Blog posts
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📚 Books of 2018
My reading journey in 2018 This year I rediscovered the magic of the local library in encouraging steady, sustainable reading. The past few years I would go into (mostly independent) booksellers on a...
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🌟 Achievement Unlocked: November 2018
And thus another month is over - November was huge! Just before writing this, I was: Sleeping in 😴 This past month, I achieved: Going to WebDirections Summit and learning a fucktonne of stuff. The o...
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🌟 Achievement Unlocked: October 2018
Just before writing this, I was: Finishing off my migration to Travis CI from CircleCI. This past month, I achieved: 🧘 Doing yoga on a Thursday night for the first time - turns out that the Thursda...
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🌟 Achievement Unlocked: September 2018
Just before writing this, I was: Listening to an episode of HTTP 203. I am not usually a big fan of this podcast, and haven’t been regularly listening to it, but it’s been quite good tonight listening...
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DDD 2018: A reflection
This past weekend I was able to attend DDD Sydney, an awesome non-profit inclusive developer conference. I had a great time catching up with some friends, make some new friends, and learn some new tec...
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The pitfalls of transpilation: class inheritance in Javascript
It’s 2018 and modern build pipelines have become quite standard across front-end projects. Having a transpiler like Babel to produce browser-agnostic Javascript is the default nowadays so you can writ...
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Achievement Unlocked: July 2018
I’m rebranding this monthly post to “Achievement Unlocked” to match what other people have, and cos it sounds more fun! Just before writing this, I was: Having a post-lunch lazy arvo nap 😴 This past...
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Month in review: June 2018
Just before writing this, I was: Going out for dinner with friends from work! This past month, I achieved: 🎶 Going to two gigs; I had St. Vincent planned for a few months, but ended up getting a tic...
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AirPlay + Sonos
How I got my Sonos system to support Apple’s AirPlay streaming, without buying a pricey Sonos One speaker. This past Christmas, I bought a Sonos Play:1 speaker, since it was on sale for a super cheap...
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Month in review: May 2018
Just before writing this, I was: Booting up my 3DS so I can get back into Pokemon Alpha Sapphire! This past month, I achieved: Getting my tonsils out - whilst this was quite an ordeal, with lots of...