code with ChatGPT in the navigators seat
Release - Syncing app configurations with unisync
Releasing unisync - an application configuration file syncing utility
On Crypto Burnout
FTX, Celsius, BlockFi, Hodlnaut, Terra - have we hit Crypto Burnout?
Why and how I use k8s for my personal stuff (and love it)
I am a big fan of kubernetes for personal projects. Some say it’s overkill, but here’s why I don’t think so
App release - Masked Email Manager for Fastmail
I’ve released an app built with Golang + React Native that lets you manage Fastmail Masked Emails quicker
Venturing into WASM with React Native and Golang
Investigating feasibility of using Golang + WASM within a React Native app
Relaying emails with Hide My Email back and forth
How Hide My Email works, and how to use it to relay addresses to specific recipients
Teaching my UniFi UDM how to IPv6
Adventures into IPv6, and getting it all working on a UniFI UDM
My custom molded attenuating earplugs
My journey of getting a pair of custom molded earplugs made
Some tiny personal programs I've written
There was this post on HN the other day titled Some tiny personal programs I’ve written that I enjoyed a lot. It resonated with me so much because I’ve been pumping out smaller programs left and right for a while as well, but never thought of sharing those with the public, so let’s change that. I love hacking on mini projects. Fixing a problem with programming feels like a superpower - I can do something that other people that can’t program can’t do, and every time I find a situation where I can apply my skills to an issue, I feel happy....
Anybox: Productive little bookmark manager
Ran into this little app called Anybox the other day while I was hunting for bookmark managers to try and ended up liking this one a lot How I was doing things until now Up until now, my way to manage bookmarks was to, well…, just bookmark them in my browser (duh), then use Alfred Workflows like this one (or more recently, just Raycast) to give me a dialog that can fuzzy complete bookmarks by name whenever I hit CMD-CTRL-B....
How I manage my digital life in 2022 (feat. Obsidian, DEVONthink & Friends)
Today, let’s talk a little about my favorite time-sink: Productivity! I can’t even count how often I re-invented my entire information management stack on the hunt for the perfect solution. Tweaks here, tweaks there - putting some new app into the center focus and building everything around it (again). Did I find the perfect solution? Nah, I don’t think it actually exists. On the contrary, tools that give me too many customization options turned out to be a pretty bad match for a brain like mine....