2021-05-01 // 2 min read // #automation #github
With a little bit of invested time, I’ve figured out a nice little process for previewing changes to my site. The technical side of it is a writeup for another day, but it’s too cool to not to talk about here and now.
I could do it, I didn't stop to think whether it should be done
2020-10-16 // 7 min read // #automation #buildkite #ios-shortcuts
For a while now, I’ve been automatically sending out my newsletter as a part of the deployment process for my website. It’s a great convenience that means I can focus on writing and publishing new content, instead of worrying about generating and delivering actual emails.
In my current setup, I’m able to preview newsletters from my inbox before they’re delivered to my readers. If I think one is good to go, I can hit the big red button to send it out!
While pressing this “big red button” only takes a half-dozen clicks in a web UI, I’d love if it was just that little bit easier on my end. So that’s what I set about improving today!
With a little help from Buildkite, Mailgun and Cloudflare!
2020-03-22 // 6 min read // #automation #buildkite #cloudflare #mailgun
For the last while I’ve been collecting interesting articles, videos and music albums that I’ve liked into a newsletter. As a next step, I decided that I’d like to start emailing this newsletter out to a list of subscribers.
Going down the more challenging path that I always follow, I decided to roll my own system as a learning experience.
My server would start up under a specific set of circumstances, but mysteriously failed otherwise...
2019-12-18 // 6 min read // #automation #ios-shortcuts #linux
Recently, I had an interesting debugging session with my Terraria server, which I’ve been working to automate.
This has been one of the more complex problems I’ve encountered and fixed, so I’m writing about it for others to learn from!
