https://signmaker.dev Last 10 notes on signmaker.dev Quartz -- quartz.jzhao.xyz https://signmaker.dev/lo-fi-pedals https://signmaker.dev/lo-fi-pedals I’m now the owner of Malinconia #103, so since there are so few of them out in the wild, and being that it cost around $400, I thought I’d better tell you what it’s like ... Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://signmaker.dev/vim-features https://signmaker.dev/vim-features It’s common for online code editors (LeetCode, CoderPad, CodeSignal, etc.) and IDEs to offer “Vim and Emacs modes”, and since I’m most comfortable working with the Vim keybinds, ... Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://signmaker.dev/aliases-and-scripts https://signmaker.dev/aliases-and-scripts Over the years I’ve developed (and stolen) a lot of shortcuts and scripts for accomplishing tasks quickly from the command line. I’ve written about them before; it is time now to go further and document all of the absolute best scripts in my possession. Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://signmaker.dev/refinements-from-magit https://signmaker.dev/refinements-from-magit Unlike most emacs users, I haven’t wholeheartedly adopted magit as my sole interface for git. I mostly stick to the command line, in the coziness of my aliases - alias bra='git branch' alias cha='git checkout' alias rai='git fetch; git rebase --interactive origin/develop' alias rab='git rebase --abort' alias rac='git rebase --continue' alias hi='git status --short' alias hii='git status --long' - and a few helper functions. Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://signmaker.dev/scripting https://signmaker.dev/scripting Whether you’re a professional software developer or an “I know enough to be dangerous” power user on a higher education team, writing micro-programs to automate little tasks is one ... Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://signmaker.dev/ https://signmaker.dev/ Welcome! I’m Ben, and this is my home on the internet. I’m a software developer coming to you from Warner Bros. Digital Labs working on DCUniverse.com and other high-traffic and -visibility webapps, and from EditShare writing high-performance Python code for video servers, and most recently from EquityZen.com, where I developed performant GraphQL APIs, microservices, and data pipelines supporting a top-tier investment application. Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://signmaker.dev/disinterests https://signmaker.dev/disinterests My Android phone has a news feed app, which is helpfully named just “Google”. It serves news articles from various sources based on your Interests, which it tracks for you, but importantly, you can’t customize your interests. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT