MDN Ads are actually really nice
Embedded advertisements get a bad rap.
7/19/23, 11:53 AM
Threads vs Twitter - A New Challenger Approaches
So, what makes this so interesting? There's already been hundreds of twitter competitors that have come and gone in the months since Musk took over the blue bird app.
7/7/23, 1:43 PM
Rogue Engine & JS Game Development
Those who have been following me for a while might know that while I'm no game developer, much like 90% of all other web devs, game development was my starting goal for getting into programming.
6/26/23, 5:20 PM
An Ode to the Intel Mac
The general advice is that a computer should last between 2 and 4 years.
6/24/23, 12:30 PM
Not Another CV
People who've been following me for a while will know that a key feature of my site has always been the dynamically generated CV button on the homepage.
3/14/23, 7:37 AM
JPFTFSS - Just Pay For The Faster Server Stupid!
I could also have called this article "How to Speed Up Rust Compilation on Google Cloud Build" but that wasn't as fun.
2/16/23, 3:04 PM
The State of Twitter and an Update on mikevdv.dev
I've done a few blog posts about features that rely on Twitter built into this site, from Custom Twitter Embeds to WebMentions.
2/10/23, 4:50 PM
Why I'm finally learning Rust
Javascript and its derivatives are immensely flexible.
11/24/22, 10:30 PM
Creating a Mailing List with Mailersend
I've long since wanted to add a mailing list to the blog as a way that people could directly show interest in what was being posted.
10/11/22, 6:02 PM
Building a Modern Release Process for Blog Posts
One of the earliest articles I ever wrote was about the posting process that my blog posts followed.
10/8/22, 9:49 AM
Markdown That You Might Not Know
I write every one of my blog posts in Markdown.
9/17/22, 8:55 PM
I made a daily web game
It seems like simple daily web games, à la Wordle or Framed, have been quite popular over the pandemic.
9/11/22, 2:25 PM
Switching to Webmention Comments
A while back I introduced likes to the blog through the use of Webmentions and Bridgy.
8/25/22, 5:39 PM
Improving Twitter Embeds using the Twitter API
For a long time now, I've been frustrated by how slow the official twitter embed is.
8/8/22, 7:30 AM
Type Guards in Typescript
Often times when I speak to developers who have just started writing typescript, they have begun to understand static typing.
7/29/22, 8:51 AM