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Feb 3, 2024

Let’s Build an Amphetamine Clone with Electron

In this post, we will build a simple clone of the Amphetamine app using Electron. We will build a simple tray application that we can use to keep our laptop awake.

May 21, 2023

Introduction To Compilers Chapter 5: Writing a Parser

I'm currently reading the book Introduction to Compilers and Language Design by Douglas Thain. These are my notes from Chapter 5, which walks us through the basics of writing a parser using Bison.

January 29, 2023

Introduction To Compilers Chapter 3: Writing a Scanner

I'm currently reading the book Introduction to Compilers and Language Design by Douglas Thain. These are my notes from Chapter 3, which walks us through the basics of writing a scanner using Flex.

September 18, 2021

Solana Development #3

In this part, I attempt to run Metaplex locally and create an NFT on the Devnet

September 18, 2021

Solana Development #2

In this part I attempt to run Solana's Dapp Scaffold project locally and add funds to my Phantom wallet

September 12, 2021

Solana Development #1

In this part, I install Solana and get set up with Devnet

March 14, 2021

Experimenting with Serverless Ruby - Part 1

Creating and deploying a hello world lambda function with ruby and AWS

January 01, 2021

Converting Images To Lookup Tables (LUTs) with Ruby

An experiment in converting Adobe LightRoom templates into reusable LUTs. These can be used to add cinematic or vintage colors and effects to your videos using FFmpeg.

August 27, 2020

Creating Retro Glow Effects with FFmpeg

A quick look at recreating a retro glow filter I recently built using FFmpeg.

August 18, 2020

FFmpeg Retro Camera Filter Experiment

Some experiments with film mattes and chromakey filtering using FFmpeg.

August 15, 2020

Convert HEIC Files to PNG or JPG

A simple tip for converting HEIC files using imagemagick's mogrify

August 8, 2020

Creating Vintage Video Filters with FFmpeg

More FFmpeg experiments! In this post we'll look at some initial expiriments and examples trying to create vintage video and camera filters using FFmpeg.

May 31, 2020

Creating Animated Gifs/Videos From Images with FFmpeg

Experimenting with creating gifs/stop-motion videos from images with FFmpeg.

March 12, 2020

Creating High Quality Gifs from Videos with FFmpeg

A quick dive into trying to convert videos into high quality gifs with FFmpeg.

March 1, 2020

Let's Build a CRUD App with Ruby on Rails and React (Part 2)

In part 1 we built out our rails api. In part 2, we will build the react portion of our app.

March 1, 2020

Let's Build a CRUD App with Ruby on Rails and React

A step-by-step approach to building a CRUD app with ruby on rails and react using webpacker.

October 10, 2019

PostgreSQL and SQL Tips For Rails Developers

Rails can make it easy to avoid learning how to interact with your postgreSQL database or use sequel. But learning these things can give you a competitive edge. In this post, we'll look at some tricks to interact with postgreSQL for your rails apps.

August 22, 2019

A Quick-Start Guide to Using Sidekiq with Rails on Heroku

Get sidekiq and redis working on your rails app on heroku in just a few minutes. If you're looking for an easy way to start incorporating background jobs into your app, try this out.

August 2, 2019

Rails CSRF Protection with React

An approach to resolving csrf issues when building rails apps with react and the webpacker gem

April 20, 2019

Let's Build a Cryptocurrency Portfolio App With React and Ruby on Rails

In this post, we create a fully functional cryptocurrency portfolio using react and ruby on rails. We will learn how to get the real-time prices on over 1300+ cryptocurrencies, and how to calculate the values based off the market price for different cryptoassets.

January 1, 2019

How to Build a React App with Ruby on Rails

In this post, we are going to dive into building your first react app with ruby on rails. We will be using the webpacker gem, which will let us manage everything together in a single app, instead of creating a separated react app and rails api.