mikevdv.dev - What I'd do differently
I write a large number of articles which I never end up publishing for various reasons.
I write a large number of articles which I never end up publishing for various reasons.
Let me know if you've heard this one before.
While many junior Devs struggle with code reviews, both when performing and receiving them, I've found that even the more senior team members sometimes struggle with comments left on their code.
Yesterday around mid-day, mikevdv.
Remember the days that Apple used to pitch itself as David in the David and Goliath stories? Well, over the years, the tables have turned as safari has become like the IE of Old. Apple, in a short number of days, are going to intentionally kill off PWA support.
I've been building a homelab in my free time over recent months (alongside improving my smart home and building the next itteration of this blog).
Embedded advertisements get a bad rap.
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.
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.
The general advice is that a computer should last between 2 and 4 years.
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.
I could also have called this article "How to Speed Up Rust Compilation on Google Cloud Build" but that wasn't as fun.
I've done a few blog posts about features that rely on Twitter built into this site, from Custom Twitter Embeds to WebMentions.
Javascript and its derivatives are immensely flexible.
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.
One of the earliest articles I ever wrote was about the posting process that my blog posts followed.
I write every one of my blog posts in Markdown.
It seems like simple daily web games, à la Wordle or Framed, have been quite popular over the pandemic.
A while back I introduced likes to the blog through the use of Webmentions and Bridgy.
For a long time now, I've been frustrated by how slow the official twitter embed is.