It's a curse to know how to make software

Over dramatic title, but there is some truth to it. As a software developer I know how to make things. Maybe not super well, but I can get there. I also like to pay for software that others make. The thing I run into is that I sometimes feel like I can make the thing and so I do. There are some …

A userscript to add links to headers in articles

I read a lot of things on the internet and sometimes I want to save my position for later. Many websites use HTML section heading tags to mark sections of their content. Many of these websites attach an id attribute which is nice because if you paste that id into the url like …

How to mark all messages as unread on Slack for Mac.

I am part of a ton of channels at work and sometimes I need to check them and sometimes I don’t. Normally I scroll through all of them with cmd + K to mark them as read. Today I learned that you can do Shift + Esc to mark all channels as read.

HTMLInputElement type number fun fact

I am a web developer by day and was working on a feature that was supposed to create an input field that could only accept numbers. Super easy right?! <input type="number" /> I’m demoing said feature to the client (after having tested this) and I’m bashing on the home row …

How to show/hide desktop icons on macOS

I often want to do this while doing a demo or filming my screen so I’m writing this down so I remember. I found this on osxdaily.com and have amended it slightly. Maybe this is a mac app I could make… To hide: defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false && killall …