3D Printing
3D Printable MTG Tokens
A simple process for creating and 3D printing tokens for playing Magic: The Gathering
Kevin Williams
A full stack software engineer since 2018, specializing in Azure and .Net.
Technology
Self-Hosting A Ghost Website
How to self-host a Ghost website using a Raspberry Pi, Docker, and Cloudflare
Technology
Hosting Ghost on Digital Ocean with Cloudflare
A simple fix for redirect errors when self-hosting Ghost on Digital Ocean while using Cloudflare for DNS
Farming
Digital Record Keeping for Your Farm
My first year growing produce, I struggled to keep decent records about what was grown and sold. I started looking for software solutions, but ultimately decided to write my own.
Technology
Verify a Checksum in Windows
A lot of vendors that provide software online provide a checksum for the file that helps you verify that what you downloaded hasn't been altered in some way. Sometimes that's an MD5 or SHA256.
Technology
Raspberry Pi Pico Weather Station
In my last post, I wrote about building a raspberry pi pico temperature sensor for collecting data on my farm. This time, I increased the complexity and built an entire weather station using the pico.
Technology
Raspberry Pi Pico Thermometer
As I work on building my farm, one thing I'm aiming to do is collect and analyze data in order to better understand what's happening and how to improve my operation. I figure building custom devices using raspberry pis are a good way to go about this.
Self Improvement
2023 - The Review
As 2023 comes to a close, I thought I'd take a few minutes to look back and see what I accomplished over the past 12 months. This way, I have something to reference later on.
Programming
Hydration Errors with NextJS and Inputs
When using NextJS, I've occasionally run into hydration errors and waste time trying to figure out what's wrong. Then I remember that I have LastPass and Proton Pass installed.
Programming
Posting to X (Twitter) with OAuth 1.0
I recently built an integration between my blog and twitter, but manually creating the OAuth 1.0 header was a bit involved. Here's how I did it.
Technology
Hosting a .Net API on a Raspberry Pi
Cloud hosting is simple and convenient, but over time it can also be costly. As an alternative, I decided to host a .Net API on a Raspberry Pi running Ubuntu.
Self Improvement
Creating a Personal Hedgehog Concept
I recently read Jim Collin's book "Good to Great" and learned about the hedgehog concept. Learn what that is, and how I created the first version of my statement.