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How to decompile an Adobe Director DCR file
Heard of Adobe Flash? Well, it has an unloved older brother: Adobe Director! I recently needed to access the raw files behind a compiled Director DCR file, here’s how.
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Opinionated guidance defeats decision paralysis: How Google and T3 help jumpstart a new developer's learning
I recently dived into a world I knew nothing about, not even the language: Modern web development with Next.js. After completing the official tutorials, I was hit with decision paralysis when trying to start an actual project. The solution? Opinionated templates like T3.
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How to increment a project's version code automatically after a GitHub release using GitHub Actions
Releasing software can be awkward, especially when working in a complex ecosystem like Gradle for Android. Recently, I at least removed one pain point by autoincrementing version number after a build has been published: here’s how!
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First impressions migrating from LastPass to 1Password
Almost exactly a year ago, I migrated from Chrome’s password manager to LastPass. Whilst this was luckily after the breach, the constant “oops, bad news” headlines destroyed my trust in LastPass. My renewal was coming up, but I migrated to 1Password instead: here’s how it went.
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How to install LaTeX (with previews & autocomplete) for VSCode on Windows
I recently decided to learn the basics of LaTeX, a way of preparing documents primarily used in STEM academia. I also decided to use VSCode, as I do for almost all other work. This was not as easy as I expected, so here’s a complete beginner’s guide to getting LaTeX working in Visual Studio Code on Windows!
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5 niche but powerful HTML elements that can prevent you reinventing wheels with JS & CSS (e.g. expanding content)
A recent update to this site added a collapsible table of contents. After looking at a few JS / CSS solutions, I discovered there’s a details built-in HTML element that does everything I wanted! Here’s how to use it, and a few other useful HTML elements I’d never heard of.
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Introducing "OSRS Ironmen", a list of 150+ OSRS Ironmen YouTube Series ⚒️
RuneScape is a game that creates & fosters obsessive people: I was one of them! Nowadays, many create “ironman” accounts, with obscure and restrictive limitations. To keep track, I created “OSRS Ironmen” collating over 150 of these accounts and their progress videos.
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Using Google Search Console to effortlessly monitor small hobby projects (or big ones!)
Like a lot of developers, I’ve somehow ended up with a collection of mini-projects online that require no maintenance, are missing a few features, but still get some Google traffic. I used to use Google Analytics for this, but I’ve been really, really impressed by Google Search Console!
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Removing (or customising) the "This site is open source. Improve this page." footer on GitHub Pages
I use GitHub Pages to display Markdown files a lot. I use it for notes, game tracking, YouTube tracking, and plenty of other projects. Seemingly at random, some of these projects have an open source footer at the bottom. What is it, what controls it, and how can it be removed?
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Introducing "Forza Update", a minisite automatically tracking the next Forza Horizon 5 season & series
As you might have realised from my many previous Forza Horizon 5 posts, I play it a lot! Each week we get a new content drop, and I often got confused about update times due to timezones. To solve this, I created a new minisite.