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2025
Growing as a Developer Through Side Projects
·1163 words·6 mins
BuildInPublic
Dev
Side projects give me additional experiences, knowledge, and perspective that serve me well at a larger organization.
When a Hobby Project Breaks: Thoughts on Responsibility
·792 words·4 mins
Dev
Sprytna
BuildInPublic
Yesterday, my hobby project experienced an unexpected 8-hour outage. It was an extremely frustrating and humbling experience that sparked deeper reflection: where is the line between a fun little side project and something others depend on?
Hello Sprytna Cards!
·1239 words·6 mins
Elixir
BuildInPublic
Dev
It is one thing to work on a big projects with a team, another to develop something useful as a solo developer. This is my 3 month journey building Sprytna.cards, hopefully it is useful.
2024
Neovim and Elixir-ls Noob Edition
·830 words·4 mins
Nvim
Elixir
Dev
The following is what I did, as a noob in the Vim ecosystem, to configure Neovim as my daily editor for Elixir development.
First Hops With RabbitMQ
·1263 words·6 mins
Dev
Rabbitmq
Elixir
Node
Docker
Just starting with RabbitMQ? This introductory guide will walk you through setting up a local RabbitMQ sandbox. Then we will use RabbitMQ to send messages from Elixir to Node.
Canonical Urls on Fly.io
·718 words·4 mins
Fly.io
Dev
Blog
Docker
How to configure your static site to use your canonical url - dropping the www and redirecting traffic to your apex domain name on Fly.io.
Up and Running With Hugo
·2708 words·13 mins
Go
Dev
Blog
Hugo
Blowfish
A straightforward ‘up and running’ guide for hosting a static site using Hugo, Blowfish, and Fly.io. designed for individuals with basic technical skills.