Mini iPad Mini ReviewFor what I'm using it for, it's pretty good.
May 2, 2024
My iPad Mini ExperimentAn iPad mini has entered my life.
May 1, 2024
Uses: Mini Ring NotebookWhile I’ve always like the idea of pocket notebooks like Field Notes, they never really clicked with me. Probably user error, but I have a hard time
April 29, 2024
Uses: CodeliaCodelia is my favorite monospace font
April 19, 2024
Made to Last?If you say it's made to last, back that up.
April 18, 2024
The Perfect StackI have finally found the perfect stack for web development. You're welcome.
April 5, 2024
What I Use to Blog in 2024A quick overview of what I use to blog in 2024
March 26, 2024
State Of the Blogs 2024It’s been a while. Let’s catch up.
March 26, 2024
Review of Amazon Basics 3 Hole Punch, Semi-Adjustable, 30 Sheet Capacity, BlackFor reasons I don’t want to get into now, I need a 3 hole punch for A5 sized paper. The Amazon Basics 3 Hole Punch, Semi-Adjustable, 30 Sheet
August 24, 2023
Working SlowlyI was watching a video from Shawn Hickman about his first week of being full-time indie. He said that he likes to take his time and work slowly, and
August 19, 2023
Why I Like iOS DevelopmentI realized the other day why I think I like iOS development so much. It cuts down on the number of decisions I have to make. For me, that’s huge.
August 9, 2023
A Disappointing TrainingA few weeks ago, I went out of my comfort zone and volunteered to do a training at work. Historically, I don’t do well talking to groups. I’m much
August 2, 2023
I’m Not Ready for visionOS and Spatial ComputingvisionOS and the idea of spatial computing are pretty exciting. But as a mostly hobbyist iOS developer, I’m already a bit exhausted thinking about a
June 12, 2023
I Tried AlpineAs part of my little Frosthaven calculator, I gave Alpine.js a try. I think I like it. If you look at the PR for the switch, you can see that using
June 6, 2023
PicoCSSI’ve been using PicoCSS on a couple small projects. I (mostly) really like it! Easy to add to a project. Makes things look nice out of the box,
June 5, 2023
Is Vanilla JavaScript Better?The other day, I made a little calculator for my brother’s Frosthaven group. To make it simple, I just did an index.html with some pure, vanilla
June 5, 2023
Do NothingI’m currently at the end of a break between jobs. I took one week off. I had grand schemes of working on my app, maybe starting some other new
May 21, 2023
I Think I Regret Buying the Studio DisplayWhen rumors of the Studio Display started coming out, I started saving money to buy one just in case. When it was announced in 2022, I immediately
May 16, 2023
The Millionaire Fastlane, by Mj DeMarcoI saw this book recommended on YouTube and for whatever reason, I thought I would read it before I watched the video. While this book was rambling
April 3, 2023
Re: You’re Not LazySomeone shared this video on Mastodon the other day. It really got me thinking. Basically, I’m trying to figure out if I’m working with or against
April 2, 2023
Year of Discipline Update—FinancesAt the start of 2023, my wife and I had been feeling a bit stressed about money. We knew we should have plenty, but it always kinda felt like the
April 1, 2023
Year of Discipline Update—Writing and DevelopmentI haven’t finished writing the book I started for my daughter. Still need to do that… But, I’ve been writing for my blog pretty regularly. Mostly
March 31, 2023
Year of Discipline Update—Health and FitnessOne of the big areas I wanted to focus on in 2023 was my health and fitness. So far, I have mainly focused on running and losing some weight. My
March 30, 2023
DrainedI feel drained. It’s been difficult to get myself to work on ScreenCred and other projects. It’s a combination of all sorts of things—poor sleep,
March 21, 2023
Pocket SnacksI’ve been putting a little notebook in my shirt pocket lately. I like having something around that I can take notes, write out tasks, etc. without
March 13, 2023
Creating a File From RaycastI was procrastinating today, so I made a bash script. I had been using Espanso to make creating my develogs a bit easier with some text replacement.
March 3, 2023
Push Notifications With GoI had never sent a push notification in my life. I wanted to try it out. Writing my server in Go, I used the sideshow/apns2 library. Being a Go
January 18, 2023
Using WeatherKit in GoI haven’t had a chance to use WeatherKit yet, and I’ve barely used Go. So for some reason I decided to give both a go at the same time. WeatherKit
January 18, 2023
Is CloudKit Good for the Ecosystem?I use Day One for journaling. The other day I was checking about another journaling app made by an indie dev. It looks nicer, feels faster, and has
January 6, 2023
Why Do We Scroll to the Top?I’ve been trying a lot of Mastodon apps lately and I’ve tried a few Twitter apps in the past. For the ones I’ve tried, they all have one thing in
January 3, 2023
2023 and the Year of DisciplineI thought I knew what I was going to be writing about here, then I started looking back through my previous yearly themes and whoops, sorry 2022.
January 1, 2023
Vacation RoutinesLast week was Thanksgiving and I took some time off. My family went to a beach house for the week. I brought my journal, my laptop, and running
November 28, 2022
What Can Replace Twitter for Me?With everything going on with Twitter, I’m trying to figure out what I’m going to do. I’ve been thinking about what I get from Twitter. I mostly
November 10, 2022
Finding What SticksI think one of the most common posts on my blog is about switching to a new blog system. Ghost to Jekyll and GitHub pages to Nuxt on Netlify to 11ty
November 2, 2022
Some Thoughts on EditorsI’ve been messing around with my workflow and trying different code editors. I know IntelliJ kinda has a bad rap and often feels slow compared the
July 10, 2022
Giving up on Notes AppsOver the years, I think I’ve tried pretty much every note taking app there is. I’ve tried using Apple Notes, Evernote, GoodNotes, Notability, Bear,
June 30, 2022
Re: Demo to Demo LoopI really enjoyed this post from Dave Rupert. I like what Dave said: Demos improve meetings. I’ve found “Demo First” meetings are life-giving
June 23, 2022
Changing the Direction of a SwiftUI Color GradientSwiftUI added a pretty cool new property to Color to easily create subtle gradients. Now, all colors, even custom colors, come with a standard
June 22, 2022
Wwdc 2022 WishlistHere’s some things I’m hoping for this year at WWDC: Multiple user support in iPadOS. Password sharing. My wife and I share passwords for various
June 2, 2022
My Supposed Dream JobI think that my dream job would be an indie developer. But I’m not sure. I wish I could try it. I don’t have enough money saved up to just quit my
May 18, 2022
Re: RssChris Coyier blogged about RSS. Talking about how RSS can be social, he wrote: How is all this social? It’s just slow social. If you want to
May 3, 2022
Go One Level DeeperWhen I was in college, I was a teaching assistant in a computer science class. A lot of our job was helping students read errors. “Your program
May 3, 2022
My New Favorite FontThe YouTube algorithm got me today and suggested a video about a font called Comic Code by Toshi Omagari. I was immediately intrigued. As I was just
April 27, 2022
Turning It Off and on AgainMy AirPods weren’t charging beyond 72% for some reason. So I factory reset them, and now they are charging again. It’s comical how often the answer
April 8, 2022
Living SoftwareAs I’ve been working through my thoughts on creating apps and software, I’ve realized that software is pretty unique. Most software feels so fluid
March 29, 2022
Trying to Find Balance in Side ProjectsI just removed my two iOS apps from sale on the App Store. I hadn’t updated either of them in over a year. It felt bad having them hanging out
March 28, 2022
How I JournalI recently hit a 365 day streak in Day One. I’ve never been very good at keep a journal, so it felt pretty good! I found a couple things that helped
March 21, 2022
Bookmarks in ObsidianFor a while, I tried to utilize Twitter’s bookmark feature to save interesting links, helpful tidbits, and whatnot. I quickly realized that it was
March 11, 2022
Finishing What We StartI was listening to a podcast this morning and they talked briefly about how so many of us start way more projects than we finish. It got me
March 2, 2022
Adventures With Templater for ObsidianI’ve been experimenting more with how I can handle managing my small side projects in Obsidian. More on that another time, but one piece I wanted
February 24, 2022
My Photography WorkflowI’m a casual photographer; hobbyist at best. A little over a year ago, in preparation for our second daughter arriving, I got a Sony A7C. I wanted a
February 20, 2022
An Itch to BlogFor whatever reason, about once a year, I get an itch to blog. I’m feeling it now. Maybe it’s because there’s more light in the day and I feel like
February 18, 2022
This Is My First Micropub PostI’m sure there are lots of bugs I need to work out
February 13, 2022
Father’s DayI love being a dad. I even like being a dad most of the time. After 4 years though, I sometimes still wonder what in the world I have gotten myself
June 20, 2021
Fresh StartsWith years, months, weeks, days, our calendar continually gives us chances to reset, restart, adjust, or whatever else we need to do. As silly as it
June 11, 2021
Shut Your Brain DownLast night, I finished building the new LEGO World Map set. With over 11,000 pieces, it took me around 12 hours to complete. Some of that time was
June 7, 2021
Thoughts on Steal Like an ArtistI have long believed that I have never and will never come up with an original idea. Nothing is truly original. Every ideas has been had before. In
May 28, 2021
The GridWhen I need to get down to business and get some serious programming done, I put on the TRON: Legacy soundtrack. That is all. Thank you for coming
February 9, 2021
The Year of Momentum and the Season of SurvivalLike I said in Wrapping Up the Year of Groundwork, after 2020, I don’t feel like I have much gas left in the tank. That’s why I’ve decided to make
January 4, 2021
Wrapping up the Year of Groundwork2020 has been a hard year for everyone. But I have been very fortunate. I was already working from home, my company does well in good and bad
January 4, 2021
Digital Minimalism, by Cal NewportUsing my phone less has been on my mind for quite a while now. For no good reason, I’m 100% addicted to Twitter. I always have my phone on me, just
December 14, 2020
Farewell, MorningsI like routines and planning. Routines is one of my ways of managing anxiety and stress. I like to feel like I know what’s going on and what’s
December 8, 2020
Steve Jobs, by Walter IssacsonOverall, I liked this book. I give it a thumbs up 👍🏻. I can’t remember when I really became aware of Steve Jobs. I was aware of Apple growing up,
July 4, 2020
Focuses RoadmapI had to cut myself off on adding new features to Focuses pretty early on. If I let myself keep going, I probably never would’ve released. Here’s a
March 26, 2020
Using SwiftUI for FocusesI think I mentioned it briefly, but Focuses is built mostly with SwiftUI. Overall, I’m very impressed with SwiftUI. I don’t think I would’ve been
March 25, 2020
Focuses by the NumbersHere are a few numbers related to making Focuses that may or may not be interesting. This is the first project I have time tracked. The first commit
March 24, 2020
Introducing FocusesFocuses is my take on goal and habit tracking. It is inspired by Myke Hurley’s daily themes and Marshall Goldsmith’s daily active questions. The
March 23, 2020
Podcasting With a ToddlerFor about the last year and a half, my daughter and I have made a podcast. My daughter is currently a toddler. It’s not always easy to produce a
September 11, 2019
Am I Becoming a Better Developer?”I’ve been working full-time as a software developer for almost 2 years now. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve messed a bunch of stuff up too. The question
January 17, 2019
Prefers-Color-Scheme Media QueryWith Safari Technology Preview 68, there is a new media query, prefers-color-scheme. I’ve used it on this site like the following: Digging around in
October 25, 2018
Thoughts on Writing Good CodeAt ng-conf, John Papa gave a talk on writing readable code. You can watch the video here. I recommend it. Writing clean, readable code seems like an
May 24, 2018
Angular Template ReferencesA template reference (I’ll call it a template ref) is basically a tag you put on an element in your template so that you can easily reference that
May 3, 2018
Ng-Conf 2018Last week, I was able to attend ng-conf in Salt Lake City, UT. ng-conf is a conference dedicated to Angular, and this was their fifth year. I’ve had
April 24, 2018
Moving My Blog to GitHub PagesMy blog has moved around a lot. Most recently (and only for a couple months), I was using a self-hosted Ghost instance on DigitalOcean. As much as I
October 28, 2017
Making Send to NowhereFor me, making Send To Nowhere was a fun process. I like making things. Send To Nowhere was a dumb and simple enough idea to experiment with some
April 19, 2017
Css Variables?I just found out, I think two days ago, that CSS has native “variables”. I discovered this while looking through some generated code from Zeplin.
July 28, 2016
Hello, World!
July 23, 2016