Quick and Easy Apps Are So Rewarding You don't need to be an expert developer to build something useful. Even really simple apps can increase productivity and maybe lead to your first dev job.
gardening "Blendposting" Kitchen Scraps Learn how to turn your kitchen scraps and spoiled fruits and vegetables into a healthy soil amendment without composting.
mental health A Story of In-Patient Mental Health Treatment Ever wonder what its like to be in a "psych ward?" Hear about how I needed help, admitted myself to a mental health facility, made friends, and came out healthier.
ai Codeium AI Plugin Can Help Disabled Developers Learn how the Codeium AI Plugin can help disable developers improve their typing speed and accuracy.
slack Quickly Adding Emojis in Slack and Discord Learn how to quickly add multiple emojis to a message in both Slack and discord.
accessibility "Curing" Blindness with Apple Vision Pro and "Be My Eyes" Could the new Apple Vision Pro "cure" blindness? Of course not, but this new technology could be a game changer for improving lives of the visually impaired.
jobs Real Code is Better than "leet" Code If you're looking for your first developer job, perhaps spend more time building real products than "practicing" on coding challenges.
Using Cloudflare Workers to Manage an S3 Compatible R2 Bucket Wondering how to use Cloudflare Workers to manage access to an R2 Bucket? I've put together a tutorial video that takes the official Cloudflare sample, converts it to JavaScript from TypeScript, and makes it more secure. https://cf-workers-r2.codedemos.dev/
My Developer Origin Story Many years ago, I had my "origin story" on the now sunsetted Stack Overflow Careers page. Since it's gone now, I'm posting it here for posterity. Keep in mind this is outdated since 2013. I've been dabbling in programming since I was a kid.
Without Us The marvels of the modern world aren't possible without the contributions of us all. YOU are important. Your role is vital. So is everyone else. Let's treat each other that way.
Viewing Only Modifieds Settings in Visual Studio Code Sometimes you may discover a change in the way Visual Studio Code works for you. Maybe something that used to work no longer does. Perhaps you changed some setting but
Apple Admits New iPhone Feature To Improve Censorship of Photos 😜 In Apple's recent "Far Out" event, it announced lots of new devices and software. Tim Cook also mistakenly (?) admitted to Apple's involvement in censorship. Apparently the new iPhone 14 pro is going to be particularly good at censoring our photos‼️ Time to switch to
macOS Reliably Open the Emoji and Symbols Keyboard on macOS The Emoji and Symbols keyboard on macOS is a great way to add some fun to your messages. Learn the quickest, most reliable way to open it.
accessibility macOS Accessibility with Zoom and Hover Text macOS's built-in accessibility features can make it easier to read small print, image alt text, audit your websites, and zoom in to see fine photo details.
cloudflare Fix Cloudflare Remix HMR Bug with patch-package Does an imported package have a bug or missing feature? Can't wait for the PR to fix it? Learn how to use `patch-package` to use the fix now.
cloudflare Become a SuperDev with Cloudflare and Astro I recently did a live Twitch stream presentation covering building apps and sites with Cloudflare and Astro. Check out the "Astro Plus Cloudflare Give You Developer Super Powers" presentation to
veterans America's Veteran Suicide Crisis America, our military, and our veterans have a mental health crisis. It shouldn't be a dirt little secret. Let's expose it so it can be solved.
hacktoberfest A Sane Way to Contribute to OSS During Hacktoberfest Struggling to find open source projects to contribute to for Hacktoberfest? Learn how to participate, improve your skills, & not stress about the swag.
OCR Any On-Screen Text with Cleanshot X Use Cleanshot X to capture ANY text on a macOS screen - photos, videos, etc.
covid-19 Overcoming "Long COVID" with P-DTR Therapy How I finally found relief from "long COVID" symptoms using Proprioceptive Deep Tendon Reflex Therapy.
css Consistent Number Layout with CSS Learn how to use the CSS font-variant-numeric property to ensure numerals are displayed consistently and avoid layout changes.
privacy Ghost Blog to Google - "FLoC Off!" Configuring Nginx on a self-hosted Ghost blog to disable Google's FLoC using HTTP headers.
scrimba Improvements to Console Logging in Scrimba Struggling with the default console logging interactions in Scrimba courses? These bookmarklets can help remove distractions.
React Creating React Class Components with and without Constructors Learn how to write React class components without constructors and without method binding.
cloudflare Share Files and Images from Digital Ocean Spaces using Cloudflare Workers as a Proxy Use Cloudflare Workers to proxy requests to Digital Ocean Spaces for file and image sharing.