Writing
I am a hacker, tinkerer, data nerd, trail explorer. This is my brain dump.
Tweaking Spotify For Podcasters Feature Flags
·962 words
Fiddling with Fiddler to enable hidden features in the podcaster dashboard.
First Explorations of Twitter Verification API
·776 words
Twitter just announced that they are re-launching their verification program, and now you can check whether you are eligible directly from your Twitter account settings. Neat!
Careers Are Not Marathons Or Sprints
·1240 words
Not too long ago, I was reading Charlie Kindel’s “You’re Thinking of Your Career Trajectory Wrong” and it reminded me of yet another trope that somehow is very commonplace, at least in the tech industry - your career is not a sprint, it’s a marathon.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Software You Rent
·3151 words
Why it’s a bad thing that we don’t get to use perpetual licenses and instead rely on software subscriptions.
Behind The Spotify Wrapped API Scenes
·702 words
Understanding the components to the Spotify Wrapped generated story.
GitHub Issues Graph with Netlify and GraphQL
·2121 words
How to build a graph of issues in your GitHub repository using Netlify Graph and GitHub’s GraphQL API.
Using Netlify API Authentication for Static Site Builds
·953 words
Making it easier to work with APIs where APIs are least likely to be easy to use.
Setting A Blank New Tab on Microsoft Edge
·481 words
How to make sure that your new tabs in Microsoft Edge are blank.
Signing GitHub Commits With YubiKey
·996 words
Make your GitHub life easier with no-touch commit signing.
The Rise Of User-Hostile Software
·1651 words
Or why software we get today is not the software we should strive to be getting tomorrow.
Reverse Engineering The Stream Deck
·4220 words
Figuring out how the Stream Deck ticks, and how I can make it do what I want.
Announcing PowerToys Awake To Caffeinate Your Windows PC
·358 words
For some time, I needed a way to use caffeinate on Windows. If you are coming from macOS, you know how useful this utility can be when you want to keep the computer awake for some definite or indefinite time. So, following the engineer mindset, I decided to build my own, starting with a PowerShell script.