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UX Case Study: Sharing music from streaming platform to Instagram Stories
Looking at how software interacts with the world around it
Hugo site OG Images using Node and Cloudinary
After months of procrastinating, I finally have a solution for Open Graph Images on this site
Predatory/Hostile UX
A little story about how iOS handled the placing of icons after I installed Apple music
on Proof of Concepts
Some observations I've made on Proof of Concepts, and how they fit into the software development lifecycle.
Start With Abundance
Reflections on lessons taught by David Perell & Tiago Forte, and how I'm applying it in organising my knowledge work. In this example, we focus on how it's helping with my music organisation.
Dan North - Patterns of Effective Teams
Notes from an insightful talk by Dan North
Opening Set
My love affair with the Opening set. I want to be the DJ you think of when you think "I need a good opener for this event"
Record labels I like
Some record labels I like, ranging from old and dear, to new stuff from a few days ago:)
Autoplay Opinion
I switch off autoplay on all my streaming services. Youtube, Spotify, Netflix etc
State of Devops Notes
Notes, Quotes, & thoughts from State of devops report
AWS Well Architected Framework
Some notes from the Well-Architected Framework whitepaper
Dub Techno Staples
there’s a reason why people always mention Deepchord, Fluxion etc when we talk about dub techno
Applying Shape Up
I read shape up a year or two ago, and I'm applying some of the principles taught, in how I manage my own workload. I only work on 1 'other' project at a time, outside of my daily work commitments
Using Pro Search
I have no search on my site yet, but Pro-Search has solved that problem. Makes it super easy to find any text on my site.
Spotify Teardown Reflections
reflection on some of the lessons learnt from the densely packed book, Spotify Teardown
Guided Music
better way to share curated music
A quick lesson in design - Dark Patterns
A mini rant & quick lesson in design
Using contrast in DJ sets
Taylor & Ronny teach some fundamental lessons on energy management in a DJ set
Survivorship Bias
Questions for New Freelance Client
Tom Critchlow on Strategy
RFC: Playlist Aggregator
Trying to have a good overview of the architecture of pieces involved with building this backend service.
Project Yani
Yani Highlights
Project DIFTK
DIFTK highlights
Project BHE
BHE Highlights
Freelance
How I freelance & contract
2021 Note Setup
Obsidian, icloud Notes, Hugo, Git
Ios Music Recognition
a small feature I've been wanting for a long time
Writing End to End Tests
more retrospective notes from the last freelance project I did.
speedy dubs
more upbeat dub techno & friends
Hypnus Goodies From Dub Monitor
various links from the Dub Monitor video on hypnus.
Tracks From Dub Monitor Spotify vs Tidal Video
this is the music that was used to make statistical analysis of which platform offers more techno music.
Mobile First Styling
Styling is 'easier' if you use a mobile first approach.
Nestjs Rest Api Notes
Notes from a nest js crash course
Sagas Microservice Architecture Patterns
notes on the saga's pattern
Mutation Testing in Javascript
introductory research into mutation testing
I'm Fascinated by Design
Good design is a fundamental layer of multiple disciplines, because of this, I think it's important to make time to understand the principles of good design
Dataecho Retro
Retro from the project I've just finished
Backend - What I've Been Up To
summary of the backend work I've been doing in the last few weeks
Helpful Hugo Commands
useful hugo commands & links
Spotify Shortcode
experimenting with Hugo shortcodes - implementing a way to embed spotify tracks
Regulatory Capture
Outsourcing Freelance Work
I recently had a chat with my BK about his experience with outsourcing portions of his freelance work. a few things he said stood out to me, & that's what I'll highlight.
Interesting Spotify Tools
Tailored for music curation. - Interesting Spotify tools I've found to help manage your library, & gain better insight on its structure.
Consuming an API in your web app
Some notes on a pattern I've seen when writing code that relies on data from an API
Spotify X Amazon Similarity
Random insights on platform
NextJs Project structure
Quick explanation of the project structure from the PICH website for project handover…
SOLID principles
A summary of SOLID principles - for Object Oriented design…
OOP basics
A summary of some object orientation notes
Shape Up - writing the pitch
Summary of the ingredients that make up a pitch…
Shape Up - The shaping process
Summary of Part 1 of the book…
Introduction to Shape Up
Ryan Singer shares how the Basecamp team builds software…
How to grow your influence by thinking in public
Some notes & annotations from the Hundreds Of Ways podcast episode with Tom Critchlow
The way my notes are setup
A combination of Obsidian, Simplenote & Dropbox.…
My week in music (Sunday 25 October)
A whole lot of dnb & funk, sprinkled with some alternative hip hop, r&b.…
Complete intro to react - notes
Notes from Frontend Masters course titled above, the course is presented by Brian Holt.
My week in music (Sunday 11 October)
Courtesy of shuffle…
My week in music (Sunday 4 October)
Highlights of tracks I jammed to this week…
Gatsby Blog Posts Filter - How I made it work
A few snippets and steps on how I made the blog post filter work.
Finishing up Javascript 30
An attempt to make a habit of finishing courses. A few notes on interesting bits & stuff thought's I'd love to bookmark
Extended Thoughts(Thursday 24 September)
Notes on Refactoring UI & more 🤷?
Git Shit Done
Git commands that I always have to google
Tailwind Resources
A bunch of sites/resources I constantly reach out to for inspiration when using tailwind, which is like all the time…
Extended Thoughts(Tuesday 22 September)
04:44 - Context to my surprise, this is when the day started. I’m by no means a morning person but I appreciate an early morning from time to time, so being up this early set a good tone to the day. It wasn’t more than 5 to 10 minutes after gaining consciousness when I reached for my phone, and glued right in, checking for important texts, e-mails & the rest of it.…
How to deliver curated playlists
This is how I share my playlists across multiple streaming services, with minimal effort, for free.
Music for coding
Distraction-free(mostly) playlists, albums, & livesets that wont get in the way of concentrated work.
My social card struggle with React Helmet
A breakdown of the problem I’ve faced whilst trying to get my links to turn into sharing cards when shared on social media.…
Collaboration Guide for Indie artists in Zim
Who’s this article for? This is for the independent/indie artist in Zimbabwe, looking to take action towards securing a long term career. It’s not going to cover everything under the sun, but hopefully enough to get you asking the right questions, and start having the important conversations earlier in your career. Invest in your intellectual property.
Quite a number of conversations have prompted me to put this piece together. The final push to get started came from a tweet I saw the night before:…