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Fixing iPod nano 3G sound quality issues

After purchasing a used iPod Nano 3G - a glorious little player I used to have in high school - I notied it sounded absolutely *horrible*. First thought - I got scammed. But it was much more interesting than that.

My journey to top 14 contributors to Remotion

What started as fixing some Python types turned into shipping an entire AI video template. Here's how a few PRs snowballed into becoming a top contributor to a 34k-star project.

How to set up dev/staging-only pages in NextJS

This simple NextJS config will allow you to create pages that are visible only in non-production environments on Vercel.

How to track analytics events in NextJS without being blocked by Ad blockers

A large percentage of users on the modern web use ad blockers. Many of those block events from "good" analytics like Sentry or PostHog. But often those events are crucial to making our product better. Fortunately, there is a simple way to solve this.

How I built a self-hosted alternative to Apple's Hide My Email service

I used Apple's Hide My Email service for quite some time, but a few weeks ago I decided I'd had enough. The constant waiting for it to load and generate new addresses was painfully slow. So I built my own Hide My Mail service on top of Cloudflare and open-sourced it.

Analyzing app reviews using LLMs for competitive intelligence

How I analyzed tens of thousands of Android app reviews to extract valuable insights, including users' pain points, feature requests, customer personas, mentioned alternatives, and biggest frustrations using Python and LLMs.

How I built AppSend.dev

I built AppSend.dev, a free developer tool for sharing mobile builds that is now used by teams at companies like Siemens Energy, Polaris, and MTN.