Guy's Blog

Beginning Photography

Recently, I was asked for some advice on beginning photography. Specifically the following:

Hey Guy, ... I’m contemplating picking up non-digital (or low digital?)...

The Problem With Laptop Keyboards (Not What You Think)

Most laptops made within the past several years are incredibly annoying and unergonomic. In particular, I'm talking about the keyboards, and no, it's not due...

Thoughts On Programming With LLMs

It's been a few years now since LLMs (namely ChatGPT) flipped a lot of creative endeavors on their heads. I'm not going to get into...

Colorado Trip 2024

Last week, I took a trip to Colorado to see a buddy of mine just outside Fort Collins. We spent a long weekend in beautiful...

Vinyl Records and Tangible Experiences

In general, I think that tangible connection to the physical world is what's often missing from digital recreations. Those tangible experiences are how we form...

Command-Line Tools

Here's a list of some of my favorite terminal-based tools and how I use them in my CLI-centric remote-first setup. I have been using this...

JPEG-only with Fujifilm

I am certainly not the first to talk about it, but Fujifilm cameras are known for their film simulations. Although Lightroom can apply similar profiles...

How to Prepare for a Flight Like a Pro

If you read no further, do this: look at every individual thing that you might've already packed, do some soul searching, and decide whether you...

DIY A Read-It-Later Service with RSS

I'm sure most of us have seen tools like Pocket, Instapaper, Omnivore, etc. If not, the idea is that you can save various links and...

Switching from Kindle to Kobo

My first ereader was an old Sony circa 2010. I fondly remember the first time I saw one in the store: I hadn't seen e-ink...

So You Want to Buy a Guitar

At some point, most people at least consider learning to play a musical instrument. One of the biggest hurdles is simply buying one! This is...

ARM Doesn't (Necessarily) Stand for Anti-Repair Machine

Lately, we hear a lot about repairability and, specifically, right to repair. As companies like Apple have increasing success with "closed" ecosystems, some consumers wonder...

Relating Building and Software Architecture

For whatever reason, I've never (yet) had much interest in the design of buildings. I have a respect for those who design them and all...

What are Impulse Responses (IRs)?

Especially over the past few years, digital guitar amps and modeling have become prevalent. One of the reasons for this is the proliferation of "IRs"...

'Twas the Night Before Shutdown

'Twas the night before shutdown and all through the Hat not an email was sending -- not even a chat; the commits were hung in...

s/Netbook/Chromebook/

I recently purchased the Lenovo Chromebook 3 for very cheap -- just over $100 USD. The machine is small and lightweight at just shy of...

How to Hire a JavaScript Developer

Over the years, I've been asked about what to look for when hiring a JavaScript developer.

Having focused the majority of my career on this...

Git Tips

This is a living document with my own personal tips and tricks for using git. I will (hopefully) update this periodically as I learn things.

Tool Complexity

Recently, I had a conversation with a few colleagues about the complexity of software tooling. It came up after a humorous post that complained about...

Web Component Navigation

On my last consulting project, we used Web Components to stitch large pieces of the UI together.

Kinda like non-awful inverse iframes.

Each application provided...

Web Design Jujutsu

It can be very tempting to design your web site/app in a way that fights your user's pre-existing understanding. Instead of trying to force our...

Frontend Styling Primer

The key to making a good interface has more to do with design and clarity than CSS. After all, pen and paper are some of...

Controlling photoanalysisd

I recently bought a new MacBook. This article gets better, I promise.

I decided to set it up fresh instead of restoring from a backup....

mvr update: new version and Chrome support

Last September, I started working on a browser plugin to navigate reddit.

I had been using RES for a while now and really like their...

JavaScript Simplicity

Lately, I keep reading articles about how the JavaScript ecosystem has too many libraries, which creates a steep learning curve. A lot seem to be...

JavaScript: A Repair Guide

You're a web developer. It's likely that you have written some of that nasty front-end JavaScript (JS) stuff. You probably wish your code would just...