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Playing with APIs in Postman: Getting Code Samples and Curl Commands Quickly
Now that I am playing around a bit more frequently with APIs, especially Twitter’s v2 API, and Airtable’s API, I have found myself playing around a lot more …
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Technical tutorials, how-tos, and tinkering projects.
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Playing around with Postman
I have known of Postman for a while now - it's a tool you can use to explore and test APIs. I just never got down to using it much. That changed quite a bit in …
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Create a Content extension for Canva using Flask
Saw this Quick Start guide on Canva's developer portal that walks you through creating a content extension for Canva's users. It uses Node.js and Express.js as …
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How to deploy a Flask app to Digital Ocean's app platform
I recently went throught the process to put my side project howbigisthebaby.io on Digital Ocean's new app platform, and wanted to document it in case anyone …
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How to add a Twitter CTA at the end of each article on Ghost CMS?
I recently saw a tweet that it's a good idea to have a CTA at the end of each article. In fact, Daniel Vassallo argued that the CTA should be pointing to …
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New: Bulk Link Generator
I had written a bunch of short essays as part of Ship30for30 challenge over the summer. Now that I was redoing my website, I thought it would be nice if I could …
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Hello Swift - My first iOS app using SwiftUI
It took me some time. Fine, it took me a few years, but I finally got around to creating my first iOS app, using SwiftUI.
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How to make HTTP Requests to an external API from an Alexa Skill using Python
As a developer, every day we interact with remote APIs and web servers. Almost all services we consume on the internet today are available in the form of an …
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Creating an Alexa skill using the Command Line Interface (CLI)
If you’re into building skills, you’re probably familiar with Alexa Skills Kit’s Command Line Interface, which lets you create and manage your skill using the …
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Get Spotify Track information (Apple Script + Text Expander)
Here's the Apple script that will get the track information from Spotify for the current track. Once you have this, you just need a way to print the result …
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Setting up Ghost - some early thoughts...
Just setup Ghost on this website (ajot.me). Had been running a home grown version of Flask + Flask-Frozen for a couple years. It was cool, but I was starting …
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New Project: How big is the baby?
We are expecting our first baby soon and like most first-time parents, we signed up for a bunch of pregnancy tracking apps that tell you how big your baby is …
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Hello Django - How to set up your first Django web app
Been meaning to write this post for my future self, who’s invariably going to forget the steps to set up Django on a new machine. So, here are the steps to set …