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I could dedicate my life to encouraging people to tell stories and play games. That would make me happy, but these are drastically undervalued things, despite being a hallmark of the human experience.
November 12, 2024 at 9:03 PM UTC
Howdy, I'm Bryan
I educate folks about the web and technology.
You may have heard of me, but probably not (I'm not that arrogant). I'm a developer educator that has been working on the web for over 18 years. I've done everything from video production, to leading development and design teams, to building the frontend for enterprise, content-heavy websites.
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Does our technology still work for us?
I've seen a lot of talk recently about all the work that we need to do to help usher in the new age of "AI Agents." That really begs the question, does our technology still work for us or are we working for it?
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Product pricing, dev bad habits, and the role of the pit of success
Pricing disincentivizes best practices. It shouldn’t. Let's look at how improper pricing affects how developers use your product.
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Astro Server Island for latest Bluesky post (heavily cached!)
Hopefully later, I'll come back and do a full write up, but in the meantime, here's a video of creating an Astro Server Island to show your latest Bluesky post. This is what powers my "latest from bluesky" widget on the homepage of this site.
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Type-safe environment variables in Astro 5.0
Astro’s 5.0 beta has released a stable version of its astro:env module. This allows for developers to configure a schema for their environment variables and then take advantage of new feature this opens.
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New Website, but really is it?
Launched a new version of the website... it's still pretty much the same, but way less complicated