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Roll Your Own Analytics
How to build a free, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics
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Tools & Productivity
The most popular blog posts about tools & productivity on Hacker News. 4,415 posts.
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PCBs, copper pours, ground planes, and you
A closer look at a fashion trend in printed circuit board design.
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Dropbox as a Git Server
git-remote-dropbox is now on PyPI!
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Setting up your own Nextcloud instance to get off of Google
One of my goals for 2020 was to stop using Google's products. There are a lot of reasons why, but that's not the point of this post. I found out about…
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I use Excalidraw to manage my diagrams for my blog
TL;DR I use an Excalidraw, wrap the elements of interest with a frame, name it with export_ prefix, my forked excalidraw extension automatically generates SVGs for light and dark mode.
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Box of Secrets: Discreetly modding an apartment intercom to work with Apple Home
Discreetly modding my friend’s apartment intercom to work with Apple Home.
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How I recorded an album on my own, in my room
Detailed overview of what I learned and what I did to record and publish an album on my own, from my room
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Not Using Zoom
Dear client, Setting aside the challenges of using Zoom under ChromeOS and Linux, I have mostly been declining invitations to Zoom calls...
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Any program can be a GitHub Actions shell
In GitHub Actions, you can use the shell keyword to specify the shell that runs a given run: block. This keyword is optional for workflows but mandatory for action definitions.
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Git Diagramming "The Weave"
We all know the current US President is one hell of an orator and often assures us that he has “the best words”:
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Fortunately, I don't squash my commits
The story of a bug, and how I addressed it.
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I Block Ads
I block ads in the browser. I block ads at the DNS level.
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How I'm Productive with Claude Code
It’s been about 6 weeks since I joined Tano, and this is what my commit history looks like:
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Fix HDMI-CEC weirdness with a Raspberry Pi and a $7 cable
Revenge tale against Consumer Electronics "Control".
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Sed – An Introduction and Tutorial
The Grymoire - Tutorial on the SED stream editor.
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Just paying Figma because nothing else works
My family wasn’t poor by any stretch of the imagination, but I was raised to avoid spending money whenever possible. I was also taught “it’s a poor craftsman that blames their tools”, which apparen...
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Social Media Needs a Travel Mode
News reports tell us that Customs and Border Patrol has become more aggressive about checking social media accounts at the border. In doing this, the United States joins a growing list of countries that recognized the value of these accounts, and the unique data mining opportunity that a border crossing provides.
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My favorite apps on F-Droid
I often recommend F-Droid to my Android-using friends. F-Droid is an alternative app store which contains only Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). It's great because the apps are almost all not evil. Did you know that a flashlight app doesn't need access to your contacts, location, and pictures? Did you know that…
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Mail Data Loss in macOS 10.15
I’m working on more posts about the Catalina release, but I wanted to start with a short warning. I’ve heard a bunch of reports of data loss in Apple Mail. Thankfully, none seem to be caused by my apps . (Ironically, one of the bugs I’ve encountered is the inability to delete messages via AppleScript.) And, in fact…
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Intermediate Vim
A few tips to level up your vim editing skills from beginner to intermediate.