Using Grafana for Centralized Logging
How to set up a centralized logging solution for .Net applications with Loki and Grafana
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Kevin Williams
A full stack software engineer since 2018, specializing in Azure and .Net.
Run Multiple Tunnels with a Single NGrok Agent
A simple solution for running multiple NGrok tunnels from a single agent
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Automating Posts to Mastodon
Saving time with automatic posts to Mastodon is fairly simple with their API
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Create a 3D Model from an SVG
Four(ish) simple steps to turn an SVG into an STL via FreeCAD
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3D Printable MTG Tokens
A simple process for creating and 3D printing tokens for playing Magic: The Gathering
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Self-Hosting A Ghost Website
How to self-host a Ghost website using a Raspberry Pi, Docker, and Cloudflare
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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