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Dispatches from the Other Side: GPU Passthrough with Looking Glass

posted April 06, 2026 3 months ago

I got GPU passthrough and Looking Glass working on Arch. This is the debrief.

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Cheapino Review: A Budget Entry Point to Split Ergo

posted March 25, 2026 4 months ago

For everyone still on the fence about split keyboards. A look at what a $55 AliExpress board gets you, and whether it's enough to get started.

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Managing Dotfiles with GNU Stow

posted March 09, 2026 4 months ago

A simple single-package approach to dotfiles management with GNU Stow, plus a rofi menu for quick access

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Piantor Pro Review: My RSI Journey and Switching to a 36-Key Keyboard

posted February 10, 2026 5 months ago

A Piantor Pro showcase and the story of how repetitive strain injury forced me to rethink everything about how I type.

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Apple Magic Trackpad (USB-C) on Arch Linux with Hyprland

posted January 30, 2026 5 months ago

Getting the Magic Trackpad working with full gesture support on Linux

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Getting Svelte Inspector Working with Neovim

posted December 09, 2025 7 months ago

Setting up click-to-edit from browser to Neovim on Arch Linux

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Building the Craft Roulette Giveaway Spinner: Three Years of Interactive OBS Development

posted November 15, 2025 8 months ago

Building an automated prize wheel system with Svelte, WebSockets, Stream Deck, and Directus to manage weekly giveaways for hundreds of contributors.

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SSR Theme Switching Without Flash in SvelteKit

posted September 13, 2025 10 months ago

How to implement theme switching that avoids flash when users prefer the opposite of their system theme

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Adding Audio Narration to a Memorial Website in 45 Minutes

posted August 21, 2025 a year ago

How Claude Code helped me build an automated audio pipeline for 100+ markdown articles using ElevenLabs

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Generating Open Graph Images with SvelteKit Components

posted June 30, 2025 a year ago

Create dynamic Open Graph images using SvelteKit components with svelte-component-to-image - now with simplified installation!

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Installing and using Svelte Component To Image with Svelte 5 (DEPRECATED)

posted June 27, 2025 a year ago

Generate dynamic raster images on the fly for Open Graph, Email Marketing, or anything else.

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Automate (almost) your YouTube Chapter Creation in OBS with Elgato Timestamps

posted May 03, 2025 a year ago

A workflow and tool to transform your content timestamps into YouTube-ready chapter markers.

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Self-hosting Umami Analytics on a Raspberry Pi

posted April 06, 2025 a year ago

Breaking free from expensive analytics platforms by running Umami on a Raspberry Pi with Cloudflare tunnels

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Making an interactive OBS stream overlay with Cloudflare Durable Objects and Svelte

posted February 25, 2025 a year ago

Control a dynamic stream overlay from an Elgato Streamdeck in an OBS Browser Source that you can self host.

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SvelteKit form validation with Valibot

updated February 25, 2025 a year ago

Creating a formData extraction system that relies on Valibot schemas for simple validation

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Using GLSL shaders on the web without dependencies

posted February 24, 2025 a year ago

Wrangling the power of LLMs to create stunning visuals from GLSL shaders.

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I made my homepage multiplayer with websockets

posted February 18, 2025 a year ago

And PartyKit made it easier than ever!

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Automating Directus TypeForge with NPM Scripts

posted January 31, 2025 a year ago

A guide to automating type generation for Directus using TypeForge and custom NPM scripts

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Enhancing HTML Form Validation with Svelte 5

posted December 13, 2024 2 years ago

Building on the browser’s built-in form validation, Svelte 5 can enrich the user experience with custom validation and feedback.

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Do you really need a CMS?

posted November 19, 2024 2 years ago

A CMS is a powerful tool, but it's not always the right tool for the job.

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OverReturn: A Cautionary Tale

posted November 14, 2024 2 years ago

Some easy SvelteKit security tips on how to avoid this common mistake.

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How I Set Up My Neovim for SvelteKit

posted November 13, 2024 2 years ago

My LSP config setup for SvelteKit in 2024 using Neovim

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A Really Simple Contact Form in SvelteKit using Form Actions

posted November 12, 2024 2 years ago

If you need a contact form for your SvelteKit site, this is a simple example using Form Actions.

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Copy a string to the system clipboard in Svelte

posted November 11, 2024 2 years ago

Make a button that copies a string to the system clipboard in Svelte.

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My approach to sitemaps in SvelteKit

updated November 11, 2024 2 years ago

How I programmatically generate sitemaps in SvelteKit using a server endpoint.

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Generating a Randomized Starfield in SvelteKit

updated November 08, 2024 2 years ago

An overview of how I generate the random starfield backgrounds on this site using SvelteKit SSR.

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