Belated Blog

May 18, 2025
How to generate a Firebase ID Token
Using Google Cloud APIs to create a Firebase ID Token for authentication with Firebase Functions.
May 24, 2024
Prototype Pollution in Javascript
How to accidentally modify Object.prototype in Javascript.
Mar 17, 2024
Fast Image Resizing
Resizing performance of Imgix, Twicpic, ImageMagick, sips, and libvips.
Feb 10, 2024
Image Optimization
Finding a cheap tool to use for Recipeyak images.
Sep 26, 2023
Image compression in messaging apps
Comparing the image compression in iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, and Discord.
Apr 30, 2023
Disable commits to the main branch
Use Git hooks to disable commits to your local main branch.
Apr 22, 2023
Code Generators
How to make contributions easier with code generators.
Apr 4, 2023
Problem Matchers with GitHub Actions
A step-by-step guide for building custom problem matchers.
Mar 23, 2023
Building Kodiak
My experience developing an open source SaaS.
Mar 14, 2023
GitHub Code Owners for VSCode
Building a better VSCode extension for GitHub Code Owners.
Jul 14, 2022
Hacker News iOS clients
An opinionated survey of Hacker News clients on iOS.
Jul 6, 2022
SublimeMerge $PATH
Configuring your $PATH for Sublime Merge.
Jan 11, 2022
Removing old Git branches
Using Git hooks to automatically remove old Git branches after merge.
Dec 8, 2021
SublimeMerge: Open Pull Request
Open GitHub pull requests using SublimeMerge command palette.
Nov 3, 2021
Challenges with redirects on Netlify and Cloudflare Pages
Redirect placeholders don't work within strings.
Aug 30, 2021
Global Entry appointment notifications
Building a script to send push notifications for new Global Entry appointments.
May 16, 2021
Using ESLint's no-restricted-syntax rule
A step-by-step guide for using ESLint AST selectors to ban syntax.
Dec 21, 2020
Debugging CI without SSH
Using a reverse shell to investigate remote build failures
Nov 25, 2020
Mailchimp RSS
Subscribing to Mailchimp emails via RSS
Nov 24, 2020
Working With Forks
Updating branches from forks.
Aug 1, 2020
ANY and ALL in Postgres
ANY is an OR-ing, ALL is an AND-ing.
Jul 13, 2020
You should squash and merge
It has the best developer experience.
Jul 12, 2020
Just ask
Ask your question directly to save time.
Jun 28, 2020
Make small changes
Small changes make for better code.
Aug 13, 2019
UDP vs stdout for metrics
What are the performance implications for aggregating metrics from logs?
May 13, 2019
Problems With Bundle Splitting
You're running multiple versions of your application.
Feb 16, 2019
The Problem With Terraform
It's the ecosystem.
Feb 7, 2019
Python Logging Interpolation
Let the logging module do the work.
Jan 24, 2019
Redis on Heroku and AWS
A comparison of Heroku's hosted Redis vs AWS Elasticache Redis
Jan 24, 2019
Postgres on Heroku and AWS
A follow up comparison of Heroku's hosted Postgres vs AWS RDS Postgres
Jan 23, 2019
Heroku Dyno Sizes
A brief comparison of Heroku dynos
Dec 20, 2018
Saving $1600 With 8 Lines Of Python
Using Python to scrape $1600 worth of data
Dec 12, 2018
Monkey Patching
Ensuring tests clean up after themselves through monkey patching
Dec 12, 2018
What Are Class Descriptors?
Why getattr returns values different from __dict__
Dec 7, 2018
Automatic Tenant Scoping
Building automatic tenant scoping for the Django ORM
Dec 13, 2015
Ssh Proxy
A simple SSH proxy setup for macOS
Sep 12, 2015
Raspberry Pi Setup
Notes for configuring a Raspberry Pi