Backing up my life with a Synology NAS

April 23, 2024 - Data in a public cloud is out of your control, that's why I decided to create my own private cloud in my office.

Managing your to-do-list as a staff+ engineer

April 20, 2024 - With great agency comes responsibility – to yourself. Learn how to triage your projects and tasks into a structured to-do list.

What's the difference between JavaScript engines and JavaScript runtimes?

March 26, 2024 - Runtimes and engines are often incorrectly referred to as the same thing.

Introducing humanfs (formerly fsx): A modern filesystem API for JavaScript

January 10, 2024 - Filesystem APIs in JavaScript runtimes haven't been great for a long time. This is my attempt to make a better one.

JavaScript WTF: Why does every() return true for empty arrays?

September 8, 2023 - How can a condition be satisified when there aren't any values to test?

Managing your interrupt rate as a tech lead, part 3: Office hours and appointment blocks

August 1, 2023 - You can more easily eliminate interruptions when you create a specific time for them.

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.