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Why I built my own static site generator
I really wanted to get a personal blog up quickly, but the most popular static site generators either didn't fit my needs or did way too much.
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Tools & Productivity
The most popular blog posts about tools & productivity on Hacker News. 4,416 posts.
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ASCII-Driven Development
~15 years ago, we had Balsamiq Mockups (2008). Deliberately sketchy. Intentionally low-fidelity. The comic-sans-looking wireframes were a…
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Using a laptop as an HDMI monitor for an SBC
Though I spend the majority of my time working with microcontroller class devices, I also have an embarassingly robust collection of single board computers (SBC), including a few different Raspberry Pi models, the BeagleV Starlight Beta (RIP), and more. Typically when setting up these devices for whatever automation…
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Which NPM package has the largest version number?
I spent way too much time on this
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The Future Needs Files
For many mobile users, files are like dinosaurs, a holdover from the bygone desktop era. Sure, they “work” but, they’re mostly there because, you know, ancient history. I’ve discussed this issue for the last 2 years and I usually get some version of “get over it grandpa”.
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Using LLMs and Cursor to finish side projects
Struggling to finish side projects due to limited time? In my latest blog post, I share how I improved my productivity using AI tools like LLMs and Cursor IDE. Learn to refine specs, bootstrap code, and iterate effectively to rapidly build and deploy your projects—even with a busy schedule.
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Avy Can Do Anything
Update (2024-09-08): Read this article in Japanese at Qiita or at Emacs-JP. You’re using Avy wrong. Too harsh? Let me rephrase: you’re barely using Avy. Still too broad? Okay, the noninflammatory version: Avy, the Emacs package to jump around the screen, lends itself to efficient composable usage that’s obscured by…
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Deep work. Essentialism in asynchronous culture
Deep work Nowadays, we are getting accustomed to working in a continuously interrupting environment. Smartphone notifications, hundreds of e-mails, open spaces, and meetings slicing our workday. We are feeling busy, and overworked, but are we more productive? If I am a salesman or project coordinator that way of…
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My OpenStreetMap Workflow: Mapping the Village of Marmari, Evia
A general OpenStreetMap editing workflow, with the example of Mapping the village of Marmari, Evia in Greece (Μαρμάρι, Εύβοια).
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Making Git and Jupyter Notebooks play nice
Summary: jq rocks for speedy JSON mangling. Use it to make powerful git clean filters, e.g. when stripping out unwanted cached-data from Jupyter notebooks. You can find the documentation of git 'clean' and 'smudge' filters buried in the page on git-attributes , or see my example setup below.
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Ditch your version manager
Try Nix and don't look back.
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Should you add screenshots to documentation?
Screenshots in documentation can be a contentious topic — some people really like them and think they add a lot of value, while others dislike them due to the maintenance burden and accessibility issues. So what should you do?
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Advantages of Using R Notebooks for Data Analysis Instead of Jupyter Notebooks
The relatively new R Notebooks improve the workflows of common data analysis in ways Jupyter Notebooks can’t.
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Zsh is your friend.
Why you should consider switching from Bash to Zsh
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My shell setup with Fish and Tmux (2021)
I’ve recently been asked to share my shell setup, which if you ask me, that’s one of the highest levels of praise you can achieve as a software developer 🤣
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To set new tab as blank in MS Edge you need to enroll device in MDM
Force Microsoft Edge to open a truly blank new tab page using a Windows Registry tweak when the built-in customization options fall short.
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Command Line Tools I Like (2022)
The personal site of R. W. Blickhan
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LaTeX Tooling Guide
I'll let you in on a small secret: I hate LaTeX with a passion. It's a bloated mess with crazy syntax. It generates reams of warnings you can never totally get rid of, and some of the most confusing and/or unhelpeful errors I have ever seen. It needs to be run N times in a row. It even has a stupid name.
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App Analysis: Air Canada
This blog series focuses on the collection of device data by various popular mobile apps. Data is often collected in the name of advertising, error monitoring, fraud detection, and social media integration.