On this website, I normally only write about solutions I’ve come up with to problems I’ve encountered (pertaining to web development). I recognize that’s not entirely authentic because I can’t solve every problem I come across. Sometimes, I’ll come across an issue where the solution isn’t immediately clear to me. Sometimes, it festers for long […]
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Svelte Work:Rest Timer
I was recently approached by a friend to build an app. Now, I’ve been cornered and pitched far too many half-brained apps in my day but it is refreshing to hear a good pitch. This pitch was for a timer, but not just any timer or stopwatch app that comes preinstalled on your phone. Rather, […]
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Svelte stores in IndexedDB
I know that I just wrote a post about using Svelte Stores with localStorage but very shortly after writing that (and implementing it in my own app 🤦), I came across this blog post from Paul Maneesilasan which explained the benefits of using IndexedDB: So, the primary benefits to using a datastore like indexedDB are: […]
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Svelte stores in localStorage
Svelte stores are great for managing state in an application but when combined with modern browser features. they really shine. Let’s take a look at how I implemented localStorage in a recent project with an annotated sample file: $stores/local.js Throughout the rest of the app, the “goalStore” (and therefore, the localStorage object) can be accessed […]
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helth app
If you’ve been following along with any of my recent posts, you’ll likely have noticed that I’ve been working on something. It hasn’t been a secret but I also haven’t advertised it until now. In this post, I’d like to share with you a little bit about that project. If you’d like to see or […]
‘Automating’ comes from the roots ‘auto-‘ meaning ‘self-‘, and ‘mating’, meaning ‘screwing’.
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Deobfuscating Node Debacles
On March 7th, 2022, the developer known as RIAEvangelist pushed a commit containing a new file dao/ssl-geospec.js to the node-ipc Github repository, for which, they are the owner and maintainer. This code, along with a subsequent version, were not typical of this project. The node-ipc module is a JavaScript module used to facilitate local and […]
I’ve recently done some work on a personal project that I have put off for far too long. The project itself is a chat bot for moderating Telegram chat groups but this post isn’t about that project. Instead, it will focus on how I simplified setup of the development environment using Docker Compose. I don’t […]