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I had a bit of a surprise land in my inbox at the start of the month from my analytics provider Fathom, the subject line “You’ve been quite popular”.

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In this guide I’ll go through the configuration needed to get set up with Fathom Analytics in a SvelteKit project.

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Fathom Analytics, a great tool to use for your site analytics without the compromise of giving your visitors data to Google.

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I’m talking Fathom Analytics again, this time about tracking link clicks in my Markdown.

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Fathom Analytics recently added a really neat feature for custom domains with their service.

What does that mean then? Well it’s for bypassing ad-blocking extensions, not that Fathom wants to collect all your data, far from it.

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I had a bit of a surprise land in my inbox at the start of the month from my analytics provider Fathom, the subject line “You’ve been quite popular”.

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I came across this issue when adding real-time analytics to my site, essentially what I wanted to do was get some analytics data from a server endpoint and pass that to the page.

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I spent a bit of time the other day looking into the Fathom Analytics API, this was something I took a look at around a year ago now, but I didn’t really get around to using it.

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Here’s a real quick one on making sure you don’t blow your crawl budget on your SvelteKit project JavaScript files.

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In this post I’ll be detailing how I implemented redirects for changed post routes in SvelteKit. I initially did this back in the Summer of 2021 but with the SvelteKit v1 release some things have changed.

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I had this idea whilst working on a SvelteKit project to see if I could use the Marked package in place of MDSveX.

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Tailwind is cool, right? Really configurable as well, I wanted to add some gradient animation to a project of mine. So did a search and found this awesome post by Victor Yoalli on how to do it! Thanks Victor!

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Real quick! This was a dumb idea I had when I created the repo for this in 2018 and never got around to doing anything with until yesterday! 😂

Tl;Dr: It’s a list of CSS filters that you can apply to an image to see what effect they have.

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With the recent changes to SvelteKit which has invalidated a lot of content already out there, I want to make some notes on how to load data in SvelteKit.

First up, if you weren’t aware, SvelteKit completely changed how file based routing is done. Th...

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In this guide I’ll be going through getting set up with the Universal React Query Library (URQL) in SvelteKit. There’s documentation you can check out for URQL itself if you need to go more in depth. This will be covering initialising the client and ...

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With SvelteKit in the past if you wanted to use a .env file secret that you didn’t want exposed on the client there was some additional config you needed to do.

Vite exposes all variables contained in the .env file prefixed with VITE_ to the client. ...

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I’ve been having a play around with Storyblok this evening and want to make some notes on getting set up with it.

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Here’s some of the issues I faced when deploying a SvelteKit project using Prisma to Vercel.

I was following along with the awesome guide put together by Matia, on authentication with SvelteKit using cookies. By far the most comprehensive guide cover...

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I’ve started using TypeScript on every new project I start with Svelte. My buddy Jamie Barton has helped me out with getting set up with the GraphQL Code Generator so that data is typed in the project.

This is a just so you know kind of guide as ther...

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I have several components that I use across a couple of my SvelteKit projects. I decided to make them into an npm package so that I’m not maintaining them in several places.

Here I’m going to go through the process I followed to develop the package l...

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KitQL is a GraphQL client for Svelte. It is a set of tools to help you query GraphQL APIs. I’ve been using it in a couple of projects now and want to share what I have learned. What better way to do that than the (now) classic re-reaction of the Grap...

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In this how-to I’ll be walking through the process of creating a contact form in SvelteKit using Airtable for storing the submissions with no additional dependencies.

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In this guide I’ll go through the configuration needed to get set up with Fathom Analytics in a SvelteKit project.

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This guide has now been updated, take a look at Use URQL with SvelteKit for an up to date reference

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Real quick example of how I used Promise.all to fetch data from multiple endpoints in SvelteKit.

This uses the server side fetch that is part of SvelteKit and is destructured into the load function.

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I’ve been using Netlify recently to make a project that uses endpoints. Unlike with Vercel where you can use the endpoint to fetch the data dynamically Netlify needs to statically generate the data.

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Bit of preamble before I kick this off, subscribers to my newsletter will know that I’ve been through a couple of platforms now (Zoho, SendGrid, Revue then Substack). I settled on Substack because of the editing experience what I didn’t want to settl...

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If you want to rank on Google (and other search engines) you need to be able to tell the world what your site consists of. A sitemap is used by the Googlebot, BingBot, DuckDuckBot and other search engines to tell them what pages are available.

This g...

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The indie web is alive and well and there are more and more people taking control and owning their online presence and also how they consume other content. One way to help consumers of your site know that there is new content available is by making y...

", "slug": "make-an-rss-feed-with-sveltekit" }, { "date": "6/22/2021", "title": "SvelteKit .env secrets", "tags": [ "sveltekit", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.225, "time": 73500, "words": 245 }, "preview": "So SvelteKit is super awesome n’ all and the best thing ever but have\nyou ever tried to use a secret that you didn’t want exposed on\nthe client?\n\nSvelteKit uses Vite and it has a specific way to reference Env\nVariables and Modes, you reference a ...", "previewHtml": "

So SvelteKit is super awesome n’ all and the best thing ever but have you ever tried to use a .env secret that you didn’t want exposed on the client?

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Over the last few weeks, I have been getting familiar with Svelte and SvelteKit in particular. Coming from a React background there are many similarities using Svelte and some that are not.

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I made a starter blog with SvelteKit and GraphCMS, I’ve been doing a couple of small projects with it and I really like it!

This will focus mainly on the Svelte and SvelteKit side with not too much emphasis on the GraphCMS side. GraphCMS has a blog s...

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I had a bit of a surprise land in my inbox at the start of the month from my analytics provider Fathom, the subject line “You’ve been quite popular”.

Not the good type of surprise though! 😅

I spent a bit of time the other day looking into the Fathom Analytics API, this was something I took a look at around a year ago now, but I didn’t really get around to using it.

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", "slug": "adding-real-time-analytics-to-my-sveltekit-site-with-fathom" }, { "date": "4/16/2020", "title": "Create a Custom Domain for Fathom Analytics", "tags": [ "analytics", "learning", "guide", "fathom" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.36, "time": 201600, "words": 672 }, "preview": "Fathom Analytics recently added a really neat feature for custom\ndomains with their service.\n\nWhat does that mean then? Well it’s for bypassing ad-blocking\nextensions, not that Fathom wants to collect all your data, far from\nit.", "previewHtml": "

Fathom Analytics recently added a really neat feature for custom domains with their service.

What does that mean then? Well it’s for bypassing ad-blocking extensions, not that Fathom wants to collect all your data, far from it.

In this guide I’m going to go through how to track custom events in a Gatsby site using Fathom analytics.

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I had a bit of a surprise land in my inbox at the start of the month from my analytics provider Fathom, the subject line “You’ve been quite popular”.

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I had a bit of a surprise land in my inbox at the start of the month from my analytics provider Fathom, the subject line “You’ve been quite popular”.

Not the good type of surprise though! 😅

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I came across this issue when adding real-time analytics to my site, essentially what I wanted to do was get some analytics data from a server endpoint and pass that to the page.

In SvelteKit you can have different ways to get data onto a page, which...

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So, I just found that the SPF record on my Fastmail account for scottspence.com was throwing a verification error. I didn’t really know what the SPF record was for until this point and I had to research why it was failing on Fastmail.

So, I did a pos...

", "slug": "adding-multiple-spf-records-with-vercel" }, { "date": "1/9/2023", "title": "Adding DKIM records to Vercel", "tags": [ "domains", "guide", "resource" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.22, "time": 133200, "words": 444 }, "preview": "So, I’ve started using Sendinblue for my transactional emails and\nnewsletter. There’s the usual configuration to do with these services\nto add and configure your domain with them to show it as the sender.\n\nI’ve documented that process of Setting up...", "previewHtml": "

So, I’ve started using Sendinblue for my transactional emails and newsletter. There’s the usual configuration to do with these services to add and configure your domain with them to show it as the sender.

I’ve documented that process of Setting up Fa...

", "slug": "adding-dkim-records-to-vercel" }, { "date": "10/30/2022", "title": "Data loading in SvelteKit", "tags": [ "sveltekit", "resource", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.065, "time": 303900, "words": 1013 }, "preview": "With the recent changes to SvelteKit which has invalidated a lot of\ncontent already out there, I want to make some notes on how to load\ndata in SvelteKit.\n\nFirst up, if you weren’t aware, SvelteKit completely changed how file\nbased routing is done.", "previewHtml": "

With the recent changes to SvelteKit which has invalidated a lot of content already out there, I want to make some notes on how to load data in SvelteKit.

First up, if you weren’t aware, SvelteKit completely changed how file based routing is done. Th...

", "slug": "data-loading-in-sveltekit" }, { "date": "11/11/2021", "title": "Setting up Fastmail with Vercel", "tags": [ "domains", "guide", "resource", "fastmail" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.125, "time": 67500, "words": 225 }, "preview": "I’ve started using Fastmail, here’s how I set it up with Vercel for\nuse with my own domains.\n\nIf you’re interested in giving Fastmail a go then you can use my\nreferral code for a 10% discount on the first year of Fastmail.", "previewHtml": "

I’ve started using Fastmail, here’s how I set it up with Vercel for use with my own domains.

If you’re interested in giving Fastmail a go then you can use my referral code for a 10% discount on the first year of Fastmail.

", "slug": "setting-up-fastmail-with-vercel" }, { "date": "4/24/2021", "title": "Setting up Resources on Render", "tags": [ "render", "notes", "resource" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.69, "time": 101400, "words": 338 }, "preview": "Render is pretty neat!\n\nI’m still super early days but I have discovered the \nfiles that is the equivalent to the Amazon CDK (Cloud Development\nKit). The Amazon CDK is pretty powerful from what I can glean.", "previewHtml": "

Render is pretty neat!

I’m still super early days but I have discovered the render.yml files that is the equivalent to the Amazon CDK (Cloud Development Kit). The Amazon CDK is pretty powerful from what I can glean.

", "slug": "setting-up-render" }, { "date": "4/20/2021", "title": "Remove Service Worker - Gatsby", "tags": [ "gatsby", "guide", "resource" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.51, "time": 90600, "words": 302 }, "preview": "The Gatsby offline plugin is really handy right up until you don’t\nwant it any more!\n\nI switched my main site over to Toast from Gatsby and hit a bump when\nit came to removing the old Gatsby site because it used a service\nworker meant that the new...", "previewHtml": "

The Gatsby offline plugin is really handy right up until you don’t want it any more!

I switched my main site over to Toast from Gatsby and hit a bump when it came to removing the old Gatsby site because it used a service worker meant that the new sit...

", "slug": "remove-service-worker" }, { "date": "2/26/2021", "title": "Setting up ProtonMail with Vercel", "tags": [ "domains", "guide", "resource" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.715, "time": 162900, "words": 543 }, "preview": "In this post I’m detailing how I set up my domain with ProtonMail and\nVercel, this is mainly the CLI commands that are needed to get set up\nwith ProtonMail and Vercel.\n\nI’ve decided to give ProtonMail a shot, I have lost faith in Google\nbeing a...", "previewHtml": "

In this post I’m detailing how I set up my domain with ProtonMail and Vercel, this is mainly the CLI commands that are needed to get set up with ProtonMail and Vercel.

I’ve decided to give ProtonMail a shot, I have lost faith in Google being a force ...

", "slug": "setting-up-proton-mail-with-vercel" }, { "date": "1/14/2021", "title": "Windows Terminal Config - Make it Your Own", "tags": [ "windows", "resource", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "8 min read", "minutes": 7.795, "time": 467700, "words": 1559 }, "preview": "I’ve been using the Windows Terminal now since the summer, it’s great\nand I now prefer it over Hyper which was my preferred terminal.\n\nWindows Terminal comes with a lot of options for configuration and a\nload more which I’ve only just discovered...", "previewHtml": "

I’ve been using the Windows Terminal now since the summer, it’s great and I now prefer it over Hyper which was my preferred terminal.

Windows Terminal comes with a lot of options for configuration and a load more which I’ve only just discovered after...

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This is a very specific issue myself and anyone that uses Gatsby and React router for navigating between headers in their Gatsby sites.

The issue has been documented several times now and the advice I have followed is to add a resolutions to my packa...

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I have delivered this talk several times now but not actually written about it.

", "slug": "spreading-the-jamstack" }, { "date": "10/8/2020", "title": "Getting Started with Creating YouTube Videos", "tags": [ "getting-started", "guide", "resource" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "11 min read", "minutes": 10.57, "time": 634200, "words": 2114 }, "preview": "I started adding videos to my YouTube channel in November 2018, this\nwas mainly intended as an accompaniment to the blog post I did to Get\nyour GraphCMS data into Gatsby.\n\nA the time I was using a web cam I’d bought off of Amazon for around\n£17, the...", "previewHtml": "

I started adding videos to my YouTube channel in November 2018, this was mainly intended as an accompaniment to the blog post I did to Get your GraphCMS data into Gatsby.

A the time I was using a web cam I’d bought off of Amazon for around £17, the q...

", "slug": "getting-started-with-youtube" }, { "date": "7/17/2020", "title": "My Second Brain - Zettelkasten", "tags": [ "habits", "notes", "vscode", "resource", "tools" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.875, "time": 292500, "words": 975 }, "preview": "For as long as I have been learning web development () I have been taking notes. Partly notes to help\nclarify my understanding of something and partly for future me.\n\nThat’s why I have my digital garden, an online collection of my\nlearning over the...", "previewHtml": "

For as long as I have been learning web development () I have been taking notes. Partly notes to help clarify my understanding of something and partly for future me.

That’s why I have my digital garden, an online collection of my learning over the ye...

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A curated list of hints and tips for using styled-components.

Breakpoints

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This is a collection of some handy snippets and resources I collected which I’m going to be documenting here, it’s probably going to be a mess but it mainly for my reference.

Big thanks to Steve Schoger and Adam Wathan 🙏

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I came across this issue when adding real-time analytics to my site, essentially what I wanted to do was get some analytics data from a server endpoint and pass that to the page.

In SvelteKit you can have different ways to get data onto a page, which...

", "slug": "passing-sveltekit-page-server-js-data-to-page-js" }, { "date": "2/6/2023", "title": "How to Implement Redirects for Changed Post Routes in Sveltekit", "tags": [ "sveltekit", "seo", "guide", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.385, "time": 263100, "words": 877 }, "preview": "In this post I’ll be detailing how I implemented redirects for changed\npost routes in SvelteKit. I initially did this back in the Summer of\n2021 but with the SvelteKit v1 release some things have changed.\n\nFor the Tl;Dr skip to the solution.", "previewHtml": "

For the Tl;Dr skip to the solution.

", "slug": "how-to-implement-redirects-for-changed-post-routes-in-sveltekit" }, { "date": "1/6/2023", "title": "Get document elements from a page", "tags": [ "how-to", "browser", "javascript" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.265, "time": 135900, "words": 453 }, "preview": "Two situations over the last couple of days I’ve needed to do this and\nI’ve had to look up the code to do it. So I thought I’d write it down\nhere so I can find it again.\n\nThis is being left here for me primarily as it’s something I need to\ndo...", "previewHtml": "

Two situations over the last couple of days I’ve needed to do this and I’ve had to look up the code to do it. So I thought I’d write it down here so I can find it again.

This is being left here for me primarily as it’s something I need to do occasion...

", "slug": "get-document-elements-from-page" }, { "date": "1/6/2023", "title": "Gradient animations with Tailwind CSS and SvelteKit", "tags": [ "css", "tailwind", "how-to", "svelte", "sveltekit" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.61, "time": 276600, "words": 922 }, "preview": "Tailwind is cool, right? Really configurable as well, I wanted to add\nsome gradient animation to a project of mine. So did a search and\nfound this awesome post by Victor Yoalli on how to do it! Thanks\nVictor!\n\nI’ve basically taken Victor’s code and...", "previewHtml": "

Real quick! This was a dumb idea I had when I created the repo for this in 2018 and never got around to doing anything with until yesterday! 😂

Tl;Dr: It’s a list of CSS filters that you can apply to an image to see what effect they have.

With the recent changes to SvelteKit which has invalidated a lot of content already out there, I want to make some notes on how to load data in SvelteKit.

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I’ve been having a play around with Storyblok this evening and want to make some notes on getting set up with it.

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Styling a scrollbar with Tailwind CSS for Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox. This is possible with vendor prefixes and pseudo-elements.

I touched on the configuration for this in the Change Text Highlight Color with Tailwind CSS post I did recently.

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How to change the highlight color of text on the page? Here’s the situation! I wanted to change the text highlight color to a different colour than the default blue on my site.

To change the default text highlight color in a Tailwind CSS project you ...

", "slug": "change-text-highlight-colour-with-tailwind-css" }, { "date": "4/18/2022", "title": "How to Fix Windows Update Download Error", "tags": [ "windows", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "1 min read", "minutes": 0.77, "time": 46200, "words": 154 }, "preview": "I’ve had this issue a couple of times now and want to document how to\nresolve it in most cases.\n\nThe latest time this happened to me was with the 22H2 insider preview\nWindows 11 update.", "previewHtml": "

I’ve had this issue a couple of times now and want to document how to resolve it in most cases.

The latest time this happened to me was with the 22H2 insider preview Windows 11 update.

", "slug": "windows-update-download-error" }, { "date": "4/17/2022", "title": "How to Configure Git Username and Email", "tags": [ "git", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.785, "time": 107100, "words": 357 }, "preview": "The Git username and email are the bare minimum needed for when\nworking with Git to commit changes. It’s also one of the first things\nyou do after installing Git.\n\nThe username and email are used to set the author of commits. Version\ncontrol...", "previewHtml": "

The Git username and email are the bare minimum needed for when working with Git to commit changes. It’s also one of the first things you do after installing Git.

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", "slug": "configure-git-username-and-email" }, { "date": "4/16/2022", "title": "Create Skip To Content With Tailwind CSS", "tags": [ "tailwind", "css", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.23, "time": 133800, "words": 446 }, "preview": "Skip links are internal links that allow you to skip to the main\ncontent of the page.\n\nSo on this page, if you hit the tab key you’ll see a skip navigation\nbutton, something like this:", "previewHtml": "

Skip links are internal links that allow you to skip to the main content of the page.

So on this page, if you hit the tab key you’ll see a skip navigation button, something like this:

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Secure Shell (SSH) is a secure way to connect with code repository hosts like GitLab, Bitbucket and of course GitHub. While HTTPS connections require a username and password credentials, SSH instead uses a pair of cryptographically generated keys.

Th...

", "slug": "set-up-ssh-for-use-with-git" }, { "date": "3/9/2022", "updated": "2023-03-04T00:00:00.000Z", "title": "Make a URL Shortener with SvelteKit", "tags": [ "how-to", "svelte", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "7 min read", "minutes": 6.26, "time": 375600, "words": 1252 }, "preview": "URL shorteners, use them for when you want to share an easy to\nremember link. You can use a service like Bitly or TinyURL or any of\nthe other ones out there already, or you could make it something you’d\nwant to use and have a bit more of a...", "previewHtml": "

URL shorteners, use them for when you want to share an easy to remember link. You can use a service like Bitly or TinyURL or any of the other ones out there already, or you could make it something you’d want to use and have a bit more of a connection...

", "slug": "make-a-url-shortener-with-sveltekit" }, { "date": "3/2/2022", "title": "Make a Contact Form with SvelteKit and Airtable", "tags": [ "sveltekit", "how-to", "svelte" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "13 min read", "minutes": 12.7, "time": 762000, "words": 2540 }, "preview": "In this how-to I’ll be walking through the process of creating a\ncontact form in SvelteKit using Airtable for storing the submissions\nwith no additional dependencies.\n\n", "previewHtml": "

In this how-to I’ll be walking through the process of creating a contact form in SvelteKit using Airtable for storing the submissions with no additional dependencies.

", "slug": "make-a-contact-form-with-sveltekit-and-airtable" }, { "date": "2/25/2022", "title": "Consolidate Chat Sources for Use in OBS with Social Stream", "tags": [ "obs", "how-to", "streaming" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.84, "time": 290400, "words": 968 }, "preview": "Do you ever watch a live stream and wonder how the chat is shown? If\nyou have and you’ve searched online you’d probably have found videos\ndetailing how to do this with services like Streamlabs, or Stream\nElements. These involve configuring the panel...", "previewHtml": "

Do you ever watch a live stream and wonder how the chat is shown? If you have and you’ve searched online you’d probably have found videos detailing how to do this with services like Streamlabs, or Stream Elements. These involve configuring the panel ...

", "slug": "consolodate-chat-sources-for-use-in-obs" }, { "date": "12/2/2021", "title": "SvelteKit Fetch from GraphQL Endpoint with Variables", "tags": [ "svelte", "api", "graphql", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.535, "time": 92100, "words": 307 }, "preview": "If you want to fetch data from a GraphQL endpoint, you can use the\nbrowser fetch API without the need for any third party tools. You can\nuse the browser fetch API in SvelteKit on both the client and the\nserver.\n\nIn this first example I’m using the...", "previewHtml": "

If you want to fetch data from a GraphQL endpoint, you can use the browser fetch API without the need for any third party tools. You can use the browser fetch API in SvelteKit on both the client and the server.

In this first example I’m using the Sve...

", "slug": "sveltekit-fetch-from-graphql-with-variables" }, { "date": "11/16/2021", "title": "How to Set Up Svelte with Tailwind CSS", "tags": [ "tailwind", "svelte", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.375, "time": 322500, "words": 1075 }, "preview": "How to set up Tailwind CSS with Svelte, two examples here of adding\nTailwind CSS to a new Svelte project.\n\nℹ️ Please note at the time of writing SvelteKit is not at v1 but this\nwill be the default way to create new Svelte projects when...", "previewHtml": "

How to set up Tailwind CSS with Svelte, two examples here of adding Tailwind CSS to a new Svelte project.

ℹ️ Please note at the time of writing SvelteKit is not at v1 but this will be the default way to create new Svelte projects when SvelteKit goes t...

", "slug": "how-to-set-up-svelte-with-tailwind" }, { "date": "11/2/2021", "title": "Backup Ubuntu in Windows Subsystem for Linux", "tags": [ "wsl", "ubuntu", "linux", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.3, "time": 258000, "words": 860 }, "preview": "I’ve had to make a copy of my current Ubuntu install for Windows\nSubsystem for Linux (WSL) and although I have written about this\nbefore but this time there were a few gotchas I want to cover here.\n\nWSL moves pretty fast so a lot of the...", "previewHtml": "

I’ve had to make a copy of my current Ubuntu install for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and although I have written about this before but this time there were a few gotchas I want to cover here.

WSL moves pretty fast so a lot of the documentation ...

", "slug": "backup-ubuntu-wsl-instances" }, { "date": "10/22/2021", "title": "Use URQL with Svelte", "tags": [ "sveltekit", "how-to", "svelte" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.755, "time": 345300, "words": 1151 }, "preview": "This guide has now been updated, take a look at Use URQL with\nSvelteKit for an up to date reference\n\nUse the Universal React Query Library (URQL) in Svelte!", "previewHtml": "

This guide has now been updated, take a look at Use URQL with SvelteKit for an up to date reference

Use the Universal React Query Library (URQL) in Svelte!

", "slug": "use-urql-with-svelte" }, { "date": "8/30/2021", "title": "Make an Email Form Submission with SvelteKit", "tags": [ "sveltekit", "how-to", "svelte" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "11 min read", "minutes": 10.32, "time": 619200, "words": 2064 }, "preview": "Bit of preamble before I kick this off, subscribers to my newsletter\nwill know that I’ve been through a couple of platforms now (Zoho,\nSendGrid, Revue then Substack). I settled on Substack because of the\nediting experience what I didn’t want to...", "previewHtml": "

This g...

", "slug": "make-an-rss-feed-with-sveltekit" }, { "date": "4/28/2021", "title": "OBS Fix Display Capture not Working", "tags": [ "how-to", "obs" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.755, "time": 105300, "words": 351 }, "preview": "I came across this issue today when trying to set up OBS on a new\nmachine where trying to add a display capture and there was no output\nfor the screen.\n\nI found a fix, apparently this only affects laptops and it’s to do\nwith the video card.", "previewHtml": "

I came across this issue today when trying to set up OBS on a new machine where trying to add a display capture and there was no output for the screen.

I found a fix, apparently this only affects laptops and it’s to do with the video card.

", "slug": "obs-display-capture-not-working" }, { "date": "4/28/2021", "title": "OBS Display Capture from one PC to Another", "tags": [ "how-to", "obs" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.95, "time": 117000, "words": 390 }, "preview": "I got my new hardware from GraphCMS today and wanted to stream the\nsetup of a Windows PC for web development.\n\nThe idea was to do a ‘set up a Windows machine from scratch for web\ndevelopment’ and there would be restarts when installing...", "previewHtml": "

I got my new hardware from GraphCMS today and wanted to stream the setup of a Windows PC for web development.

The idea was to do a ‘set up a Windows machine from scratch for web development’ and there would be restarts when installing Windows Subsyst...

", "slug": "obs-ndi-two-screen-capture" } ], "svelte": [ { "date": "2/21/2023", "title": "Adding real-time analytics to my SvelteKit site with Fathom", "tags": [ "analytics", "svelte", "sveltekit", "fathom" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "22 min read", "minutes": 21.725, "time": 1303500, "words": 4345 }, "preview": "I spent a bit of time the other day looking into the Fathom Analytics\nAPI, this was something I took a look at around a year ago now, but I\ndidn’t really get around to using it.\n\nIf you’re looking to implement Fathom analytics on your site...", "previewHtml": "

I spent a bit of time the other day looking into the Fathom Analytics API, this was something I took a look at around a year ago now, but I didn’t really get around to using it.

If you’re looking to implement Fathom analytics on your site, I updated ...

", "slug": "adding-real-time-analytics-to-my-sveltekit-site-with-fathom" }, { "date": "1/17/2023", "title": "Using the Svelte use action for animations", "tags": [ "svelte", "css", "animation" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "10 min read", "minutes": 9.385, "time": 563100, "words": 1877 }, "preview": "I did what I usually do and made a useless project! I was searching\nfor HTTP codes and went to httpcodes.com to see if anyone had done\nanything there and it looks like it’s parked. This made me think\nthough, “what about httpcodes.dev?”\n\nSo, yeah, I...", "previewHtml": "

I did what I usually do and made a useless project! I was searching for HTTP codes and went to httpcodes.com to see if anyone had done anything there and it looks like it’s parked. This made me think though, “what about httpcodes.dev?”

", "slug": "using-the-svelte-use-action-for-animations" }, { "date": "1/6/2023", "title": "Gradient animations with Tailwind CSS and SvelteKit", "tags": [ "css", "tailwind", "how-to", "svelte", "sveltekit" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.61, "time": 276600, "words": 922 }, "preview": "Tailwind is cool, right? Really configurable as well, I wanted to add\nsome gradient animation to a project of mine. So did a search and\nfound this awesome post by Victor Yoalli on how to do it! Thanks\nVictor!\n\nI’ve basically taken Victor’s code and...", "previewHtml": "

Real quick! This was a dumb idea I had when I created the repo for this in 2018 and never got around to doing anything with until yesterday! 😂

Tl;Dr: It’s a list of CSS filters that you can apply to an image to see what effect they have.

", "slug": "instagram-image-filters" }, { "date": "10/1/2022", "title": "Use URQL with SvelteKit", "tags": [ "sveltekit", "how-to", "svelte" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "9 min read", "minutes": 8.245, "time": 494700, "words": 1649 }, "preview": "In this guide I’ll be going through getting set up with the Universal\nReact Query Library (URQL) in SvelteKit. There’s documentation you\ncan check out for URQL itself if you need to go more in depth. This\nwill be covering initialising the client and...", "previewHtml": "

", "slug": "use-urql-with-sveltekit" }, { "date": "5/13/2022", "title": "GraphQL Code Generator with SvelteKit and TypeScript Example", "tags": [ "typescript", "svelte", "sveltekit", "graphql", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.545, "time": 332700, "words": 1109 }, "preview": "I’ve started using TypeScript on every new project I start with\nSvelte. My buddy Jamie Barton has helped me out with getting set up\nwith the GraphQL Code Generator so that data is typed in the project.\n\nThis is a just so you know kind of guide as...", "previewHtml": "

This is a just so you know kind of guide as ther...

I have several components that I use across a couple of my SvelteKit projects. I decided to make them into an npm package so that I’m not maintaining them in several places.

Here I’m going to go through the process I followed to develop the package l...

", "slug": "getting-started-with-kitql-and-graphcms" }, { "date": "3/9/2022", "updated": "2023-03-04T00:00:00.000Z", "title": "Make a URL Shortener with SvelteKit", "tags": [ "how-to", "svelte", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "7 min read", "minutes": 6.26, "time": 375600, "words": 1252 }, "preview": "URL shorteners, use them for when you want to share an easy to\nremember link. You can use a service like Bitly or TinyURL or any of\nthe other ones out there already, or you could make it something you’d\nwant to use and have a bit more of a...", "previewHtml": "

In this how-to I’ll be walking through the process of creating a contact form in SvelteKit using Airtable for storing the submissions with no additional dependencies.

", "slug": "make-a-contact-form-with-sveltekit-and-airtable" }, { "date": "12/2/2021", "title": "SvelteKit Fetch from GraphQL Endpoint with Variables", "tags": [ "svelte", "api", "graphql", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.535, "time": 92100, "words": 307 }, "preview": "If you want to fetch data from a GraphQL endpoint, you can use the\nbrowser fetch API without the need for any third party tools. You can\nuse the browser fetch API in SvelteKit on both the client and the\nserver.\n\nIn this first example I’m using the...", "previewHtml": "

In this first example I’m using the Sve...

How to set up Tailwind CSS with Svelte, two examples here of adding Tailwind CSS to a new Svelte project.

ℹ️ Please note at the time of writing SvelteKit is not at v1 but this will be the default way to create new Svelte projects when SvelteKit goes t...

", "slug": "how-to-set-up-svelte-with-tailwind" }, { "date": "11/3/2021", "updated": "2023-02-09T00:00:00.000Z", "title": "Fathom Analytics with SvelteKit", "tags": [ "analytics", "svelte", "sveltekit" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "12 min read", "minutes": 11.05, "time": 663000, "words": 2210 }, "preview": "In this guide I’ll go through the configuration needed to get set up\nwith Fathom Analytics in a SvelteKit project.\n\nI’ll cover getting set up, tracking goals and creating and using a\ncustom Fathom Domain.", "previewHtml": "

In this guide I’ll go through the configuration needed to get set up with Fathom Analytics in a SvelteKit project.

I’ll cover getting set up, tracking goals and creating and using a custom Fathom Domain.

This guide has now been updated, take a look at Use URQL with SvelteKit for an up to date reference

Use the Universal React Query Library (URQL) in Svelte!

Real quick example of how I used Promise.all to fetch data from multiple endpoints in SvelteKit.

This uses the server side fetch that is part of SvelteKit and is destructured into the load function.

There’s some SvelteKit prerender settings that need...

This g...

", "slug": "make-an-rss-feed-with-sveltekit" }, { "date": "5/20/2021", "title": "Data Binding in Svelte", "tags": [ "svelte", "sveltekit" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "7 min read", "minutes": 6.23, "time": 373800, "words": 1246 }, "preview": "Over the last few weeks, I have been getting familiar with Svelte and\nSvelteKit in particular. Coming from a React background there are many\nsimilarities using Svelte and some that are not.\n\nOne thing that came up when using Svelte was passing...", "previewHtml": "

Over the last few weeks, I have been getting familiar with Svelte and SvelteKit in particular. Coming from a React background there are many similarities using Svelte and some that are not.

One thing that came up when using Svelte was passing values ...

I made a starter blog with SvelteKit and GraphCMS, I’ve been doing a couple of small projects with it and I really like it!

This will focus mainly on the Svelte and SvelteKit side with not too much emphasis on the GraphCMS side. GraphCMS has a blog s...

", "slug": "graphcms-svelte-starter" }, { "date": "4/6/2021", "title": "Notes on Svelte", "tags": [ "notes", "svelte" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.88, "time": 292800, "words": 976 }, "preview": "I had a play around with Svelte the other day and wanted to make a few\nnotes and comparisons to React, React being a point of reference for\nme and hopefully others.\n\nI’ve found a lot of the examples here on Svelte Mastery", "previewHtml": "

I had a play around with Svelte the other day and wanted to make a few notes and comparisons to React, React being a point of reference for me and hopefully others.

I’ve found a lot of the examples here on Svelte Mastery

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Here’s a real quick one on making sure you don’t blow your crawl budget on your SvelteKit project JavaScript files.

I noticed this ago and didn’t write about it. Tangentially related, I’ve recently been having a bit of a mare with Google indexing thi...

For the Tl;Dr skip to the solution.

", "slug": "how-to-implement-redirects-for-changed-post-routes-in-sveltekit" }, { "date": "1/22/2023", "title": "WSL Dev Server Not Working on v1.1.0? Try this!", "tags": [ "wsl", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.93, "time": 115800, "words": 386 }, "preview": "If, like me, you’re on the Windows Insider Programme Dev channel and\nyou use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for your web development\nthen you may have noticed some weird dev server behaviour recently.\n\nBehaviour like, starting the dev server...", "previewHtml": "

If, like me, you’re on the Windows Insider Programme Dev channel and you use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for your web development then you may have noticed some weird dev server behaviour recently.

Behaviour like, starting the dev server, then ...

", "slug": "wsl-dev-server-not-working-on-v1.1.0-try-this" }, { "date": "1/20/2023", "title": "Adding multiple SPF records with Vercel", "tags": [ "domains", "guide", "resource" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "1 min read", "minutes": 0.945, "time": 56700, "words": 189 }, "preview": "So, I just found that the SPF record on my Fastmail account for\nscottspence.com was throwing a verification error. I didn’t really\nknow what the SPF record was for until this point and I had to\nresearch why it was failing on Fastmail.\n\nSo, I did a...", "previewHtml": "

So, I did a pos...

I’ve documented that process of Setting up Fa...

", "slug": "adding-dkim-records-to-vercel" }, { "date": "10/2/2022", "title": "Set up a free PocketBase database with Fly.io", "tags": [ "pocketbase", "database", "docker", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.57, "time": 214200, "words": 714 }, "preview": "I was playing around with Linode recently to try set up a PocketBase\ninstance then I came across this guide on the PocketBase GitHub\ndiscussions.\n\nThe whole thing took around ten minutes and I now have a SQLite\ndatabase I can read/write to.", "previewHtml": "

I was playing around with Linode recently to try set up a PocketBase instance then I came across this guide on the PocketBase GitHub discussions.

The whole thing took around ten minutes and I now have a SQLite database I can read/write to.

", "slug": "set-up-free-pocketbase-db" }, { "date": "7/19/2022", "title": "Getting set up with Storyblok and SvelteKit", "tags": [ "sveltekit", "storyblok", "how-to", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "12 min read", "minutes": 11.795, "time": 707700, "words": 2359 }, "preview": "I’ve been having a play around with Storyblok this evening and want to\nmake some notes on getting set up with it.\n\nWith the moving target that is the public beta of SvelteKit there’s a\nfew things that have changed recently which I want to document...", "previewHtml": "

I’ve been having a play around with Storyblok this evening and want to make some notes on getting set up with it.

With the moving target that is the public beta of SvelteKit there’s a few things that have changed recently which I want to document her...

", "slug": "getting-set-up-with-storyblok-and-sveltekit" }, { "date": "5/22/2022", "title": "Get Debian WSL Set Up For Web Development", "tags": [ "wsl", "debian", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.09, "time": 65400, "words": 218 }, "preview": "Quick guide to getting Debian WSL set up for web development.\n\nYou can install Debian from the Windows Store and get started\nstraight away with using it, but there’s a few things missing.", "previewHtml": "

Quick guide to getting Debian WSL set up for web development.

You can install Debian from the Windows Store and get started straight away with using it, but there’s a few things missing.

", "slug": "get-debian-wsl-set-up-for-web-development" }, { "date": "5/13/2022", "title": "GraphQL Code Generator with SvelteKit and TypeScript Example", "tags": [ "typescript", "svelte", "sveltekit", "graphql", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.545, "time": 332700, "words": 1109 }, "preview": "I’ve started using TypeScript on every new project I start with\nSvelte. My buddy Jamie Barton has helped me out with getting set up\nwith the GraphQL Code Generator so that data is typed in the project.\n\nThis is a just so you know kind of guide as...", "previewHtml": "

This is a just so you know kind of guide as ther...

", "slug": "typescript-wit-sveltekit-example" }, { "date": "4/14/2022", "title": "My Zsh Config", "tags": [ "zsh", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.885, "time": 293100, "words": 977 }, "preview": "I’ve always bundled in my Zsh config with other guides I’ve done in\nthe past and never a stand alone post. So I’m making this now for my\nreference.\n\nI switched to Zsh around two years ago after being a long time Fish\nshell user. The reason for the...", "previewHtml": "

I’ve always bundled in my Zsh config with other guides I’ve done in the past and never a stand alone post. So I’m making this now for my reference.

I switched to Zsh around two years ago after being a long time Fish shell user. The reason for the swi...

", "slug": "my-zsh-config" }, { "date": "3/9/2022", "updated": "2023-03-04T00:00:00.000Z", "title": "Make a URL Shortener with SvelteKit", "tags": [ "how-to", "svelte", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "7 min read", "minutes": 6.26, "time": 375600, "words": 1252 }, "preview": "URL shorteners, use them for when you want to share an easy to\nremember link. You can use a service like Bitly or TinyURL or any of\nthe other ones out there already, or you could make it something you’d\nwant to use and have a bit more of a...", "previewHtml": "

", "slug": "make-a-url-shortener-with-sveltekit" }, { "date": "1/18/2022", "title": "Upgrade Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux from 20.04 to 22.04", "tags": [ "wsl", "guide", "ubuntu" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.89, "time": 233400, "words": 778 }, "preview": "In this guide I’m going to detail upgrading Ubuntu on Windows\nSubsystem for Linux (WSL) from the current version 20.04 to 22.04 this\nthe development build of Ubuntu 22.04 which is due to be released on\n2022 April 21.\n\nYou can Tl;Dr and watch...", "previewHtml": "

In this guide I’m going to detail upgrading Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) from the current version 20.04 to 22.04 this the development build of Ubuntu 22.04 which is due to be released on 2022 April 21.

You can Tl;Dr and watch the video...

", "slug": "update-ubuntu-from-20.04-to-21.10" }, { "date": "11/11/2021", "title": "Setting up Fastmail with Vercel", "tags": [ "domains", "guide", "resource", "fastmail" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.125, "time": 67500, "words": 225 }, "preview": "I’ve started using Fastmail, here’s how I set it up with Vercel for\nuse with my own domains.\n\nIf you’re interested in giving Fastmail a go then you can use my\nreferral code for a 10% discount on the first year of Fastmail.", "previewHtml": "

I’ve started using Fastmail, here’s how I set it up with Vercel for use with my own domains.

If you’re interested in giving Fastmail a go then you can use my referral code for a 10% discount on the first year of Fastmail.

", "slug": "setting-up-fastmail-with-vercel" }, { "date": "8/21/2021", "title": "Make a Sitemap with SvelteKit", "tags": [ "svelte", "sveltekit", "seo", "guide", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.545, "time": 332700, "words": 1109 }, "preview": "If you want to rank on Google (and other search engines) you need to\nbe able to tell the world what your site consists of. A sitemap is\nused by the Googlebot, BingBot, DuckDuckBot and other search engines\nto tell them what pages are available.\n\nThis...", "previewHtml": "

This g...

", "slug": "make-a-sitemap-with-sveltekit" }, { "date": "8/12/2021", "title": "Deploy Your Own Links Page with One Click", "tags": [ "jamstack", "vercel", "netlify", "guide", "tailwind" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.035, "time": 122100, "words": 407 }, "preview": "Having one place for all your social links is big business! Services\nlike Linktree, ContactInBio, LinkBook, etc all offer the same\nsort of service. One location for all your social links.\n\nThis is a nice project as a proof of concept to get you set...", "previewHtml": "

Having one place for all your social links is big business! Services like Linktree, ContactInBio, LinkBook, etc all offer the same sort of service. One location for all your social links.

This is a nice project as a proof of concept to get you set up...

", "slug": "once-click-links-page" }, { "date": "8/9/2021", "title": "Make an RSS Feed for your SvelteKit Project", "tags": [ "svelte", "sveltekit", "rss", "guide", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.945, "time": 296700, "words": 989 }, "preview": "The indie web is alive and well and there are more and more people\ntaking control and owning their online presence and also how they\nconsume other content. One way to help consumers of your site know\nthat there is new content available is by making...", "previewHtml": "

", "slug": "make-an-rss-feed-with-sveltekit" }, { "date": "4/20/2021", "title": "Remove Service Worker - Gatsby", "tags": [ "gatsby", "guide", "resource" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.51, "time": 90600, "words": 302 }, "preview": "The Gatsby offline plugin is really handy right up until you don’t\nwant it any more!\n\nI switched my main site over to Toast from Gatsby and hit a bump when\nit came to removing the old Gatsby site because it used a service\nworker meant that the new...", "previewHtml": "

The Gatsby offline plugin is really handy right up until you don’t want it any more!

I switched my main site over to Toast from Gatsby and hit a bump when it came to removing the old Gatsby site because it used a service worker meant that the new sit...

In this post I’m detailing how I set up my domain with ProtonMail and Vercel, this is mainly the CLI commands that are needed to get set up with ProtonMail and Vercel.

I’ve decided to give ProtonMail a shot, I have lost faith in Google being a force ...

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This is a specific use case for installing Google Chrome in Ubuntu on WSL.

On Ubuntu, Snap is the preferred method to install Chromium and although snap is on the WSL image you get from the Microsoft store it’s not functional. There is a solution unt...

", "slug": "use-chrome-in-ubuntu-wsl" }, { "date": "12/31/2020", "title": "Create a Video Overlay with Hooks", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "hooks", "react" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.915, "time": 114900, "words": 383 }, "preview": "Create a Video overlay with React hooks.\n\nI had to create a video overlay for a project I was working on. This\nexample use a portal to render the player with .", "previewHtml": "

Create a Video overlay with React hooks.

I had to create a video overlay for a project I was working on. This example use a portal to render the player with react-player.

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For the past couple of weeks now I have been getting familiar with Preact and the Preact CLI.

It’s great, it’s similar to React

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Create a simple Node API on Vercel Serverless functions in under 20 minutes. But first some preamble!

A while back (3 years ago now!) I made a Positivity API, it was a really simple array of positive quotes that’s used in the #100DaysOfCode twitter b...

", "slug": "make-a-simple-api-endpoint-with-vercel" }, { "date": "12/14/2020", "title": "Fish Shell Introduction", "tags": [ "learning", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.405, "time": 264300, "words": 881 }, "preview": "As a developer you spend a lot of time in the terminal so it’s\nimportant to be happy and as productive as possible whilst you’re in\nthere.\n\nThis is why I’m a big fan of the Fish Shell in particular. The Fish\nShell is a user friendly shell with...", "previewHtml": "

As a developer you spend a lot of time in the terminal so it’s important to be happy and as productive as possible whilst you’re in there.

This is why I’m a big fan of the Fish Shell in particular. The Fish Shell is a user friendly shell with really ...

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So I had a play around with the openSUSE Leap 15.2 you can get on the Windows store and after familiarising myself with it decided to see if I could use it for web development.

Well, yeah, you can, that’s it, that’s the post!

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So this post started off with me getting GUI apps running on my Windows WSL install of Pengwin, but has now turned into doing it without the need to fork over the readies for Pengwin as now you can do it with Ubuntu or Debian (possibly others) which ...

", "slug": "gui-with-wsl" }, { "date": "12/8/2020", "title": "Notes on Zsh and Oh My Zsh", "tags": [ "zsh", "learning", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.195, "time": 251700, "words": 839 }, "preview": "Sooooooo, so, so, so, Zsh is pretty neat, right?\n\nI’ve been a long time fan of the Fish shell, but I recently had to go\nfull on with a Zsh shell and decided to give it a proper go.", "previewHtml": "

Sooooooo, so, so, so, Zsh is pretty neat, right?

", "slug": "zsh-and-oh-my-zsh" }, { "date": "11/21/2020", "title": "Chakra UI and Gatsby - Getting Started", "tags": [ "gatsby", "getting-started", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "9 min read", "minutes": 8.15, "time": 489000, "words": 1630 }, "preview": "Ok, so this is another one of those “let’s use a new CSS-in-JS library\non a Gatsby default starter project” post.\n\nIn this case it’s Chakra UI, it’s recently gone v1 and I’m keen to use\nit.", "previewHtml": "

Ok, so this is another one of those “let’s use a new CSS-in-JS library on a Gatsby default starter project” post.

In this case it’s Chakra UI, it’s recently gone v1 and I’m keen to use it.

", "slug": "getting-started-chakra-ui-gatsby" }, { "date": "11/1/2020", "title": "Patching Gatsby React Router Scroll with patch-package", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "resource" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.855, "time": 171300, "words": 571 }, "preview": "This is a very specific issue myself and anyone that uses Gatsby and\nReact router for navigating between headers in their Gatsby sites.\n\nThe issue has been documented several times now and the advice I\nhave followed is to add a resolutions to my ...", "previewHtml": "

This is a very specific issue myself and anyone that uses Gatsby and React router for navigating between headers in their Gatsby sites.

The issue has been documented several times now and the advice I have followed is to add a resolutions to my packa...

", "slug": "patching-gatsby-react-router-scroll" }, { "date": "10/8/2020", "title": "Getting Started with Creating YouTube Videos", "tags": [ "getting-started", "guide", "resource" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "11 min read", "minutes": 10.57, "time": 634200, "words": 2114 }, "preview": "I started adding videos to my YouTube channel in November 2018, this\nwas mainly intended as an accompaniment to the blog post I did to Get\nyour GraphCMS data into Gatsby.\n\nA the time I was using a web cam I’d bought off of Amazon for around\n£17, the...", "previewHtml": "

I started adding videos to my YouTube channel in November 2018, this was mainly intended as an accompaniment to the blog post I did to Get your GraphCMS data into Gatsby.

A the time I was using a web cam I’d bought off of Amazon for around £17, the q...

", "slug": "getting-started-with-youtube" }, { "date": "9/17/2020", "title": "Markdown Showdown - All I Know About Markdown", "tags": [ "markdown", "getting-started", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "11 min read", "minutes": 10.315, "time": 618900, "words": 2063 }, "preview": "Here it is kids! All I know about Markdown. First! The standard\npreamble…\n\nBefore that though! Some of the possible titles I came up with before\nwriting this:", "previewHtml": "

Here it is kids! All I know about Markdown. First! The standard preamble…

Before that though! Some of the possible titles I came up with before writing this:

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I recently started monetising my blog, (don’t worry there’s no paywall!) this isn’t a new thing as I originally did something similar with Brave and the Basic Attention Token (BAT) back in 2018 on scottspence.me.

So what is web monetisation? It’s an ...

", "slug": "how-to-monetise-your-content" }, { "date": "8/26/2020", "title": "Windows Subsystem Linux Bootstrap 2020", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "wsl" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "15 min read", "minutes": 14.415, "time": 864900, "words": 2883 }, "preview": "Yo! It’s that time again!!\n\nThis is an opinionated guide on setting up a development environment\nfor web development in widows that will use the requisite tools, Bash,\nNode, Git, VS Code etc…", "previewHtml": "

Yo! It’s that time again!!

This is an opinionated guide on setting up a development environment for web development in widows that will use the requisite tools, Bash, Node, Git, VS Code etc…

", "slug": "wsl-bootstrap-2020" }, { "date": "6/18/2020", "title": "Windows Subsystem Linux 2 (WSL) - Up and Running", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "wsl", "n", "node", "react" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "1 min read", "minutes": 0.385, "time": 23100, "words": 77 }, "preview": "Now that Windows Subsystem Linux has finally arrived I think it’s time\nto refresh my notes on it from the last post I did back at the end\nof 2018.\n\nhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/wsl/install-win10", "previewHtml": "

Now that Windows Subsystem Linux has finally arrived I think it’s time to refresh my notes on it from the last post I did back at the end of 2018.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/wsl/install-win10

", "slug": "wsl2-up-and-running" }, { "date": "6/9/2020", "title": "Fathom Analytics Gatsby Configuration", "tags": [ "analytics", "learning", "guide", "hooks", "react", "gatsby" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.43, "time": 145800, "words": 486 }, "preview": "Fathom Analytics, a great tool to use for your site analytics without\nthe compromise of giving your visitors data to Google.\n\nI’ve written about How to Track Custom Events with Fathom in the\npast but since then Fathom have changed their...", "previewHtml": "

Fathom Analytics, a great tool to use for your site analytics without the compromise of giving your visitors data to Google.

I’ve written about How to Track Custom Events with Fathom in the past but since then Fathom have changed their tracking/embed...

", "slug": "fathom-config" }, { "date": "5/9/2020", "title": "VS Code Tips and Snippets", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "vscode" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "1 min read", "minutes": 0.99, "time": 59400, "words": 198 }, "preview": "Use the same frontmatter block all the time for your blog posts?\n\nI do, so I’ve created a VS Code snippet to pre-populate the block with\nsome default tags and today’s date.", "previewHtml": "

Use the same frontmatter block all the time for your blog posts?

I do, so I’ve created a VS Code snippet to pre-populate the block with some default tags and today’s date.

", "slug": "vscode-snippets" }, { "date": "5/4/2020", "title": "Patching Packages with patch-package", "tags": [ "learning", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.235, "time": 134100, "words": 447 }, "preview": "I found an opportunity to improve the npm package for the\n font I like to use here and in my text editor (much to\npeople horror when they see it)!\n\nIt was a simple fix to add to the css file in\nthe dist package.", "previewHtml": "

I found an opportunity to improve the npm package for the Victor Mono font I like to use here and in my text editor (much to people horror when they see it)!

It was a simple fix to add font-display: swap; to the css file in the dist package.

", "slug": "patching-packages" }, { "date": "4/30/2020", "title": "Open Graph Images with Gatsby and Now", "tags": [ "guide", "markdown" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.29, "time": 317400, "words": 1058 }, "preview": "I recently purged all the cover images from this site to reduce the\noverall size of the project, plus they don’t really add to the\ncontent.\n\nThe only real plus for having a cover image was to that I could get\nthe sweet preview cards you get when...", "previewHtml": "

I recently purged all the cover images from this site to reduce the overall size of the project, plus they don’t really add to the content.

The only real plus for having a cover image was to that I could get the sweet preview cards you get when shari...

", "slug": "serverless-og-images" }, { "date": "4/25/2020", "title": "Configure Custom Domain Email with Zoho and Now", "tags": [ "guide", "domains" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.45, "time": 147000, "words": 490 }, "preview": "In this guide I’m going to cover the configuring of your custom domain\nwith Vercel’s Now platform using the Now CLI.\n\nI’ll be primarily covering the steps you take after setting up an\naccount with an email provider, the email provider I’m using is...", "previewHtml": "

In this guide I’m going to cover the configuring of your custom domain with Vercel’s Now platform using the Now CLI.

I’ll be primarily covering the steps you take after setting up an account with an email provider, the email provider I’m using is Zoh...

", "slug": "custom-email-domain-with-now" }, { "date": "4/19/2020", "title": "Make a simple, personal, URL shortener with Now.sh", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "domains" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.465, "time": 327900, "words": 1093 }, "preview": "Remember services like Bitly and TinyURL? Yeah, they still exist,\nshortening your URLs for you, they’ve been around for a long time too.\n\nBitly founded in 2008 and TinyURL founded in 2002 😱", "previewHtml": "

Remember services like Bitly and TinyURL? Yeah, they still exist, shortening your URLs for you, they’ve been around for a long time too.

Bitly founded in 2008 and TinyURL founded in 2002 😱

", "slug": "url-shortener-with-nowsh" }, { "date": "4/18/2020", "title": "Add Analytics Tracking Links to your Markdown", "tags": [ "analytics", "learning", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.86, "time": 231600, "words": 772 }, "preview": "I’m talking Fathom Analytics again, this time about tracking link\nclicks in my Markdown.\n\nI have written about how to track custom events with Fathom\npreviously and this is really an extension to that post.", "previewHtml": "

I’m talking Fathom Analytics again, this time about tracking link clicks in my Markdown.

I have written about how to track custom events with Fathom previously and this is really an extension to that post.

Fathom Analytics recently added a really neat feature for custom domains with their service.

What does that mean then? Well it’s for bypassing ad-blocking extensions, not that Fathom wants to collect all your data, far from it.

", "slug": "fathom-create-custom-domain" }, { "date": "2/13/2020", "title": "Add a Table of Contents with Smooth scroll using Gatsby and MDX", "tags": [ "learning", "gatsby", "guide", "mdx", "markdown" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "11 min read", "minutes": 10.07, "time": 604200, "words": 2014 }, "preview": "If you’re having issues with the clicks not scrolling to link IDs\nsee Not scrolling to ID\n\nThe main purpose for me documenting this is to demonstrate\nimplementing a table of contents with smooth scroll to the anchors in\na Gatsby project using MDX.", "previewHtml": "

If you’re having issues with the clicks not scrolling to link IDs see Not scrolling to ID

The main purpose for me documenting this is to demonstrate implementing a table of contents with smooth scroll to the anchors in a Gatsby project using MDX.

", "slug": "smooth-scroll-toc-gatsby" }, { "date": "2/6/2020", "title": "Globally Style the Gatsby Default Starter with styled-components v5", "tags": [ "learning", "gatsby", "guide", "mdx", "markdown" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "10 min read", "minutes": 9.31, "time": 558600, "words": 1862 }, "preview": "I’m going to go over globally styling the Gatsby Default Starter with\nstyled-components v5, I’ve done this in the past with\nstyled-components v4 but I’ve changed my approach and want to\ndocument it.\n\nI’ll be swapping out the styles included with a...", "previewHtml": "

I’m going to go over globally styling the Gatsby Default Starter with styled-components v5, I’ve done this in the past with styled-components v4 but I’ve changed my approach and want to document it.

I’ll be swapping out the styles included with a CSS...

", "slug": "globally-style-gatsby-styled-components" }, { "date": "1/28/2020", "title": "Upgrade Windows Subsystem Linux - Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 19.10", "tags": [ "wsl", "guide", "ubuntu" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.77, "time": 166200, "words": 554 }, "preview": "In this guide I’m going to detail upgrading a Windows Subsystem Linux\n(WSL) Ubuntu install from the current version 18.04 to 19.10 this is\nan intermediary release before Ubuntu 20.04 is released on 2020\nApril 23.\n\nI have documented this process in...", "previewHtml": "

In this guide I’m going to detail upgrading a Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL) Ubuntu install from the current version 18.04 to 19.10 this is an intermediary release before Ubuntu 20.04 is released on 2020 April 23.

I have documented this process in the...

", "slug": "update-wsl-ubuntu-from-18.10-to-19.10" }, { "date": "1/2/2020", "title": "Track Custom Events With Fathom Analytics", "tags": [ "analytics", "learning", "guide", "hooks", "react", "fathom" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.305, "time": 318300, "words": 1061 }, "preview": "In this guide I’m going to go through how to track custom events in a\nGatsby site using Fathom analytics.\n\nPreamble", "previewHtml": "

In this guide I’m going to go through how to track custom events in a Gatsby site using Fathom analytics.

Preamble

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I have been a Gatsby user since around v0 May 2017, at that time was using a template called Lumen and it was just what I needed at the time. Since then I have have gone from using a template to creating my blog.

Over the years I have made my own Pro...

", "slug": "build-an-mdx-blog" }, { "date": "9/16/2019", "title": "Track Custom Events With Google Analytics", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "hooks", "react", "analytics" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.04, "time": 62400, "words": 208 }, "preview": "Do you use Google Analytics (GA) for any of your sites?\n\nI’ve used it in the past and it gives quite good information about", "previewHtml": "

Do you use Google Analytics (GA) for any of your sites?

I’ve used it in the past and it gives quite good information about

", "slug": "track-custom-events-with-google" }, { "date": "4/9/2019", "title": "Convert the Gatsby default starter blog to use MDX", "tags": [ "learning", "gatsby", "guide", "mdx", "markdown" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.055, "time": 183300, "words": 611 }, "preview": "In this guide we’re going to cover converting the Gatsby default blog\nstarter to use MDX.\n\nAll the cool kids are using Gatsby and MDX in their blogs these days.\nIf you already have a blog that uses Gatsby but want to move onto the\nnew hotness then...", "previewHtml": "

In this guide we’re going to cover converting the Gatsby default blog starter to use MDX.

All the cool kids are using Gatsby and MDX in their blogs these days. If you already have a blog that uses Gatsby but want to move onto the new hotness then thi...

", "slug": "convert-gatsby-default-blog-to-mdx" }, { "date": "4/1/2019", "title": "Update Windows Subsystem Linux Ubuntu from 18.04 to 18.10", "tags": [ "learning", "wsl", "guide", "ubuntu" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.3, "time": 138000, "words": 460 }, "preview": "Already use WSL with Ubuntu? Want an Upgrade??\n\nThis is a guide that will cover upgrading Windows Subsystem Linux\n(WSL) from the current LTS version to the latest ‘normal’ version\n18.10.", "previewHtml": "

Already use WSL with Ubuntu? Want an Upgrade??

This is a guide that will cover upgrading Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL) from the current LTS version to the latest ‘normal’ version 18.10.

", "slug": "update-wsl-from-18.04-18.10" }, { "date": "3/24/2019", "title": "Creating a Custom React Hook for Gatsby Site Metadata", "tags": [ "learning", "gatsby", "react", "hooks", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.675, "time": 220500, "words": 735 }, "preview": "Hooks ahoy!\n\nOk, let’s get it on with the new hotness in React-land, React Hooks!\nThis is a guide covering using the Gatsby custom React hook for\n which it is now replacing with .", "previewHtml": "

Hooks ahoy!

Ok, let’s get it on with the new hotness in React-land, React Hooks! This is a guide covering using the Gatsby custom React hook for StaticQuery which it is now replacing with useStaticQuery.

", "slug": "custom-gatsby-metadata-hook" }, { "date": "1/27/2019", "title": "Setting up multiple Git providers", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "wsl", "git" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.315, "time": 138900, "words": 463 }, "preview": "Over the past couple of weeks now I have set up several development\nmachines at work and have had to also use two git accounts, GitHub and\nBitbucket.\n\nTo connect to both I use SSH as a preference, I have been using SSH in\nplace of HTTPS for quite...", "previewHtml": "

Over the past couple of weeks now I have set up several development machines at work and have had to also use two git accounts, GitHub and Bitbucket.

To connect to both I use SSH as a preference, I have been using SSH in place of HTTPS for quite some...

", "slug": "multiple-git-profiles" }, { "date": "12/24/2018", "title": "Windows Web-dev bootstrap", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "wsl", "n", "node" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "17 min read", "minutes": 16.56, "time": 993600, "words": 3312 }, "preview": "From scratch to Create React App on Windows\n\nAn opinionated guide on setting up a web development environment on\nWindows 10", "previewHtml": "

From scratch to Create React App on Windows

An opinionated guide on setting up a web development environment on Windows 10

", "slug": "wsl-bootstrap-2019" }, { "date": "11/29/2018", "title": "Convert the Gatsby default starter to styled-components", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "gatsby", "getting-started" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.35, "time": 201000, "words": 670 }, "preview": "Let’s go through getting styled-components working with the Gatsby\ndefault starter.\n\n", "previewHtml": "

Let’s go through getting styled-components working with the Gatsby default starter.

", "slug": "gatsby-starter-to-styled-components" }, { "date": "11/25/2018", "title": "Get your GraphCMS data into Gatsby", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "gatsby", "getting-started", "graphql", "graphcms" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.025, "time": 181500, "words": 605 }, "preview": "Let’s set up Gatsby to pull data from GraphCMS.\n\n", "previewHtml": "

Let’s set up Gatsby to pull data from GraphCMS.

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Let’s use the React Context API to change theme in an app!

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I thought I’d set up this blog with some sort of build pipeline, the intention was to have a good Continuous Integration pipeline so that if there were any issues when building the site that I wouldn’t push a broken build. No one wants to see that 😿

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I’m a bit late to the party using the new React Context API, I did get to use it the other day at work, I also made a snippet to scaffold out a component for it.

I had followed a couple of guides explaining how to use it and neither of them as good a...

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We’re going to style the basic create react app with styled-components to look something like this:

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Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller.

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I’m a Windows user, I have been a Linux user as well but I have found that Windows is a bit less neck beardy for me, both have their pros and cons. One of the big cons with Windows for me was when I started learning web development.

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How to combine two separate unrelated Git repositories into one with single history timeline.

Just adding a quick note on this…

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Speed up your git workflow with git aliases, this is a brief introduction on using aliases 🚀👍

The more you work with Git the more familiar you become with the commands used in your every day workflow for your projects or your team’s projects.

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No doubt you have heard of Git or GitHub for source control, but what is source control?

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How to build and deploy a multifunctional Twitter bot!

This is a reference for me and anyone else that’s interested in Twitter bots in JavaScript.

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Want to get set up with your very own Twitter bot quickly and easily, with this guide you can be set up in under 30 minutes. But first, why should you want to build a Twitter bot?

There are some really useful Twitter bots out there that do some prett...

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I know why Linus called it that now!

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I must say this was great to do and a nice little introduction to node and npm.

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Here’s a real quick one on making sure you don’t blow your crawl budget on your SvelteKit project JavaScript files.

I noticed this ago and didn’t write about it. Tangentially related, I’ve recently been having a bit of a mare with Google indexing thi...

For the Tl;Dr skip to the solution.

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", "slug": "should-i-create-my-own-blog" }, { "date": "8/21/2021", "title": "Make a Sitemap with SvelteKit", "tags": [ "svelte", "sveltekit", "seo", "guide", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.545, "time": 332700, "words": 1109 }, "preview": "If you want to rank on Google (and other search engines) you need to\nbe able to tell the world what your site consists of. A sitemap is\nused by the Googlebot, BingBot, DuckDuckBot and other search engines\nto tell them what pages are available.\n\nThis...", "previewHtml": "

This g...

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A sitemap is an important for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) because it makes it easier for Google and other search engines to find your site’s pages.

Google ranks web pages not just websites. There is no downside of having an XML Sitemap and havin...

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Here’s some of the reasoning and detail that went into making the React SEO Component.

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Behaviour like, starting the dev server, then ...

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Quick guide to getting Debian WSL set up for web development.

You can install Debian from the Windows Store and get started straight away with using it, but there’s a few things missing.

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You can Tl;Dr and watch the video...

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This is an updated guide on the post I did at the start of the year for setting up a web development environment on Windows with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). This guide is intended for use to get set up with Fedora 35 on WSL.

This is my opinion...

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I’ve had to make a copy of my current Ubuntu install for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and although I have written about this before but this time there were a few gotchas I want to cover here.

WSL moves pretty fast so a lot of the documentation ...

", "slug": "backup-ubuntu-wsl-instances" }, { "date": "10/14/2021", "title": "Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 11", "tags": [ "wsl", "windows", "ubuntu" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.975, "time": 118500, "words": 395 }, "preview": "Now that Windows 11 has been released I decided to switch from my\nWindows 11 insiders build and go over to my Windows 10 partition,\nreset it and start over on a fresh Windows 11 machine!\n\nIn the past getting set up with Windows Subsystem for Linux...", "previewHtml": "

Now that Windows 11 has been released I decided to switch from my Windows 11 insiders build and go over to my Windows 10 partition, reset it and start over on a fresh Windows 11 machine!

In the past getting set up with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WS...

", "slug": "wsl-on-windows-11" }, { "date": "3/24/2021", "title": "How to Backup Windows Subsystem for Linux distributions", "tags": [ "wsl", "fedora", "linux" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.635, "time": 158100, "words": 527 }, "preview": "I have always liked using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), I’d\nroutinely trash installs then reinstall them from the Microsoft store\nand have become quite adept at setting up new instances with\neverything I need to get back to coding as quickly as...", "previewHtml": "

I have always liked using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), I’d routinely trash installs then reinstall them from the Microsoft store and have become quite adept at setting up new instances with everything I need to get back to coding as quickly as ...

", "slug": "backup-wsl-installs" }, { "date": "1/6/2021", "title": "WSL Web Developer Bootstrap with Fedora 33", "tags": [ "fedora", "linux", "wsl" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "8 min read", "minutes": 7.77, "time": 466200, "words": 1554 }, "preview": "I have been having a blast playing around with configuring Fedora 33\nin Windows via Windows Subsystem for Linux, I didn’t know you could\nstraight up import a Linux distro and use it.\n\nIn this guide I’ll go through the complete setup needed to go...", "previewHtml": "

I have been having a blast playing around with configuring Fedora 33 in Windows via Windows Subsystem for Linux, I didn’t know you could straight up import a Linux distro and use it.

In this guide I’ll go through the complete setup needed to go from ...

", "slug": "fedora-bootstrap-from-scratch" }, { "date": "1/5/2021", "title": "Fedora Remix for WSL GUI Apps", "tags": [ "linux", "notes", "wsl" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.765, "time": 105900, "words": 353 }, "preview": "Fedora Remix for WSL was on sale for £2.51 so I thought I’d have a\nlook see and add it to the rest of the other WSL distros I have\ninstalled.\n\nAs I’m all jazzed about using Cypress in WSL I thought I’d give it a\ngo on Fedora.", "previewHtml": "

Fedora Remix for WSL was on sale for £2.51 so I thought I’d have a look see and add it to the rest of the other WSL distros I have installed.

As I’m all jazzed about using Cypress in WSL I thought I’d give it a go on Fedora.

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This is a specific use case for installing Google Chrome in Ubuntu on WSL.

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", "slug": "use-chrome-in-ubuntu-wsl" }, { "date": "12/9/2020", "title": "Enable GUIs on Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL)", "tags": [ "wsl", "testing", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "9 min read", "minutes": 8.75, "time": 525000, "words": 1750 }, "preview": "So this post started off with me getting GUI apps running on my\nWindows WSL install of Pengwin, but has now turned into doing it\nwithout the need to fork over the readies for Pengwin as now you can\ndo it with Ubuntu or Debian (possibly others) which...", "previewHtml": "

", "slug": "gui-with-wsl" }, { "date": "8/26/2020", "title": "Windows Subsystem Linux Bootstrap 2020", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "wsl" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "15 min read", "minutes": 14.415, "time": 864900, "words": 2883 }, "preview": "Yo! It’s that time again!!\n\nThis is an opinionated guide on setting up a development environment\nfor web development in widows that will use the requisite tools, Bash,\nNode, Git, VS Code etc…", "previewHtml": "

Yo! It’s that time again!!

This is an opinionated guide on setting up a development environment for web development in widows that will use the requisite tools, Bash, Node, Git, VS Code etc…

Now that Windows Subsystem Linux has finally arrived I think it’s time to refresh my notes on it from the last post I did back at the end of 2018.

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I have documented this process in the...

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Already use WSL with Ubuntu? Want an Upgrade??

This is a guide that will cover upgrading Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL) from the current LTS version to the latest ‘normal’ version 18.10.

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Over the past couple of weeks now I have set up several development machines at work and have had to also use two git accounts, GitHub and Bitbucket.

To connect to both I use SSH as a preference, I have been using SSH in place of HTTPS for quite some...

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I’ve documented that process of Setting up Fa...

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I’ve now been using Fastmail for a year now. I was using ProtonMail previously but decided to migrate to Fastmail. I’m going to go into the details of why I switched. This is personal preference and my reasoning behind the switch.

For full disclosure...

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I’ve started using Fastmail, here’s how I set it up with Vercel for use with my own domains.

If you’re interested in giving Fastmail a go then you can use my referral code for a 10% discount on the first year of Fastmail.

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In this post I’m detailing how I set up my domain with ProtonMail and Vercel, this is mainly the CLI commands that are needed to get set up with ProtonMail and Vercel.

I’ve decided to give ProtonMail a shot, I have lost faith in Google being a force ...

", "slug": "setting-up-proton-mail-with-vercel" }, { "date": "4/25/2020", "title": "Configure Custom Domain Email with Zoho and Now", "tags": [ "guide", "domains" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.45, "time": 147000, "words": 490 }, "preview": "In this guide I’m going to cover the configuring of your custom domain\nwith Vercel’s Now platform using the Now CLI.\n\nI’ll be primarily covering the steps you take after setting up an\naccount with an email provider, the email provider I’m using is...", "previewHtml": "

In this guide I’m going to cover the configuring of your custom domain with Vercel’s Now platform using the Now CLI.

I’ll be primarily covering the steps you take after setting up an account with an email provider, the email provider I’m using is Zoh...

Remember services like Bitly and TinyURL? Yeah, they still exist, shortening your URLs for you, they’ve been around for a long time too.

Bitly founded in 2008 and TinyURL founded in 2002 😱

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Real quick! This was a dumb idea I had when I created the repo for this in 2018 and never got around to doing anything with until yesterday! 😂

Tl;Dr: It’s a list of CSS filters that you can apply to an image to see what effect they have.

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Styling a scrollbar with Tailwind CSS for Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox. This is possible with vendor prefixes and pseudo-elements.

I touched on the configuration for this in the Change Text Highlight Color with Tailwind CSS post I did recently.

How to change the highlight color of text on the page? Here’s the situation! I wanted to change the text highlight color to a different colour than the default blue on my site.

To change the default text highlight color in a Tailwind CSS project you ...

", "slug": "change-text-highlight-colour-with-tailwind-css" }, { "date": "4/16/2022", "title": "Create Skip To Content With Tailwind CSS", "tags": [ "tailwind", "css", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.23, "time": 133800, "words": 446 }, "preview": "Skip links are internal links that allow you to skip to the main\ncontent of the page.\n\nSo on this page, if you hit the tab key you’ll see a skip navigation\nbutton, something like this:", "previewHtml": "

Skip links are internal links that allow you to skip to the main content of the page.

So on this page, if you hit the tab key you’ll see a skip navigation button, something like this:

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When using Tailwind CSS in a Toast project I got a CSS warning semi-colon expected css(css-semicolonexpected) when trying to use the Tailwind @apply directive.

A quick Google gave me a stackoverflow result for using it in Vue but the solution worked ...

", "slug": "stylelint-configuration-for-tailwindcss" }, { "date": "6/18/2020", "title": "Theming With Linaria", "tags": [ "css", "css-in-js", "linaria" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.755, "time": 225300, "words": 751 }, "preview": "This is a follow up on the post I did about Getting Started with\nLinaria\n\nThe starter I worked on last time I made into a template so it can be\nused as the base of this project.", "previewHtml": "

This is a follow up on the post I did about Getting Started with Linaria

The starter I worked on last time I made into a template so it can be used as the base of this project.

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I had a work colleague introduce me to Linaria last week and I’ve used it on a project and I quite like it.

Linaria is like styled-components but different as in there’s no runtime cost and some other gotchas I’ve found along the way.

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A curated list of hints and tips for using styled-components.

Breakpoints

This is a collection of some handy snippets and resources I collected which I’m going to be documenting here, it’s probably going to be a mess but it mainly for my reference.

Big thanks to Steve Schoger and Adam Wathan 🙏

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I used CSS variables to make a theme switch, light and dark, I’ve done this in the past using styled-components but not attempted it via the CSS variables route.

With styled-components you defined your colour schemes or themes in a theme object then ...

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I had this idea whilst working on a SvelteKit project to see if I could use the Marked package in place of MDSveX.

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", "slug": "load-markdown-via-endpoint-in-sveltekit" }, { "date": "2/16/2021", "title": "Making Presentations with MDX", "tags": [ "mdx", "speaking", "markdown" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.13, "time": 307800, "words": 1026 }, "preview": "Ever since I first saw Sara Vieira’s slides form Vue London 2018\nI’ve really liked the idea of writing a presentation in MDX.\n\nSara used something called MDX Deck and it’s pretty dope! You write\nyour slides in Markdown and sprinkle in other nice...", "previewHtml": "

Ever since I first saw Sara Vieira’s slides form Vue London 2018 I’ve really liked the idea of writing a presentation in MDX.

Sara used something called MDX Deck and it’s pretty dope! You write your slides in Markdown and sprinkle in other nice bits ...

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Here it is kids! All I know about Markdown. First! The standard preamble…

Before that though! Some of the possible titles I came up with before writing this:

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I recently purged all the cover images from this site to reduce the overall size of the project, plus they don’t really add to the content.

The only real plus for having a cover image was to that I could get the sweet preview cards you get when shari...

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If you’re having issues with the clicks not scrolling to link IDs see Not scrolling to ID

The main purpose for me documenting this is to demonstrate implementing a table of contents with smooth scroll to the anchors in a Gatsby project using MDX.

I’ll be swapping out the styles included with a CSS...

", "slug": "globally-style-gatsby-styled-components" }, { "date": "10/31/2019", "title": "Build a coding blog from scratch with Gatsby and MDX", "tags": [ "learning", "gatsby", "guide", "mdx", "markdown" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "42 min read", "minutes": 41.85, "time": 2511000, "words": 8370 }, "preview": "I have been a Gatsby user since around v0 May 2017, at that time was\nusing a template called Lumen and it was just what I needed at the\ntime. Since then I have have gone from using a template to creating my\nblog.\n\nOver the years I have made my own...", "previewHtml": "

Over the years I have made my own Pro...

", "slug": "build-an-mdx-blog" }, { "date": "4/9/2019", "title": "Convert the Gatsby default starter blog to use MDX", "tags": [ "learning", "gatsby", "guide", "mdx", "markdown" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.055, "time": 183300, "words": 611 }, "preview": "In this guide we’re going to cover converting the Gatsby default blog\nstarter to use MDX.\n\nAll the cool kids are using Gatsby and MDX in their blogs these days.\nIf you already have a blog that uses Gatsby but want to move onto the\nnew hotness then...", "previewHtml": "

In this guide we’re going to cover converting the Gatsby default blog starter to use MDX.

All the cool kids are using Gatsby and MDX in their blogs these days. If you already have a blog that uses Gatsby but want to move onto the new hotness then thi...

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", "slug": "should-i-create-my-own-blog" } ], "notes": [ { "date": "1/14/2023", "title": "Should I create my own blog?", "tags": [ "writing", "seo", "analytics", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "15 min read", "minutes": 14.4, "time": 864000, "words": 2880 }, "preview": "There were a couple of Tweets I saw in quick succession today along\nthe lines of “Don’t create your own blog, write on someone else’s\nplatform instead”. Now, as someone that has been blogging since\nApril 2010 (since 2016 here) I can tell you it is...", "previewHtml": "

", "slug": "should-i-create-my-own-blog" }, { "date": "8/7/2022", "updated": "2023-02-05T00:00:00.000Z", "title": "SvelteKit Environment Variables with the SvelteKit $env Module", "tags": [ "sveltekit", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.535, "time": 92100, "words": 307 }, "preview": "With SvelteKit in the past if you wanted to use a file secret\nthat you didn’t want exposed on the client there was some additional\nconfig you needed to do.\n\nVite exposes all variables contained in the file prefixed with\n to the client. If you...", "previewHtml": "

With SvelteKit in the past if you wanted to use a .env file secret that you didn’t want exposed on the client there was some additional config you needed to do.

Vite exposes all variables contained in the .env file prefixed with VITE_ to the client. ...

", "slug": "sveltekit-environment-variables-with-the-sveltekit-env-module" }, { "date": "9/26/2021", "title": "Six Months as a Developer Advocate - a retrospective", "tags": [ "career", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.98, "time": 178800, "words": 596 }, "preview": "Six months ago today I started a new job as a developer advocate for\nGraphCMS. This has taken me by surprise as if feels like I’ve only\njust started still!\n\n", "previewHtml": "

Six months ago today I started a new job as a developer advocate for GraphCMS. This has taken me by surprise as if feels like I’ve only just started still!

", "slug": "six-months-as-a-developer-advocate" }, { "date": "6/22/2021", "title": "SvelteKit .env secrets", "tags": [ "sveltekit", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.225, "time": 73500, "words": 245 }, "preview": "So SvelteKit is super awesome n’ all and the best thing ever but have\nyou ever tried to use a secret that you didn’t want exposed on\nthe client?\n\nSvelteKit uses Vite and it has a specific way to reference Env\nVariables and Modes, you reference a ...", "previewHtml": "

So SvelteKit is super awesome n’ all and the best thing ever but have you ever tried to use a .env secret that you didn’t want exposed on the client?

", "slug": "sveltekit-env-secrets" }, { "date": "4/24/2021", "title": "Setting up Resources on Render", "tags": [ "render", "notes", "resource" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.69, "time": 101400, "words": 338 }, "preview": "Render is pretty neat!\n\nI’m still super early days but I have discovered the \nfiles that is the equivalent to the Amazon CDK (Cloud Development\nKit). The Amazon CDK is pretty powerful from what I can glean.", "previewHtml": "

Render is pretty neat!

I’m still super early days but I have discovered the render.yml files that is the equivalent to the Amazon CDK (Cloud Development Kit). The Amazon CDK is pretty powerful from what I can glean.

", "slug": "setting-up-render" }, { "date": "4/6/2021", "title": "Notes on Svelte", "tags": [ "notes", "svelte" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.88, "time": 292800, "words": 976 }, "preview": "I had a play around with Svelte the other day and wanted to make a few\nnotes and comparisons to React, React being a point of reference for\nme and hopefully others.\n\nI’ve found a lot of the examples here on Svelte Mastery", "previewHtml": "

I had a play around with Svelte the other day and wanted to make a few notes and comparisons to React, React being a point of reference for me and hopefully others.

I’ve found a lot of the examples here on Svelte Mastery

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I was tagged into a conversation over on James Q Quick’s Discord about growth over the last year and it wasn’t until I sat down to write about it that I realised I’ve done quite a bit over the last 12 months now.

Most of my content is written and sup...

", "slug": "growth-over-the-past-year" }, { "date": "3/15/2021", "title": "Stylelint Configuration for use with Tailwind CSS", "tags": [ "tailwind", "css", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "1 min read", "minutes": 0.995, "time": 59700, "words": 199 }, "preview": "When using Tailwind CSS in a Toast project I got a CSS warning\n when trying to use\nthe Tailwind directive.\n\nA quick Google gave me a stackoverflow result for using it in Vue but\nthe solution worked the same in Toast with one last...", "previewHtml": "

When using Tailwind CSS in a Toast project I got a CSS warning semi-colon expected css(css-semicolonexpected) when trying to use the Tailwind @apply directive.

A quick Google gave me a stackoverflow result for using it in Vue but the solution worked ...

", "slug": "stylelint-configuration-for-tailwindcss" }, { "date": "3/13/2021", "title": "Notes on direnv", "tags": [ "tools", "cli", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.16, "time": 69600, "words": 232 }, "preview": "I was directed to direnv by Chris Biscardi when I was trying to use\nsome environment variables in my Toast site.\n\nIn the past I have always reached for dotenv so taking a look at other\nToast sites I couldn’t find any that used it so I reached out...", "previewHtml": "

I was directed to direnv by Chris Biscardi when I was trying to use some environment variables in my Toast site.

", "slug": "notes-on-direnv" }, { "date": "3/13/2021", "title": "Notes on Toast", "tags": [ "toast", "jamstack", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.205, "time": 72300, "words": 241 }, "preview": "For the past couple of weeks I have slowly been getting a more\ncomfortable with Toast\n\nThe best way to do that would be to make a project with it, I decided\nto move my blog to Toast.", "previewHtml": "

For the past couple of weeks I have slowly been getting a more comfortable with Toast

The best way to do that would be to make a project with it, I decided to move my blog to Toast.

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A sitemap is an important for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) because it makes it easier for Google and other search engines to find your site’s pages.

Google ranks web pages not just websites. There is no downside of having an XML Sitemap and havin...

", "slug": "dynamic-sitemap-generation-with-nextjs-and-sanity" }, { "date": "1/14/2021", "title": "Windows Terminal Config - Make it Your Own", "tags": [ "windows", "resource", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "8 min read", "minutes": 7.795, "time": 467700, "words": 1559 }, "preview": "I’ve been using the Windows Terminal now since the summer, it’s great\nand I now prefer it over Hyper which was my preferred terminal.\n\nWindows Terminal comes with a lot of options for configuration and a\nload more which I’ve only just discovered...", "previewHtml": "

I’ve been using the Windows Terminal now since the summer, it’s great and I now prefer it over Hyper which was my preferred terminal.

Windows Terminal comes with a lot of options for configuration and a load more which I’ve only just discovered after...

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Fedora Remix for WSL was on sale for £2.51 so I thought I’d have a look see and add it to the rest of the other WSL distros I have installed.

As I’m all jazzed about using Cypress in WSL I thought I’d give it a go on Fedora.

", "slug": "fedora-remix-for-wsl-gui-apps" }, { "date": "1/2/2021", "title": "Get GraphQL Data Using Axios", "tags": [ "graphql", "api", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.465, "time": 87900, "words": 293 }, "preview": "Ok this is a little snippet I’ve got set up to query data from the\nGitHub GraphQL API.\n\nI use this for getting data to work with in data visualisation tools,\nI’ve done it a couple of times now with my Gatsby site but now I’m\nattempting to do it in a...", "previewHtml": "

Ok this is a little snippet I’ve got set up to query data from the GitHub GraphQL API.

I use this for getting data to work with in data visualisation tools, I’ve done it a couple of times now with my Gatsby site but now I’m attempting to do it in a s...

", "slug": "get-graphql-data-with-axios" }, { "date": "7/17/2020", "title": "My Second Brain - Zettelkasten", "tags": [ "habits", "notes", "vscode", "resource", "tools" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.875, "time": 292500, "words": 975 }, "preview": "For as long as I have been learning web development () I have been taking notes. Partly notes to help\nclarify my understanding of something and partly for future me.\n\nThat’s why I have my digital garden, an online collection of my\nlearning over the...", "previewHtml": "

For as long as I have been learning web development () I have been taking notes. Partly notes to help clarify my understanding of something and partly for future me.

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For full disclosure...

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For full disclosure...

I’ve started using Fastmail, here’s how I set it up with Vercel for use with my own domains.

If you’re interested in giving Fastmail a go then you can use my referral code for a 10% discount on the first year of Fastmail.

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For full disclosure...

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Two situations over the last couple of days I’ve needed to do this and I’ve had to look up the code to do it. So I thought I’d write it down here so I can find it again.

This is being left here for me primarily as it’s something I need to do occasion...

", "slug": "get-document-elements-from-page" } ], "javascript": [ { "date": "1/6/2023", "title": "Get document elements from a page", "tags": [ "how-to", "browser", "javascript" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.265, "time": 135900, "words": 453 }, "preview": "Two situations over the last couple of days I’ve needed to do this and\nI’ve had to look up the code to do it. So I thought I’d write it down\nhere so I can find it again.\n\nThis is being left here for me primarily as it’s something I need to\ndo...", "previewHtml": "

Two situations over the last couple of days I’ve needed to do this and I’ve had to look up the code to do it. So I thought I’d write it down here so I can find it again.

This is being left here for me primarily as it’s something I need to do occasion...

", "slug": "get-document-elements-from-page" }, { "date": "1/25/2022", "title": "Reduce and Filter JavaScript Object on Property", "tags": [ "snippets", "javascript" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.9, "time": 174000, "words": 580 }, "preview": "How do you filter a JavaScript object that has duplicate properties?\nUse reduce! The specific situation I had is a list of objects with\nduplicate properties. I wanted to filter out the duplicates and return\na new object with only the unique...", "previewHtml": "

How do you filter a JavaScript object that has duplicate properties? Use reduce! The specific situation I had is a list of objects with duplicate properties. I wanted to filter out the duplicates and return a new object with only the unique propertie...

", "slug": "reduce-and-filter-object-on-property" }, { "date": "5/27/2019", "title": "JavaScript snippets from around the web", "tags": [ "learning", "javascript", "snippets" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.29, "time": 137400, "words": 458 }, "preview": "This is a dump of all the snippets I have collected over the last 18\nmonths or so, that I’m going to document here so it’s probably going\nto be a mess but it’s mainly for my reference so 😛\n\nArrays", "previewHtml": "

This is a dump of all the snippets I have collected over the last 18 months or so, that I’m going to document here so it’s probably going to be a mess but it’s mainly for my reference so 😛

Arrays

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", "slug": "gradient-animations-in-tailwindcss" }, { "date": "7/12/2022", "title": "Change Browser Scrollbar Colour with Tailwind CSS", "tags": [ "css", "tailwind", "how-to" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.73, "time": 103800, "words": 346 }, "preview": "Styling a scrollbar with Tailwind CSS for Chrome, Edge, Safari and\nFirefox. This is possible with vendor prefixes and\npseudo-elements.\n\nI touched on the configuration for this in the Change Text Highlight\nColor with Tailwind CSS post I did recently.", "previewHtml": "

Styling a scrollbar with Tailwind CSS for Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox. This is possible with vendor prefixes and pseudo-elements.

I touched on the configuration for this in the Change Text Highlight Color with Tailwind CSS post I did recently.

How to change the highlight color of text on the page? Here’s the situation! I wanted to change the text highlight color to a different colour than the default blue on my site.

To change the default text highlight color in a Tailwind CSS project you ...

Skip links are internal links that allow you to skip to the main content of the page.

So on this page, if you hit the tab key you’ll see a skip navigation button, something like this:

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How to set up Tailwind CSS with Svelte, two examples here of adding Tailwind CSS to a new Svelte project.

ℹ️ Please note at the time of writing SvelteKit is not at v1 but this will be the default way to create new Svelte projects when SvelteKit goes t...

", "slug": "how-to-set-up-svelte-with-tailwind" }, { "date": "8/12/2021", "title": "Deploy Your Own Links Page with One Click", "tags": [ "jamstack", "vercel", "netlify", "guide", "tailwind" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.035, "time": 122100, "words": 407 }, "preview": "Having one place for all your social links is big business! Services\nlike Linktree, ContactInBio, LinkBook, etc all offer the same\nsort of service. One location for all your social links.\n\nThis is a nice project as a proof of concept to get you set...", "previewHtml": "

Having one place for all your social links is big business! Services like Linktree, ContactInBio, LinkBook, etc all offer the same sort of service. One location for all your social links.

This is a nice project as a proof of concept to get you set up...

", "slug": "once-click-links-page" }, { "date": "3/15/2021", "title": "Stylelint Configuration for use with Tailwind CSS", "tags": [ "tailwind", "css", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "1 min read", "minutes": 0.995, "time": 59700, "words": 199 }, "preview": "When using Tailwind CSS in a Toast project I got a CSS warning\n when trying to use\nthe Tailwind directive.\n\nA quick Google gave me a stackoverflow result for using it in Vue but\nthe solution worked the same in Toast with one last...", "previewHtml": "

When using Tailwind CSS in a Toast project I got a CSS warning semi-colon expected css(css-semicolonexpected) when trying to use the Tailwind @apply directive.

A quick Google gave me a stackoverflow result for using it in Vue but the solution worked ...

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For 2023 I’m going to note down my goals for the year. I’ll take a look at this quarterly and update it accordingly.

", "slug": "gaols-2023" }, { "date": "9/26/2021", "title": "Six Months as a Developer Advocate - a retrospective", "tags": [ "career", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.98, "time": 178800, "words": 596 }, "preview": "Six months ago today I started a new job as a developer advocate for\nGraphCMS. This has taken me by surprise as if feels like I’ve only\njust started still!\n\n", "previewHtml": "

Six months ago today I started a new job as a developer advocate for GraphCMS. This has taken me by surprise as if feels like I’ve only just started still!

", "slug": "six-months-as-a-developer-advocate" }, { "date": "6/25/2020", "title": "The COVID Chronicles - My Life In Lockdown", "tags": [ "habits", "career" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.785, "time": 167100, "words": 557 }, "preview": "Unprecedented times, 2020 has been something else, and hopefully\nsomething none of us will have to live through again.\n\nI’ve decided to take a few notes on what I’ve been doing in these\nunprecedented times.", "previewHtml": "

Unprecedented times, 2020 has been something else, and hopefully something none of us will have to live through again.

I’ve decided to take a few notes on what I’ve been doing in these unprecedented times.

", "slug": "covid-chronicles" }, { "date": "11/30/2018", "title": "Turning a job hunt into a dev project", "tags": [ "learning", "career" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.93, "time": 295800, "words": 986 }, "preview": "Cliffs/TL;DR\n\nI made a recruiter FAQ on my personal site for recruiters and\ncreated an online CV.", "previewHtml": "

Cliffs/TL;DR

I made a recruiter FAQ on my personal site for recruiters and created an online CV.

", "slug": "job-hunt-dev-project" }, { "date": "2/27/2018", "title": "How to make time for 100 days of code", "tags": [ "guide", "learning", "habits", "career" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "7 min read", "minutes": 6.715, "time": 402900, "words": 1343 }, "preview": "Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a\nwhile, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller.\n\nI’m going to go over steps I have taken the help me with learning to\ncode (again)", "previewHtml": "

Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller.

", "slug": "make-time-for-100doc" }, { "date": "3/15/2017", "title": "Code life balance", "tags": [ "career" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.69, "time": 161400, "words": 538 }, "preview": "Just some rationalisation of what I’m currently doing.\n\nRecently I have decided that I’m going to improve my current skill\nset. To do this I’m studying with freeCodeCamp for a full stack\ndeveloper certification, I’m also trying to learn as much as I...", "previewHtml": "

Just some rationalisation of what I’m currently doing.

Recently I have decided that I’m going to improve my current skill set. To do this I’m studying with freeCodeCamp for a full stack developer certification, I’m also trying to learn as much as I c...

", "slug": "code-life-balance" }, { "date": "12/5/2016", "title": "Job hunting, one class 'A' ballache", "tags": [ "career" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.58, "time": 334800, "words": 1116 }, "preview": "This is basically a rant about the job market, I was laid off back in\nAugust, this is a terrible time of year to be looking for work,\neveryone is on holiday so things are generally pretty slow so when\nthis happened to me I did the same and went on...", "previewHtml": "

This is basically a rant about the job market, I was laid off back in August, this is a terrible time of year to be looking for work, everyone is on holiday so things are generally pretty slow so when this happened to me I did the same and went on ho...

", "slug": "job-hunting" } ], "learning": [ { "date": "12/24/2022", "title": "Goals for 2023", "tags": [ "career", "learning", "habits" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "1 min read", "minutes": 0.88, "time": 52800, "words": 176 }, "preview": "For 2023 I’m going to note down my goals for the year. I’ll take a\nlook at this quarterly and update it accordingly.\n\n", "previewHtml": "

For 2023 I’m going to note down my goals for the year. I’ll take a look at this quarterly and update it accordingly.

", "slug": "gaols-2023" }, { "date": "12/31/2020", "title": "Create a Video Overlay with Hooks", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "hooks", "react" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.915, "time": 114900, "words": 383 }, "preview": "Create a Video overlay with React hooks.\n\nI had to create a video overlay for a project I was working on. This\nexample use a portal to render the player with .", "previewHtml": "

Create a Video overlay with React hooks.

I had to create a video overlay for a project I was working on. This example use a portal to render the player with react-player.

For the past couple of weeks now I have been getting familiar with Preact and the Preact CLI.

It’s great, it’s similar to React

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As a developer you spend a lot of time in the terminal so it’s important to be happy and as productive as possible whilst you’re in there.

This is why I’m a big fan of the Fish Shell in particular. The Fish Shell is a user friendly shell with really ...

So I had a play around with the openSUSE Leap 15.2 you can get on the Windows store and after familiarising myself with it decided to see if I could use it for web development.

Well, yeah, you can, that’s it, that’s the post!

", "slug": "using-opensuse-for-webdev" }, { "date": "12/8/2020", "title": "Notes on Zsh and Oh My Zsh", "tags": [ "zsh", "learning", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.195, "time": 251700, "words": 839 }, "preview": "Sooooooo, so, so, so, Zsh is pretty neat, right?\n\nI’ve been a long time fan of the Fish shell, but I recently had to go\nfull on with a Zsh shell and decided to give it a proper go.", "previewHtml": "

Sooooooo, so, so, so, Zsh is pretty neat, right?

", "slug": "zsh-and-oh-my-zsh" }, { "date": "11/29/2020", "title": "Gatsby File System Route API with MDX", "tags": [ "gatsby", "mdx", "learning" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "10 min read", "minutes": 9.02, "time": 541200, "words": 1804 }, "preview": "The Gatsby File System Route API was announced recently and I have\nbeen having a play around with it. If you’re not familiar with it,\nit’s something like the dynamic routing you get with Next.js. If\nyou’re not familiar with that either then it’s a...", "previewHtml": "

The Gatsby File System Route API was announced recently and I have been having a play around with it. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s something like the dynamic routing you get with Next.js. If you’re not familiar with that either then it’s a wa...

", "slug": "gatsby-file-system-route-api" }, { "date": "11/1/2020", "title": "Patching Gatsby React Router Scroll with patch-package", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "resource" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.855, "time": 171300, "words": 571 }, "preview": "This is a very specific issue myself and anyone that uses Gatsby and\nReact router for navigating between headers in their Gatsby sites.\n\nThe issue has been documented several times now and the advice I\nhave followed is to add a resolutions to my ...", "previewHtml": "

This is a very specific issue myself and anyone that uses Gatsby and React router for navigating between headers in their Gatsby sites.

The issue has been documented several times now and the advice I have followed is to add a resolutions to my packa...

", "slug": "patching-gatsby-react-router-scroll" }, { "date": "9/2/2020", "title": "How to Monetise Your Content With Coil and Brave BAT", "tags": [ "learning", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "5 min read", "minutes": 4.44, "time": 266400, "words": 888 }, "preview": "I recently started monetising my blog, (don’t worry there’s no\npaywall!) this isn’t a new thing as I originally did something similar\nwith Brave and the Basic Attention Token (BAT) back in 2018 on\nscottspence.me.\n\nSo what is web monetisation? It’s...", "previewHtml": "

So what is web monetisation? It’s an ...

Yo! It’s that time again!!

This is an opinionated guide on setting up a development environment for web development in widows that will use the requisite tools, Bash, Node, Git, VS Code etc…

Now that Windows Subsystem Linux has finally arrived I think it’s time to refresh my notes on it from the last post I did back at the end of 2018.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/wsl/install-win10

Fathom Analytics, a great tool to use for your site analytics without the compromise of giving your visitors data to Google.

I’ve written about How to Track Custom Events with Fathom in the past but since then Fathom have changed their tracking/embed...

", "slug": "fathom-config" }, { "date": "6/9/2020", "title": "Full Screen Resolution With No Guest Additions in VirtualBox", "tags": [ "learning" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "1 min read", "minutes": 0.93, "time": 55800, "words": 186 }, "preview": "Virtual Box Guest Additions can be a bit of a pain to set up\nsometimes.\n\nMy current PC setup for some reason wouldn’t show a VM in the full\nresolution.", "previewHtml": "

Virtual Box Guest Additions can be a bit of a pain to set up sometimes.

My current PC setup for some reason wouldn’t show a VM in the full resolution.

", "slug": "no-guest-additions" }, { "date": "5/30/2020", "title": "My First PC Build", "tags": [ "hello-world", "ubuntu", "learning", "hardware" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "11 min read", "minutes": 10.03, "time": 601800, "words": 2006 }, "preview": "I built my first PC, here’s how it went and what I learned.\n\nUp until recently I was very happy with my home computer, which was an\nASUS Transformer Pro T304UA.", "previewHtml": "

I built my first PC, here’s how it went and what I learned.

Up until recently I was very happy with my home computer, which was an ASUS Transformer Pro T304UA.

", "slug": "first-time-pc-build" }, { "date": "5/9/2020", "title": "VS Code Tips and Snippets", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "vscode" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "1 min read", "minutes": 0.99, "time": 59400, "words": 198 }, "preview": "Use the same frontmatter block all the time for your blog posts?\n\nI do, so I’ve created a VS Code snippet to pre-populate the block with\nsome default tags and today’s date.", "previewHtml": "

Use the same frontmatter block all the time for your blog posts?

I do, so I’ve created a VS Code snippet to pre-populate the block with some default tags and today’s date.

I found an opportunity to improve the npm package for the Victor Mono font I like to use here and in my text editor (much to people horror when they see it)!

It was a simple fix to add font-display: swap; to the css file in the dist package.

", "slug": "patching-packages" }, { "date": "5/4/2020", "title": "Why Make a React SEO Component", "tags": [ "learning", "react", "seo" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.905, "time": 234300, "words": 781 }, "preview": "Here’s some of the reasoning and detail that went into making the\nReact SEO Component.\n\nThere wasn’t a great deal I knew about Search Engine Optimization\nbefore I set about writing the Build a coding blog from scratch with\nGatsby and MDX guide that...", "previewHtml": "

Here’s some of the reasoning and detail that went into making the React SEO Component.

There wasn’t a great deal I knew about Search Engine Optimization before I set about writing the Build a coding blog from scratch with Gatsby and MDX guide that I ...

", "slug": "react-seo-component" }, { "date": "5/2/2020", "title": "CSS Variables Fallback", "tags": [ "learning", "css" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.225, "time": 133500, "words": 445 }, "preview": "I used CSS variables to make a theme switch, light and dark, I’ve done\nthis in the past using styled-components but not attempted it via\nthe CSS variables route.\n\nWith styled-components you defined your colour schemes or themes in a\n object then use...", "previewHtml": "

I used CSS variables to make a theme switch, light and dark, I’ve done this in the past using styled-components but not attempted it via the CSS variables route.

With styled-components you defined your colour schemes or themes in a theme object then ...

", "slug": "css-variables-dark-mode" }, { "date": "5/2/2020", "title": "Moving from Now to Netlify then back to Now", "tags": [ "learning" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.125, "time": 127500, "words": 425 }, "preview": "I am a massive fan of both Vercel’s Now.sh platform and the\nNetlify platform.\n\nThis post has been in my drafts since the beginning of March 2019. At\nthat time it was titled ‘Moving from Now to Netlify’ and it was\nmostly me being salty about the...", "previewHtml": "

I am a massive fan of both Vercel’s Now.sh platform and the Netlify platform.

This post has been in my drafts since the beginning of March 2019. At that time it was titled ‘Moving from Now to Netlify’ and it was mostly me being salty about the config...

", "slug": "moving-from-now-to-netlify" }, { "date": "4/30/2020", "title": "Moving Large Markdown Assets to a CDN", "tags": [ "learning" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.72, "time": 163200, "words": 544 }, "preview": "I’ve spent a while today trying to bring down the size of this\nproject, I have several posts that are particularly large so I wanted\nto work out a way to reduce that.\n\nI’m an Ubuntu user and wanted to see if there was a way I could\nidentify the...", "previewHtml": "

I’ve spent a while today trying to bring down the size of this project, I have several posts that are particularly large so I wanted to work out a way to reduce that.

I’m an Ubuntu user and wanted to see if there was a way I could identify the larger...

", "slug": "large-md-assets-to-cdn" }, { "date": "4/27/2020", "title": "A Digital Garden", "tags": [ "learning" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.32, "time": 199200, "words": 664 }, "preview": "I spent a couple of days now questioning how and what I write after\nreading a post from Richard Haines. In his post he mentioned how he\nstumbled across the Digital Garden idea.\n\nRichard’s post led me to Chris Biscardi’s thoughts on that and in\nturn...", "previewHtml": "

I spent a couple of days now questioning how and what I write after reading a post from Richard Haines. In his post he mentioned how he stumbled across the Digital Garden idea.

Richard’s post led me to Chris Biscardi’s thoughts on that and in turn Jo...

", "slug": "a-digital-garden" }, { "date": "4/27/2020", "title": "Continuous Deployments on Non Essential Projects", "tags": [ "learning" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.485, "time": 209100, "words": 697 }, "preview": "Quite a while ago now I was introduced to dependency update tools like\nRenovate and Greenkeeper, at the time I thought they were awesome,\nkeeping your projects patched and secure so I went and used them in\nevery project I made.\n\nBusy work", "previewHtml": "

Quite a while ago now I was introduced to dependency update tools like Renovate and Greenkeeper, at the time I thought they were awesome, keeping your projects patched and secure so I went and used them in every project I made.

Busy work

", "slug": "continus-deployment" }, { "date": "4/19/2020", "title": "Make a simple, personal, URL shortener with Now.sh", "tags": [ "learning", "guide", "domains" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "6 min read", "minutes": 5.465, "time": 327900, "words": 1093 }, "preview": "Remember services like Bitly and TinyURL? Yeah, they still exist,\nshortening your URLs for you, they’ve been around for a long time too.\n\nBitly founded in 2008 and TinyURL founded in 2002 😱", "previewHtml": "

Remember services like Bitly and TinyURL? Yeah, they still exist, shortening your URLs for you, they’ve been around for a long time too.

Bitly founded in 2008 and TinyURL founded in 2002 😱

I’m talking Fathom Analytics again, this time about tracking link clicks in my Markdown.

I have written about how to track custom events with Fathom previously and this is really an extension to that post.

Fathom Analytics recently added a really neat feature for custom domains with their service.

What does that mean then? Well it’s for bypassing ad-blocking extensions, not that Fathom wants to collect all your data, far from it.

If you’re having issues with the clicks not scrolling to link IDs see Not scrolling to ID

The main purpose for me documenting this is to demonstrate implementing a table of contents with smooth scroll to the anchors in a Gatsby project using MDX.

I’ll be swapping out the styles included with a CSS...

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In this guide I’m going to go through how to track custom events in a Gatsby site using Fathom analytics.

Preamble

Over the years I have made my own Pro...

Do you use Google Analytics (GA) for any of your sites?

I’ve used it in the past and it gives quite good information about

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This is a dump of all the snippets I have collected over the last 18 months or so, that I’m going to document here so it’s probably going to be a mess but it’s mainly for my reference so 😛

Arrays

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In this guide we’re going to cover converting the Gatsby default blog starter to use MDX.

All the cool kids are using Gatsby and MDX in their blogs these days. If you already have a blog that uses Gatsby but want to move onto the new hotness then thi...

Already use WSL with Ubuntu? Want an Upgrade??

This is a guide that will cover upgrading Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL) from the current LTS version to the latest ‘normal’ version 18.10.

Hooks ahoy!

Ok, let’s get it on with the new hotness in React-land, React Hooks! This is a guide covering using the Gatsby custom React hook for StaticQuery which it is now replacing with useStaticQuery.

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Moving to the new hotness!!

I’ve now moved this blog over to Gatsby MDX. You can see all the changes on my repo here.

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From scratch to Create React App on Windows

An opinionated guide on setting up a web development environment on Windows 10

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Cliffs/TL;DR

I made a recruiter FAQ on my personal site for recruiters and created an online CV.

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Let’s go through getting styled-components working with the Gatsby default starter.

Let’s set up Gatsby to pull data from GraphCMS.

Let’s use the React Context API to change theme in an app!

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I’m a bit late to the party using the new React Context API, I did get to use it the other day at work, I also made a snippet to scaffold out a component for it.

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Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller.

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How to combine two separate unrelated Git repositories into one with single history timeline.

Just adding a quick note on this…

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I know why Linus called it that now!

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I’m a published developer! [sort of] Well that was a bit painful, well not actually I mean from the documentation I feel I was a bit mislead.

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Ok, I have recently discovered and started doing freeCodeCamp(🔥) which so far I’m really enjoying.

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For 2023 I’m going to note down my goals for the year. I’ll take a look at this quarterly and update it accordingly.

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Unprecedented times, 2020 has been something else, and hopefully something none of us will have to live through again.

I’ve decided to take a few notes on what I’ve been doing in these unprecedented times.

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Stand back everyone, I’m doing pontification! I’ve had a couple conversations with my new found developer buddies about fitness, more along the lines of gym going and nutrition actually.

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Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller.

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In this post, go over how to add environment variables to your GitHub Actions. I recently added environment variables to one of my GitHub projects recently and it stopped running.

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I recently released a head component that can be used in Svelte projects and I wanted to add tests to it to make sure that it’s working as expected.

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I’m a bug writing machine, all developers are! We’re only human after all.

Playwright

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In this post, go over how to add environment variables to your GitHub Actions. I recently added environment variables to one of my GitHub projects recently and it stopped running.

In this case it was the environment variables for Fathom Analytics, wh...

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In this post, go over how to add environment variables to your GitHub Actions. I recently added environment variables to one of my GitHub projects recently and it stopped running.

In this case it was the environment variables for Fathom Analytics, wh...

I recently released a head component that can be used in Svelte projects and I wanted to add tests to it to make sure that it’s working as expected.

I decided to use Playwright to test the component as it comes with the SvelteKit CLI as a config opti...

I’m a bug writing machine, all developers are! We’re only human after all.

Playwright

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I’m a bug writing machine, all developers are! We’re only human after all.

Playwright

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I was playing around with Linode recently to try set up a PocketBase instance then I came across this guide on the PocketBase GitHub discussions.

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I was playing around with Linode recently to try set up a PocketBase instance then I came across this guide on the PocketBase GitHub discussions.

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Here’s some of the issues I faced when deploying a SvelteKit project using Prisma to Vercel.

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Here’s some of the issues I faced when deploying a SvelteKit project using Prisma to Vercel.

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Having one place for all your social links is big business! Services like Linktree, ContactInBio, LinkBook, etc all offer the same sort of service. One location for all your social links.

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I found a fix, apparently this only affects laptops and it’s to do with the video card.

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I built my first PC, here’s how it went and what I learned.

Up until recently I was very happy with my home computer, which was an ASUS Transformer Pro T304UA.

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This is my opinion...

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I have been having a blast playing around with configuring Fedora 33 in Windows via Windows Subsystem for Linux, I didn’t know you could straight up import a Linux distro and use it.

In this guide I’ll go through the complete setup needed to go from ...

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This is my opinion...

I’ve had to make a copy of my current Ubuntu install for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and although I have written about this before but this time there were a few gotchas I want to cover here.

WSL moves pretty fast so a lot of the documentation ...

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I have been having a blast playing around with configuring Fedora 33 in Windows via Windows Subsystem for Linux, I didn’t know you could straight up import a Linux distro and use it.

In this guide I’ll go through the complete setup needed to go from ...

Fedora Remix for WSL was on sale for £2.51 so I thought I’d have a look see and add it to the rest of the other WSL distros I have installed.

As I’m all jazzed about using Cypress in WSL I thought I’d give it a go on Fedora.

This is a specific use case for installing Google Chrome in Ubuntu on WSL.

On Ubuntu, Snap is the preferred method to install Chromium and although snap is on the WSL image you get from the Microsoft store it’s not functional. There is a solution unt...

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So I had a play around with the openSUSE Leap 15.2 you can get on the Windows store and after familiarising myself with it decided to see if I could use it for web development.

Well, yeah, you can, that’s it, that’s the post!

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I switched from Ubuntu to Manjaro Linux, here’s how it went.

So for a while now I’ve been using Ubuntu, from when my old Asus Transformer Pro decided that it didn’t like running windows any more.

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In this first example I’m using the Sve...

This isn’t a guide, this is me documenting the how and why for a proof of concept project I worked on.

So, I started playing around with the GitHub GraphQL API endpoint to do something I’ve been meaning to do for a wile now, that’s to make a serverle...

Ok this is a little snippet I’ve got set up to query data from the GitHub GraphQL API.

I use this for getting data to work with in data visualisation tools, I’ve done it a couple of times now with my Gatsby site but now I’m attempting to do it in a s...

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Create a simple Node API on Vercel Serverless functions in under 20 minutes. But first some preamble!

A while back (3 years ago now!) I made a Positivity API, it was a really simple array of positive quotes that’s used in the #100DaysOfCode twitter b...

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Let’s use the React Context API to change theme in an app!

This is what it will look like by the end of this post:

I’m a bit late to the party using the new React Context API, I did get to use it the other day at work, I also made a snippet to scaffold out a component for it.

I had followed a couple of guides explaining how to use it and neither of them as good a...

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There’s some SvelteKit prerender settings that need...

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Having one place for all your social links is big business! Services like Linktree, ContactInBio, LinkBook, etc all offer the same sort of service. One location for all your social links.

This is a nice project as a proof of concept to get you set up...

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Having one place for all your social links is big business! Services like Linktree, ContactInBio, LinkBook, etc all offer the same sort of service. One location for all your social links.

This is a nice project as a proof of concept to get you set up...

", "slug": "once-click-links-page" }, { "date": "3/13/2021", "title": "Notes on Toast", "tags": [ "toast", "jamstack", "notes" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "2 min read", "minutes": 1.205, "time": 72300, "words": 241 }, "preview": "For the past couple of weeks I have slowly been getting a more\ncomfortable with Toast\n\nThe best way to do that would be to make a project with it, I decided\nto move my blog to Toast.", "previewHtml": "

For the past couple of weeks I have slowly been getting a more comfortable with Toast

The best way to do that would be to make a project with it, I decided to move my blog to Toast.

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I have delivered this talk several times now but not actually written about it.

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I’ve been wanting to go to a JAMstack conf since the first one was scheduled for October 2018. This year when it was announced there would be one in London I was super excited to get the opportunity to go.

The conference was across two days with the ...

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", "slug": "make-an-rss-feed-with-sveltekit" } ], "vite": [ { "date": "5/6/2021", "title": "SvelteKit starter blog with GraphCMS", "tags": [ "svelte", "sveltekit", "vite", "graphcms" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "8 min read", "minutes": 7.47, "time": 448200, "words": 1494 }, "preview": "I made a starter blog with SvelteKit and GraphCMS, I’ve been doing a\ncouple of small projects with it and I really like it!\n\nThis will focus mainly on the Svelte and SvelteKit side with not too\nmuch emphasis on the GraphCMS side. GraphCMS has a blog...", "previewHtml": "

I made a starter blog with SvelteKit and GraphCMS, I’ve been doing a couple of small projects with it and I really like it!

This will focus mainly on the Svelte and SvelteKit side with not too much emphasis on the GraphCMS side. GraphCMS has a blog s...

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Render is pretty neat!

I’m still super early days but I have discovered the render.yml files that is the equivalent to the Amazon CDK (Cloud Development Kit). The Amazon CDK is pretty powerful from what I can glean.

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The Gatsby offline plugin is really handy right up until you don’t want it any more!

I switched my main site over to Toast from Gatsby and hit a bump when it came to removing the old Gatsby site because it used a service worker meant that the new sit...

", "slug": "remove-service-worker" }, { "date": "11/29/2020", "title": "Gatsby File System Route API with MDX", "tags": [ "gatsby", "mdx", "learning" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "10 min read", "minutes": 9.02, "time": 541200, "words": 1804 }, "preview": "The Gatsby File System Route API was announced recently and I have\nbeen having a play around with it. If you’re not familiar with it,\nit’s something like the dynamic routing you get with Next.js. If\nyou’re not familiar with that either then it’s a...", "previewHtml": "

", "slug": "gatsby-file-system-route-api" }, { "date": "11/21/2020", "title": "Chakra UI and Gatsby - Getting Started", "tags": [ "gatsby", "getting-started", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "9 min read", "minutes": 8.15, "time": 489000, "words": 1630 }, "preview": "Ok, so this is another one of those “let’s use a new CSS-in-JS library\non a Gatsby default starter project” post.\n\nIn this case it’s Chakra UI, it’s recently gone v1 and I’m keen to use\nit.", "previewHtml": "

Ok, so this is another one of those “let’s use a new CSS-in-JS library on a Gatsby default starter project” post.

In this case it’s Chakra UI, it’s recently gone v1 and I’m keen to use it.

", "slug": "getting-started-chakra-ui-gatsby" }, { "date": "6/9/2020", "title": "Fathom Analytics Gatsby Configuration", "tags": [ "analytics", "learning", "guide", "hooks", "react", "gatsby" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "3 min read", "minutes": 2.43, "time": 145800, "words": 486 }, "preview": "Fathom Analytics, a great tool to use for your site analytics without\nthe compromise of giving your visitors data to Google.\n\nI’ve written about How to Track Custom Events with Fathom in the\npast but since then Fathom have changed their...", "previewHtml": "

Fathom Analytics, a great tool to use for your site analytics without the compromise of giving your visitors data to Google.

I’ve written about How to Track Custom Events with Fathom in the past but since then Fathom have changed their tracking/embed...

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If you’re having issues with the clicks not scrolling to link IDs see Not scrolling to ID

The main purpose for me documenting this is to demonstrate implementing a table of contents with smooth scroll to the anchors in a Gatsby project using MDX.

I’ll be swapping out the styles included with a CSS...

Over the years I have made my own Pro...

In this guide we’re going to cover converting the Gatsby default blog starter to use MDX.

All the cool kids are using Gatsby and MDX in their blogs these days. If you already have a blog that uses Gatsby but want to move onto the new hotness then thi...

", "slug": "convert-gatsby-default-blog-to-mdx" }, { "date": "3/24/2019", "title": "Creating a Custom React Hook for Gatsby Site Metadata", "tags": [ "learning", "gatsby", "react", "hooks", "guide" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "4 min read", "minutes": 3.675, "time": 220500, "words": 735 }, "preview": "Hooks ahoy!\n\nOk, let’s get it on with the new hotness in React-land, React Hooks!\nThis is a guide covering using the Gatsby custom React hook for\n which it is now replacing with .", "previewHtml": "

Hooks ahoy!

Ok, let’s get it on with the new hotness in React-land, React Hooks! This is a guide covering using the Gatsby custom React hook for StaticQuery which it is now replacing with useStaticQuery.

Moving to the new hotness!!

I’ve now moved this blog over to Gatsby MDX. You can see all the changes on my repo here.

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Let’s go through getting styled-components working with the Gatsby default starter.

Let’s set up Gatsby to pull data from GraphCMS.

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I was directed to direnv by Chris Biscardi when I was trying to use some environment variables in my Toast site.

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I was directed to direnv by Chris Biscardi when I was trying to use some environment variables in my Toast site.

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For the past couple of weeks I have slowly been getting a more comfortable with Toast

The best way to do that would be to make a project with it, I decided to move my blog to Toast.

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Ever since I first saw Sara Vieira’s slides form Vue London 2018 I’ve really liked the idea of writing a presentation in MDX.

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", "slug": "gatsby-file-system-route-api" }, { "date": "2/13/2020", "title": "Add a Table of Contents with Smooth scroll using Gatsby and MDX", "tags": [ "learning", "gatsby", "guide", "mdx", "markdown" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "11 min read", "minutes": 10.07, "time": 604200, "words": 2014 }, "preview": "If you’re having issues with the clicks not scrolling to link IDs\nsee Not scrolling to ID\n\nThe main purpose for me documenting this is to demonstrate\nimplementing a table of contents with smooth scroll to the anchors in\na Gatsby project using MDX.", "previewHtml": "

If you’re having issues with the clicks not scrolling to link IDs see Not scrolling to ID

The main purpose for me documenting this is to demonstrate implementing a table of contents with smooth scroll to the anchors in a Gatsby project using MDX.

I’ll be swapping out the styles included with a CSS...

Over the years I have made my own Pro...

In this guide we’re going to cover converting the Gatsby default blog starter to use MDX.

All the cool kids are using Gatsby and MDX in their blogs these days. If you already have a blog that uses Gatsby but want to move onto the new hotness then thi...

", "slug": "convert-gatsby-default-blog-to-mdx" }, { "date": "3/9/2019", "title": "Testing MDX", "tags": [ "learning", "gatsby", "mdx" ], "isPrivate": false, "readingTime": { "text": "1 min read", "minutes": 0.7, "time": 42000, "words": 140 }, "preview": "Moving to the new hotness!!\n\nI’ve now moved this blog over to Gatsby MDX. You can see all the\nchanges\non my repo here.", "previewHtml": "

Moving to the new hotness!!

I’ve now moved this blog over to Gatsby MDX. You can see all the changes on my repo here.

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Ever since I first saw Sara Vieira’s slides form Vue London 2018 I’ve really liked the idea of writing a presentation in MDX.

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A sitemap is an important for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) because it makes it easier for Google and other search engines to find your site’s pages.

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Create a Video overlay with React hooks.

I had to create a video overlay for a project I was working on. This example use a portal to render the player with react-player.

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Fathom Analytics, a great tool to use for your site analytics without the compromise of giving your visitors data to Google.

I’ve written about How to Track Custom Events with Fathom in the past but since then Fathom have changed their tracking/embed...

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In this guide I’m going to go through how to track custom events in a Gatsby site using Fathom analytics.

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Do you use Google Analytics (GA) for any of your sites?

I’ve used it in the past and it gives quite good information about

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Hooks ahoy!

Ok, let’s get it on with the new hotness in React-land, React Hooks! This is a guide covering using the Gatsby custom React hook for StaticQuery which it is now replacing with useStaticQuery.

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Fathom Analytics, a great tool to use for your site analytics without the compromise of giving your visitors data to Google.

I’ve written about How to Track Custom Events with Fathom in the past but since then Fathom have changed their tracking/embed...

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Here’s some of the reasoning and detail that went into making the React SEO Component.

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In this guide I’m going to go through how to track custom events in a Gatsby site using Fathom analytics.

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React Advanced London going deep!

Here’s my recollection of my attendance at React Advanced London 2019 supported with videos from the event.

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Do you use Google Analytics (GA) for any of your sites?

I’ve used it in the past and it gives quite good information about

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Let’s use the React Context API to change theme in an app!

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I switched from Ubuntu to Manjaro Linux, here’s how it went.

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Let’s go through getting styled-components working with the Gatsby default starter.

Let’s set up Gatsby to pull data from GraphCMS.

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My first post using Jekyll, all I have done really is fork the awesome jekyll-now repo from Barry Clark and rename the repo and adjusted the _config.yml file.

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My list of VS Code extensions I use in my daily development workflow.

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Use the same frontmatter block all the time for your blog posts?

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I’m a published developer! [sort of] Well that was a bit painful, well not actually I mean from the documentation I feel I was a bit mislead.

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I switched from Ubuntu to Manjaro Linux, here’s how it went.

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Let’s use the React Context API to change theme in an app!

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We’re going to style the basic create react app with styled-components to look something like this:

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I built my first PC, here’s how it went and what I learned.

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This is what it will look like by the end of this post:

We’re going to style the basic create react app with styled-components to look something like this:

This is what it will look like by the end of this post:

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React Advanced London going deep!

Here’s my recollection of my attendance at React Advanced London 2019 supported with videos from the event.

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The conference was across two days with the ...

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Don’t save the yak! But put in the work so you’re not wasting time.

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I have seen the same situation many times now in my career as a VBA Developer about how source code control is managed with VBA projects.

Source control on VBA has long been a bit of a nonsense, there isn’t any really. When I started my first develop...

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I have seen the same situation many times now in my career as a VBA Developer about how source code control is managed with VBA projects.

Source control on VBA has long been a bit of a nonsense, there isn’t any really. When I started my first develop...

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Ok, I have recently discovered and started doing freeCodeCamp(🔥) which so far I’m really enjoying.

Since being out of work I have had some time to start exploring different programming languages and technologies but I haven’t found any courses that I...

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