Blog
67 posts and counting.
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2025
My Backup Strategy (and how to build your own)
I don't back up my laptop; here's what I do instead.
My Favorite Media of 2024
My 9th annual roundup of my favorite things I played, watched, and read last year.
2024
My Favorite Christmas SNL Sketches
A quick recap of the holiday sketches I come back to, year after year.
A Guide to CA's Props and San Mateo's Measure T
A quick overview of what's on California's ballot in November 2024
Versioning as Communication
Talking through why choosing a versioning scheme is of vital importance and why SemVer is the best option for most.
Backdating my Exercism Repo
How I used jq and Rust to build a repo of my Exercism solutions that showed how they evolved over time
Quirky Behavior of the `cp` Command
Copying a file to a folder is not always as simple as it seems.
My Favorite Media of 2023
Join David once again for a roundup of his favorite media of 2023.
2023
12 Languages in 12 Months
I tried 12 different new (to me) programming languages during 2023 and I share my thoughts on the pros and cons of each.
Creating a Static Media Review Site Backed by Airtable
My experience building a static site backed by an Airtable database, including some fairly complex TypeScript.
Perfect Project Management with Linear
Building my perfect project management workflow with Linear and Python
Building an Advent of Code Solution Showcase
Documenting my journey and tech stack selection for building a static site in 2023.
The Ultimate Afterparty Season 2 Puzzle Hunt Guide
A complete, consolidated, spoiler-free, step-by-step guide to every puzzle in The Afterparty's second season.
⭐Climb Every Mountain, Run Every Test
My journey to create a universal test runner
A Trip to the Top of Hacker News
A review of metrics and learnings from having my blog post hit the top of Hacker News.
⭐Archive Your Reddit Data While You Still Can
I've written a tool for creating a searchable archive of all your Reddit data.
How I Obsidian
A tour of my Obsidian setup, describing in detail how I use Obsidian for custom technical documentation.
My Favorite Media of 2022
Join me once again for my annual media roundup, celebrating the best games, movies, shows, and books I experienced in 2022!
2022
Mastodon Verification and You
A brief discussion of verification methods on Mastodon (and their downsides).
⭐Migrating Alfred Snippets to Raycast
A step-by-step guide for importing your Alfred snippets into Raycast with a little help from the command line.
My 2022 Job Search
A recounting of my experience job hunting in 2022 for a Software Engineering position.
Gaming on a Budget
My tips for building a large library of videogames extremely cheaply.
My Favorite Media of 2021
A walk through my favorite games, movies, shows, and books of 2021.
2021
Review: Beast Breaker
What if you were playing a billiards RPG, but your cue ball was you, an adorable warrior mouse armed with a variety of pointy objects?
⭐Python Dataclasses from Scratch
Learn about Python's dataclass module and implement a working version from scratch!
My Individual Contributor README
A brief overview of how I work as an IC.
My Favorite Media of 2020
An exploration of my favorite 2020 escapism methods (aka the best things I read, watched, and played this year).
2020
My Perfect Task App
I have come to the sad realization that there is no perfect task app. Many are good and some are great, but nothing will ever be perfect. Nevertheless, I spec out my ideal app.
On the Storing of Dates
In all of my personal record keeping, I use a slightly unusual method of tracking the date. Learn how I do it and what problems it solves
The Mysterious Keka Slider
A quick dive comparing relative effectiveness different compression speeds and formats.
Voting Roll Call
Voting won't solve everything, but it certainly won't make anything worse. These are instructions to help you make sure all your Facebook friends are registered to vote!
An Ode to Kobo (My Favorite eBook Reader)
A brief retelling of my quest to find the best ebook reader.
My Favorite Media of the Year (2019 Edition)
Take a peek at the best things I read, played, or watched in calendar 2019!
2019
My Favorite Media (2018 Edition)
A look back at the best and brightest media of 2018
2018
Thunderbolts and Lightning
In which a surge protector does not protect as much as is expected
On the Rating of Media
Learn more about how I rank all of the media I track in a consistent manner
David's Definitive Marvel Movies Ranking
Read my personal ranking of all currently-released MCU Movies. You won't believe how many there are! Seriously, they just keep making these things.
A Few More of my Favorite Things
A look back at some of my favorite media in 2017
2017
Bogosort in Practice
If you actually implemented Bogosort, how bad could it be?
A Few of My Favorite Things
A look back at the best (and worst) of media in 2016