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Jan 18, 2022 · 3 min read · Good UX is predictable. I can operate it with my eyes closed because I know what is going to happen. A predictable UX means that I don’t need to react to what my tool is doing. Imagine you were walking on a tile floor. The tiles look identical but ma...
Join discussionJan 9, 2022 · 2 min read · I use Pinata for hosting a number of websites on IPFS. However, due to their double-charging of similar pins, I need to clean up old copies of my sites to avoid high costs. I am just sharing a couple of simple scripts that work for me and could easil...
Join discussionJan 2, 2022 · 4 min read · Nix is a very useful tool for CI because it provides a portable and consistent build environment with accurate caching. I use it for almost all of my projects and have codified my setup in https://gitlab.com/kevincox/nix-ci/. This is a ready-to-go CI...
Join discussionJan 1, 2022 · 14 min read · I recently launched a web service using Rocket (0.5.0-rc.1). After about a month, I migrated it to actix-web (although using only a small amount of the framework). I thought it would be interesting to document my rationale and thoughts about Rocket, ...
Join discussionDec 16, 2021 · 5 min read · I was implementing WebSub for FeedMail and was disappointed that YouTube’s feeds don’t have support. While disappointing this was not much of a surprise, YouTube’s feeds are well-known to be very basic and under-loved. But then I stumbled across http...
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