Managing your interrupt rate as a tech lead, part 2: Time blocking

July 25, 2023 - Your calendar is a place where you should be in control and not be at the whims of others who send you invites.

Managing your interrupt rate as a tech lead, part 1: You get more of what you reward

July 18, 2023 - Many of the interruptions that fill up your day aren't necessary. Here's how to start taming your interrupt rate.

Disabling paste in textboxes is not a security feature

July 3, 2023 - This common, and annoying, pattern on many government and financial websites causes more problems than it solves.

Automating tweets with Twitter API v2

April 18, 2023 - As Twitter disables many apps that use the v1.1 API, it's time to learn how to automate tweets using v2.

Creating a Jekyll-style blog post URL in Astro

March 14, 2023 - It's not obvious from the examples, but you can emulate Jekyll-style blog post URLs including years and months in Astro.

Creating a Jekyll-style blog post year archive in Astro

February 14, 2023 - While not included in their default blog template, it is straightforward to create a year-based archive for your posts in Astro.

Setting up a Rust development environment with Visual Studio Code

December 15, 2022 - Getting started with Rust development takes a few more steps than with other web-based programming languages.

Sponsoring dependencies: The next step in open source sustainability

June 14, 2022 - We are at a point in open source development where it's become clear that not all projects have the same opportunity to receive funding and maintainers are the key to fixing this.

Making your open source project sponsor-ready, Part 3: Accepting sponsorships

December 28, 2021 - When your project is ready to accept sponsorships from companies, there are several things you can do to improve your chances. This post describes how to prepare your project to ensure sponsorships can start flowing in.

Making your open source project sponsor-ready, Part 2: Project hygiene

December 21, 2021 - Attracting sponsors isn't always about reaching directly. Sometimes it's about doing the little things right that make your project successful.