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I recently deployed another one of my little apps, written with Next.js. In this post, I discuss why my app is deployed on Fly instead of Vercel, even though Vercel is "the native Next.js platform". (8-minute read)

I'm working on a habit/task tracking app called Habitsheets. As I've worked on it, thinking about "features I'd like in my ideal habit/task tracking app," some ideas occurred to me that don't seem common in other apps. This post is highlighting those features I wouldn't mind seeing in other habit and/or task management tools. (6-minute read)

I've been wanting an "SSO lab" for experimenting with Single Sign-On (SAML and OIDC) setups. My solution is a Keycloak instance running on Fly.io. This post is a brief tutorial for self-hosting your own Keycloak instance. (4-minute read)

A script to scaffold new posts for my Astro blog. (2-minute read)

Use D2 markup to author diagrams in your Astro MDX content.
(1-minute read)

Implementing Hugo-style aliases in Astro. (5-minute read)

Switching my blog's static site generator to Astro. (5-minute read)

A brief overview of my MarkDownload fork, intended for Dendron users. (3-minute read)

I'm happy to report that you no longer need JavaScript to see rendered KaTeX expressions and Mermaid diagrams in my blog posts! I wrote a script aftermath that post-processes my blog posts to compile the following at build-time: KaTeX, Mermaid, and D2. (1-minute read)

A brief overview of gitea-fly-connector, a piece of code I recently published. (6-minute read)