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Kamal is an open source tool created by 37signals as part thier cloud exit . That as per their tag line allows you to Deploy web apps anywhere. Quite the statement! But, they also say; Originally built for Rails apps, Kamal will work with any type of web app that can be containerized. As you may of noticed they use the term web app . This is great if you have a web app to deploy, but what if you…
Well, a global pandemic Not much changed from 2020 . At times it felt like things were getting better, but as we all know that was short lived. Three vacinations received in 2021, how many will there be in 2022? Some items that happened in what felt like a blur of a year, in no particular order - 👨💻 Started off the year by switching jobs after the move last year not working out as I expected 🚴…
I've been involved with design systems for a good number of years. Even before design systems, there where styleguides. Remember those? Design Systems, Styleguides, pattern libraries, etc. They are all great tools/systems and having created and consumed a variety of these systems over the years I've recently come up against a problem where the "traditional" systems where not flexible enough. If…
Why... I wanted a place where I can "bookmark" things I come across on the internet. Either for reading later, sharing or to keep a record of it for future reference. For the sharing part I wanted to a way to use a shortened style link Also, I want to own all this data. Along with not having to maintain a web application. What if I could do all this with static site generation tool 11ty, and…
I recently began to utilise the integrated terminal for VSCode more. And being a big fan of using my keyboard to switch around different parts is huge part of my work flows. One of my sticking points with the terminal in VSCode is by default you can not switch into and out of the terminal easily. For example if I am editing some code, then need to switch to the terminal to run some commands, and…