Tag: projects
Hetzner vs Vercel: What I Pay to Run My SaaS Apps
My SaaS hosting cost comparison for Hetzner, Vercel, and Render: real numbers from running production apps on Hetzner VPS servers with Kamal and PostgreSQL.
DevSnoop — Browser Access for Coding Agents
I use coding agents — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor — for most of my development. They're good at reading and writing code. They're not good at seeing
Update On File Browser
Last year, I wrote a bit on maintaining open source projects. At the time, I was struggling with one of my most (unexpectedly) successful side projects, File Browser. Today, I want to give an update on it, since I never wrote again about it. I'm hoping that this post helps explaining the current status of the project.
Browser-to-Agent: Edit Your Site Without Leaving the Page
I work on my websites with a coding agent running in tmux. The usual flow: look at the site in the browser, switch to the terminal, describe what I
shotpath: Automatically Copy macOS Screenshot Paths
shotpath is my Swift CLI for copying new macOS screenshot paths automatically, so I can paste screenshots into Claude Code, Droid, or Codex.
MyOG.social - Automatic OG Image Generation
I built MyOG.social, a tool that automatically generates OG images for your pages. OG images are the preview images that show up when you share a link
Getting Things Up and Running
Transitioning from private to public writing, sharing progress on the Calgary Groups project and plans for the brennan.day website setup.
An Update on Processing Bosch's eBike Flow FIT Files
Over two years ago, I wrote an article where I laid out a few issues with Bosch's eBike Flow app. The first one being that their Apple Health integration is lacking, and does not synchronize information about power and cadence. The second was that their exported FIT files are malformed and cannot be properly imported anywhere. Sadly, it's still the case.
Maintaining Open Source Projects
Last month was Maintainer Month, a month were open source software maintainers are celebrated. A lot of the software in the world - and thus society itself - runs on open source software, which is something not known to a lot of people. During this past month, I read a few posts here and there about people sharing their journey and experience as an open source maintainer, and today I wanted to give my take on it.
Project Koyomi: Update 4 - Hiatus, sadly
It's not over yet, but this goes beyond the depths of my wallet.
Mandatory 2025 new year post
Featuring: Zeitgeist and the job market, dieting, Koyomi, Project ST, and Japan.
I made a Website/Service Uptime Monitor
Hi, I started a side project recently. It's currently an MVP. It’s a monitoring tool for websites and web services. You give it a list of URLs and
Let’s Bring Back Small Tools
Thoughts on the misadventure of udm14, or what I hope to gain from successfully reviving the single-serving site for a couple of weeks.
Project Koyomi: Update 3 - Of displays and chances
Alternative title: my skill issues with soldering.
Project Koyomi: Update 2 - Habemus keyboard
People do fentanyl because they can't get their hands on whatever drug Sony engineers were using.
Project Koyomi: Update 1 - Stuff is expensive
TL;DR: I'm broke, it'll slow things down.
Trending File Browser
The unexpected moment when an open-source side-project was trending in GitHub in 2017.
Mandatory 2024 new year post
It's not actually mandatory but uhh y'know I kinda felt like writing one.
Project Koyomi: Planning
I can't possibly name a project something that isn't an anime girl's name.
Processing Bosch's eBike Flow FIT Files
I have recently acquired a new - and my first - electric bike from Gazelle, a "staple" Dutch brand, and it is powered by a Bosch motor. Bosch has made this app, eBike Flow, which allows you to connect to the bike and use it to track your complete bike ride. In this article, I am going to go over some of the issues I have had and how I have been trying to solve them.
Using Nikon D3100 As Webcam
Wiring up a 2010-era Nikon D3100 DSLR as a webcam using the Mini-HDMI output and an Elgato Cam Link capture device.
Announcing MeetingShot
Announcing MeetingShot, a side project that generates fake Zoom meeting screenshots placing you alongside celebrities, animals, or fictional groups.
10 Years Of Blogging
Looking back on 168 posts and 131,119 words written since 2010, plus the move from WordPress on shared hosting to Hugo and GitHub Pages.
Goodbye File Browser!
After 5 years of maintaining this project and failing due to my limited time, it was time to say goodbye to File Browser.
Zhi — Swift Library for Live Reloading Auto Layout Constraints on iOS
About --- Being able to live reload UI changes during development is a boom for productivity. We have seen it in other environments such as Smalltalk,
boom - maintain your OS X desktop
The OS X desktop is very handy for storing files and folders you are currently working on. Exposé / Mission Control / Show Desktop makes the desktop
mLogger — a Simple Log Server for Development
A few months ago, when iOS app extensions was make possible with an Xcode beta, I began writing a new app in RubyMotion that included an iOS action
simtool – Add Photos to iOS Simulator Photo Library
About --- As iOS app developers, we'll often find it useful to have many more photos than the few that Apple has supplied along with the iOS
werd.io and idno
I'm posting over at werd.io, a site I've set up based on my idno software. I wrote a short technical introduction to the platform: IndieWeb principles Right now I'm using it as a blog, but the intention is that it could power a whole community, or set of communities. It certainly has the back-end functionality and APIs to do so, and I'll be writing more about those as time goes on. It's not immediately obvious unless you're logged in, but idno has a full plugin system, which allows anyone to
iOS Development Nuggets Weekly Newsletter
There are many sources of information for iOS development such as Mike Ash's NSBlog or Stackoverflow . They are often either in depth, technical