Reading List

The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra

What is a badass? I love the word itself, because there is practically no way to use it in a negative way. It's a good word. In Kathy Sierra's book, the word badass is used to describe an expert. Somebody that has learned a skill, crossed the…

Transforming exported CSV data for use in a React chart.

There are many ways to build a new feature for your applications. For me, when I need a new tool, component, or functionality I like to take a step back and think about it in terms of data. What data do I have, what data do I need, and how am I going…

A handy npm script for creating a new Gatsby blog post

This blog is built with Gatsby and uses MDX for the post content. It's a great setup, and so far I've enjoyed using it very much. One thing I missed from my old Octopress/Jekyll configuration was the ability to run a rake task to create a new post…

Exporting Drip Tags for Import into Convertkit

If you need to migrate your email list subscribers from Drip to Convertkit , you will run into the problem of importing each of your tags as an individual list into Convertkit . If you follow the official recommendation , they suggest that you…

2018 in Review

I've done these posts for several years in a row, and this year as I sit down to write it out, there's a bit of a blank spot. 2018 was a pretty good year. But why? Hah, and more importantly why should YOU care?? These posts aren't about the reader…