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Using Bluesky Labelers To Show Campaign Funding Data

What Bluesky labelers are and how I built one that uses OpenSecrets data to surface the donors funding US politicians, NASCAR-jumpsuit style.

Vscode Turborepo Jest Debugging

How to debug the current Jest test file in a Turborepo monorepo from VS Code by running tests from the closest package instead of the repo root.

Including static files in App Router RSCs

Why bundling static files into a Next.js App Router build is harder than it looks, and how webpack's require.context and custom loaders solve it.

Conditionally rendering RSCs

How React Server Components can be conditionally rendered by passing them as children to client components, with an MDX post-preview example.

Importing Local Database Into Planetscale

Step-by-step instructions for importing a local MySQL database into PlanetScale using ngrok to expose your server and enabling GTID mode.

Create Switches That Trigger Notifications

Fill HomeKit's biggest gap, custom notifications, with the Homebridge Messenger plugin and IFTTT to fire alerts from automation switches.

home-automation

Automate Your Locks Without User Interaction

Fully automate a HomeKit smart lock with no confirmation tap, using Homebridge Dummy switches to sync the lock to arrival and departure.

home-automation

Fixing Buggy Hdmi Cec

When a new receiver's HDMI CEC fell short, I rebuilt one-remote control with HomeKit, Homebridge, and a Harmony Hub to sync my TV and receiver.

home automation

Home Automation

An overview of my HomeKit smart home: the hardware I use and how Apple's Home app plus Homebridge tie it all together with good HAUX.

home automation

Getting Files Out Of A Docker Container

A quick guide to rescuing config files trapped inside a Docker container by mounting a new volume and copying them back out to the host.

Home Automation User Experience (HAUX)

My guiding rule for home automation: automations should always work for you, never against you, or you'll just end up turning them off.

home automation

Home Automation Workflows

A hub of guides for building complex HomeKit automations the Home app can't handle alone, from locks to motion lights to notifications.

home automation