Published in Better Programming·PinnedRancher K3s: Kubernetes on Proxmox ContainersUsing LXD containers and K3s to spin up a K8s cluster with NGINX Ingress Controller — For a long time now, I’ve self-hosted most of my online services like calendar, contacts, e-mail, cloud file storage, my website, &c. The current iteration of my setup relies on a series of Ansible playbooks that install all of the various applications and configure them for use. This has been…Kubernetes9 min read
Published in Geek Culture·PinnedRethinking Dependency Injection in TypeScriptComparing named-injection, constructor-injection, and property-injection — This post originally appeared on my blog, here. Anyone who has read this blog before knows that I have a particular interest in dependency injection and inversion-of-control paradigms. Over the last few years, I’ve implemented DI in JavaScript for various projects, and I’m currently in the process of rewriting my…Typescript9 min read
Published in Better Programming·Jan 14Runtime Data Validation from TypeScript InterfacesHow I (ab)used the TypeScript compiler to enable transparent runtime validation using Zod and TypeScript interfaces. — For the last year or so, I’ve been (slowly) building a TypeScript-based Node.js framework called Extollo. One of the design goals with Extollo is to only expose the user (i.e. …Typescript10 min read
Jan 2, 2021An Open Letter to Senator-Elect Roger MarshallUphold your constitutional and moral duty. Vote to certify. — Roger Marshall, Congressional representative for the Kansas 1st, has expressed his intention to vote not to certify the result of the 2020 presidential election. I feel very strongly that this is a dangerous and irresponsible move that goes against the core tenets of American democracy. US House Representative, Kansas 1 312…Kansas3 min read
Dec 1, 2020Converting an Ionic/Angular Site into a Progressive Web AppUsing the Angular service-worker to make your app available offline. — This post originally appeared on my blog, here. For the past year, I’ve been working on a web application called Noded. Noded is built in Angular on the Ionic framework and provides tools for building a personal tree of information. (If you’re curious, you can try it out here.) Because…Java Script9 min read
Jul 23, 2020How to Code From Home Like a BossTips, tricks, and downright hacks to make working as a remote developer just a little nicer — This post originally appeared on my blog, here. Given everything that’s happening right now (c. 2020–07–23), many software developers have been fortunate to be able to work from home. However, there are some challenges I encountered with my office’s particular brand of development workflow. Over the last couple months, I’ve…Development10 min read
Mar 7, 2020Code Freedom with Gitea & Drone CI — Part ISetting Up a Kickass, Self-Hosted, GitHub Alternative with Continuous Integration — This article was originally posted on my blog, here. This is part I, wherein we set up the web-based GitHub alternative, Gitea. Stay tuned for part II, where we will setup the Docker-based continuous-integration solution, Drone, with plugins for Gitea. As I have chronicled before, over the last few years…Git11 min read
Published in Better Programming·Nov 16, 2019Dependency Injection in Less Than 100 Lines of Pure JavaScriptDI is a powerful pattern for segmenting and reusing code efficiently. In this article, we’re going to build a DI in <100 lines of pure ES6. — If you’ve ever used Angular for any amount of time, you’ve probably noticed how freaking awesome its dependency injection is. With just the invocation of the injectable decorator, you can pull in reusable instances of any service in your application just by referencing the type:Java Script8 min read
Nov 15, 2019A New Platform — My Relentless Pursuit of PrivacyThis article was originally posted on my blog here. — This article was originally posted on my blog here. I have decided to try out a new format for my blog. The site that this article was originally published on can be found at the new home of my blog, here. …Blogging5 min read
Apr 29, 2019Building a Raspberry Pi ClusterPart III —OpenMPI, Python, and Parallel Jobs — This is Part III in my series on building a small-scale HPC cluster. Be sure to check out Part I and Part II. In the first two parts, we set up our Pi cluster with the SLURM scheduler and ran some test jobs using R. We also looked at how…Slurm10 min read
