Taking notes while you’re out running
In a ideal world good ideas arrive just at the right time, when you’re sat at a desk with a pen in hand and paper to write on. But the reality is that it doesn’t always work this way.
Writing
Articles on designing and coding things for the web.
Listing page content in Hugo
The ins and outs of listing content in Hugo. Breaking down the various functions and variables it takes to create lists of the different content types.
Process JSON data from the command line with JQ
jq is a handy little utility for processing JSON in the command line. It’s useful for turning it into a more readable format when using curl.
Building a navigation schema with Sanity
How to create a modular navigation builder. Modular, because you’ll be able to use it to create any number of navigations to use in your website or app.
Filtering content in Gatsby by date and deadline
A problem I’ve been facing is how to remove content in Gatsby that has a deadline. Here I’ll show you the approach I’m using to filter content at query time using GraphQL and then automate the build process.
Showing up
You often read that the best way to make progress and achieve your goals is to show up every day and put in the hours. But this doesn’t make it any easier to make happen.
5 question problem solving strategy
Having a clearly defined, repeatable strategy is the easiest way to make problem solving more tolerable.
Sticking with your commitments
By setting goals you typically define a desired future behaviour or specific outcome. But goal setting doesn’t provide any kind of plan to help you achieve your goals. A strategy known as “Implementation Intentions” can help.
Understanding JavaScript Arrow Function syntax
To understand the arrow function syntax, you need to get an understanding of a few different ways of expressing a function.
Understanding data types: boolean and equality
A boolean value is either true or false. Like a light switch it’s either on or off.