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Create a sitemap with Remix.run

How to create a sitemap in Remix.run? Learn how to create a dynamic sitemap.xml for your Remix app.

Simon Depelchin - Blog · EN

Replace ESLint & Prettier with Biome.js

How to install & setup Biome.js in a Remix.run project. Remove ESLint & Prettier from your project.

Simon Depelchin - Blog · EN

How to upgrade Volta

Every time it's time to upgrade Volta, I always forget how to do it. So I decided to write a blog post about it. This way, I can always come back to it and remember how to do it.

Simon Depelchin - Blog · EN

Translate your Remix.run app with Lingui

Lingui is an alternative to i18next for internationalization in Javascript project. It offers a different approach to i18n and is now available for Remix.run projects with Vite.

Simon Depelchin - Blog · EN

Blurhash with Laravel Spatie Media Library

How to generate Blurhash for your media using Laravel & Spatie Media Library.

Simon Depelchin - Blog · EN

Installing FFmpeg on Laravel Cloud

A step-by-step guide to installing and setting up FFmpeg on serverless Laravel Cloud.

Simon Depelchin - Blog · EN

Use git commit in your Typescript app

How to use the git commit as your app version in your app.

Simon Depelchin - Blog · EN

Laravel without frontend

How to setup Laravel without frontend scaffolding and use it as a backend API.

Simon Depelchin - Blog · EN

Self-hosting Mastodon on AWS using Nomad

With Twitter being a mess at the moment, I decided to try out Mastodon as an alternative. Mastodon is a federated social media platform, built on top of a protocol called ActivityPub. It can be self-hosted, letting you own your data, and I wanted to do so using Nomad as a cluster orchestrator. This post shows how I did it, and will hopefully inspire you to give Mastodon a try if you haven’t already! You can find me on the Fediverse at @lopcode@mastodon.social 🐘.

lopcode.com · EN

It’s Time to Ditch Twitter/X

Prior to the platform’s buyout, I had a Twitter/X account since 2008 (nearly from the start!). Almost two years since Elon Musk bought it, it’s been long enough to make a judgement on the platform’s new direction. This post details why I feel it’s time to move on to bluer skies, and shares some practical tips on how to do so.

lopcode.com · EN

Staying Organised With a Spicy Brain

Keeping on top of things at work, and in my personal life, is a challenge. I’m neurodivergent, and struggle to form habits, even for things that others might find natural or easy. In this post, I share the framework that I use to stay organised, and offer some tips and tricks for getting things done.

lopcode.com · EN

Announcing vips-ffm - libvips Bindings for Java / JVM Systems

This is short post announcing a new Java / JVM image-manipulation-related library I've shipped to Maven Central - vips-ffm.

lopcode.com · EN

Releasing vips-ffm v1.0 - libvips Bindings for Java / JVM Systems

I'm very happy to announce that, after lots of testing and improvement, vips-ffm is now version 1.0!

lopcode.com · EN

Switching from Spotify to Apple Music

I recently switched from Spotify to Apple Music. Here's why, how I did it, and how I feel about both platforms after a month.

lopcode.com · EN

Rebuilding my personal cluster with k3s, Cilium, and BunnyCDN

I host my own website and personal projects (like bunnies.io), because it’s fun, and I like being in control of what I’m running. I recently rebuilt it - here's why, and how.

lopcode.com · EN

One year in Sweden 🇸🇪

One year ago, my partner and I packed up our lives and moved from the UK to Sweden. Here's a summary, and some photos of our move.

lopcode.com · EN

A reward for thinking

the thrill that comes from actually sitting down, thinking about something, a solution to a problem, and then actualize it.

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

Content-deterministic CIDs?

How do you tell if a CID points to a file or a directory? And can you get the original name back?

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

An up-close look at UCANs in the wild

Space DIDs, account DIDs, proof chains. What I learned building a delegation tool for myself and indirectly for people building upon Storacha's Hot Storage Network

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

Remotes

My mental model around git remotes, and how to push to multiple at once.

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

Bits, bytes and pieces

understanding bits and bytes from first principles — binary, storage, ASCII, and why computers speak in powers of two.

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

On strings and characters in Haskell

String is a type alias for [Char] in Haskell. GHCi will tell you that, but only once you look closely enough.

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

tuples can be unambiguous

code should be as clear as possible. that's why i'm in love with the concept of named tuples

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

an interface can actually extend multiple interfaces

today i learned that an interface can extend a shit ton of interfaces if you want it to

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN