YouNeedABudget (YNAB) just doesn’t make cents… for me.
I quit YNAB. Here’s my thoughts on what I went to look out for next.
New personal project in Flask. ✨
Moving away from YNAB. Going to use Flask and friends to build a sync between two apps I use and will use. Keeping it simple.
Updating a robots.txt file with WordPress.
After trying to implement my own tip on this site, I learned something new about WordPress. The robots.txt file is generated by WordPress using hooks. Specifically, the robots_txt hook.
Cleverly skipping statements from being saved to history in your shell.
I recently had to execute a statement that I did not want bash to save in its history. This led me to the bash variable HISTCONTROL.
Spent a few months on Windows — here’s what I miss on Linux/Pop!_OS.
A brief re-cap of my journey from Pop to Windows to Pop and then back to Windows in a span of 9 months.
Redirect to date-less permalinks on WordPress with Caddy.
Configure Caddy and WordPress to neatly redirect from date-based blog post permalinks to date-less, cleaner permalinks.
Tip: Block images from appearing in a Google Images search.
You can prevent your personal images from appearing in Google’s image search results.
I’m trying out BunnyCDN.
Frankly, since moving to WP, I haven’t put any effort into speed. I didn’t care much, to be honest, about a couple of seconds. So I decided to sign up for BunnyCDN.
August 2021 in review.
Moving to WSL, creative work, site updates, and an update on the email project.
An end to #100DaysToOffload.
Just a small announcement about closing my #100DaysToOffload challenge prematurely.
I wish the fediverse had ‘circles’.
Exploring social media a bit — and what my personal-most digestible social media platform lacks.
Conscious Reddit consumption using non-default RSS feeds.
Talking about a tool that makes my reddit consumption a bit more purposeful and integrated, using non-default RSS feeds.
New Miniflux release.
Two reasons why this release is my favorite of this nifty RSS reader.
Housekeeping a community Django package: django-moderation.
Bringing a package up to speed with supported versions and enabling better discovery.
Thoughts on Migadu and Fastmail.
Comparing my experiences, but not categorizing them into cons or pros — everyone has their own needs.