Devblog

My thoughts on all things technical and my career in software development.

2024

• Adding a resume endpoint in Astro
  Jan 4, 2024
  Learn how I created an endpoint to display my resume in Astro
• Split YouTube audio into tracks
  Jan 3, 2024
  It's easy to extract the audio from a YouTube video and split it up

2023

• Hanging up a Pix Brix picture
  Dec 26, 2023
  How to build some LEGO brackets for hanging a Pix Brix picture
• Use Zen Mode in VS Code
  Dec 20, 2023
  Zen mode helps remove some of the visual noise in VS Code
• Switching to Astro
  Dec 16, 2023
  My thoughts on switching the blog platform to Astro
• Startups are Hard
  Oct 20, 2023
  (or how my journey at Observable came to an end)

2022

• How to Rip the Audio from a Video DVD on Linux
  May 22, 2022
  Learn how to convert the audio track from a DVD video to something more portable
• One and a Half Years In
  May 14, 2022
  On to the next adventure
• Debugging Unhandled Rejections in Jest
  Apr 16, 2022
  Track down what is causing unhandled exceptions in your Jest tests
• Testing D3 Format Specifiers
  Mar 29, 2022
  Figuring out how format specifier strings work in D3
• Sort Git Tags by Date
  Mar 24, 2022
  A quick tip for sorting your git tags chronologically
• Convert JavaScript Object to String
  Mar 11, 2022
  For use in Markdown files, documents, etc.
• Jest, Variables, and the Test Execution Cycle
  Mar 8, 2022
  (Or the danger of using the same variable to run dynamic tests in a loop)
• My Old Apps Broke
  Feb 20, 2022
  An investigation in to why my frontend could no longer connect to my backend
• Calculate the Zoom Transform Between Two Scales in D3
  Jan 8, 2022
  Determine the zoom transform to go between two scales in the data visualization library D3

2021

• What Is Array Reduce?
  Nov 13, 2021
  Some examples of how this array method can be useful
• Add Windows Keyboard Shortcuts With AutoHotKey
  Nov 5, 2021
  Learn how to make multiple Windows desktops easier to use with AutoHotKey
• One Year In
  Oct 29, 2021
  Thoughts about my first year as a Software Engineer
• How to Deploy a Hugo Blog to GitHub Pages
  Oct 25, 2021
  Simplify the Hugo deployment process to GitHub Pages

2020

• Mirror Reverse Algorithm
  Aug 1, 2020
  Learn about the mirror reverse algorithm that comes up in developer technical interviews
• Change how a website looks with Stylus and UserCSS
  Jun 13, 2020
  Customize the styles on any website using Stylus and UserCSS
• An Engineer is a Problem Solver
  May 13, 2020
  (Or how to lose your job during a pandemic)
• Hooks vs. Classes in React
  May 13, 2020
  Learn about using Hooks instead of Classes in React for creating components

2018

• Getting Calling Features to Work on the Sony XZ1 Compact
  Dec 17, 2018
  Enable VoLTE and WiFi Calling on the XZ1 Compact on MetroPCS (or other MVNO's)