Hi there, I'm Nicholas!
I’m a developer with a passion for cloud platforms, web development and automation!
I use this blog to write about my interests. They’re usually tech-related, but there’s also the odd music and gaming piece too.
Appreciating albums in the age of the playlist
2020-07-04 //
6 min read
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#music
There’s a lot of ways to listen to music in this day and age. You might see it live, streamed over the internet or played from a vinyl record. Today though, I want to advocate for a particular approach to listening to recordings.
Take an album and let it run from its first track until conclusion. Don’t put it on shuffle. Don’t only play the most popular tracks. Listen to everything the album has to offer, in the order in the order that it’s listed.
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Decay might be inescapable, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy the present
2020-06-21 //
3 min read
The web. The internet. Call it what you want, it’s a funny thing. A feat of engineering that’s managed to create and connect the modern world as we know it.
It’s funny to think though about its fragility as well. Even in just loading this page, there’s so much that could go wrong. It’s almost certain that something will eventually break, and there won’t be someone around to make the necessary fix.
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There's beauty all around, even in the inlined styles of a webpage
2020-06-08 //
4 min read
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#css
#webdev
Every now and then I like to browse the hiring pages of companies I like and admire.
Last week, I noticed an opening that didn’t feature the usual prominent call-to-action prompt to apply.
Instead of a button or a link, there was only a message with instructions for applicants.
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Once was not enough, so did more experimenting!
2020-05-24 //
9 min read
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#cloudflare
#golang
#javascript
#serverless
A while back I wrote about a few things I’d been trying with Cloudflare Workers. I’ve been trying a few more things since then, so now I can dive into even more uses for Cloudflare Workers!
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Recreating the file sharing functionality of Keybase
2020-05-16 //
7 min read
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#applescript
#nginx
#rsync
Keybase has a really nice feature where you can sync files between your devices, and (optionally) make them publicly accessible.
They were also acquired by Zoom last week. While I think it’s too early to say whether this means good or bad things for Keybase, it seemed like a timely opportunity to try recreating this feature I love.
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