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I am a Principal Product Engineer, tinkerer, nerd, trail explorer. This is my brain dump.

Joining Netlify

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Taking the next step in my professional career.

Announcing PowerToys Awake To Caffeinate Your Windows PC

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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.

Unlocking My Spotify Podcast Data

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If you are a podcast owner, one of the things that can be a bit annoying is the multitude of different data points that are available for the show. Now, this is not the fact that there is too much data but rather that this data is scattered across different providers, with different systems, and different ways to manage it.

How I Automated My Vaccine Appointment Search

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Recently, younger residents of British Columbia (BC) became eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19, which is awesome news! If you live in BC, I encourage you to register to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

Launching Windows Store Apps On Stream Deck

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I just recently got a Stream Deck - it’s a wonderful tool to automate some of the more boring (read: routine) tasks. Literally with a click of a button I can kick off a bunch of automation. Apparently it can do everything but launch Windows Store applications.