How I became a hosting provider connoisseur by migrating from localhost to Render to Fly.io to Hetzner—all because of a memory-hungry sprite sheet and basic economics.
Originally published Oct 19, 2025
A complete walkthrough of migrating the Image Optimizer API from Render to Fly.io, achieving 4x memory increase (512MB → 2GB) at a lower cost while solving memory limit issues with large image processing.
Originally published Oct 19, 2025
A few handy CLI snippets and notes to remember how to quickly create or overwrite files using the terminal.
Originally published May 26, 2020
A parable from The Way of Testivus on how testing coverage goals depend on context — and how some developers just want simple answers.
Originally published Jan 21, 2019
A discussion on currying and partial application in JavaScript with practical examples including React's connect and letter ciphering.
Originally published Feb 17, 2019
AI may overuse emojis, but in developer logs they're more than decoration. Here's why ✅, ❌, ⚠️, and ℹ️ deserve a place in your terminal.
Originally published Sep 23, 2025
Learn how to set up jBPM on macOS using Docker, including prerequisites like Xcode CLI, Homebrew, and verification steps for Docker installation.
Originally published May 15, 2020
A Python script to automatically clean up GitHub notifications by marking closed or merged issues and pull requests as done.
Originally published Sep 13, 2025
How to eliminate human error in blog timestamps by pulling the last modified date directly from the filesystem in Next.js.
Originally published Sep 16, 2025
How I built a CLI tool to create YouTube playlists from my subscriptions, with quota-aware API calls, OAuth caching, and no frontend.
Originally published Sep 11, 2025
A walkthrough of using docker-compose override files to manage local image tags, avoid committing dev-specific changes, and support multiple configurations.
Originally published Feb 13, 2019
Lessons learned while extending a Gatsby blog with images, and the pitfalls of outdated tutorials when working with fast-moving frameworks.
Originally published Feb 16, 2019