Blogs

After 7 years, it was time to migrate my old Jekyll website to a new more modern platform. Read on to learn why, how, and what the main challenges were in this process.

Are you using a VPN on your mobile device? Do you need to disable that to access your development web server over MDNS on your mobile device?

As developers, we love to build cool things and ship them as fast as reasonably possible. And to get that done, here are a few things you can do to “game the system”.

Tired of building un-versionable, lifeless architecture diagrams? Wouldn’t it be great if you could add your diagram to Git, embed it in your documentation, and have clickable elements?

Planning an event can be stressful, and the last thing you need is worrying about your guests’ privacy. But don’t worry, I’ve got you covered with a privacy-friendly RSVP option.

Looking to configure multiple SSH keys on the same computer? For instance to use a different SSH key for your public and enterprise Github contributions.

These past years I’ve grown to be more privacy-aware. And while this post isn’t about how I’m increasing my personal privacy, I’d like to talk about how I’m increasing yours.

How can you connect your app on an Android emulator to a development server running on the localhost of your computer? The problem # Since Android emulators create their own virtual network, they cannot access devices on your local network.

Trying to get a large number of files from your Android phone, but Android File Transfer freezing up? Here’s what I learned trying to pull ~170 Gb from my Pixel phone.

Looking to get a fancy verified checkmark on Mastodon for your Github account? This post details how I made this work. Steps # Before I get started, huge thanks to Simon Wilson for inspiring me with the original idea.