How to protect developer API keys from leaking into client-side code.

2024-09-03T10:31-07:00

At first I thought I found a way to protect developer API keys – or keys open to localhost – from leaking into client-side code. Boy, was I wrong... (read more)

Creating something that only you value can still be educational and satisfying.

2024-02-09T16:35-08:00

Following your passions when everyone else is against you is a true measure of determination, either that or downright stubbornness. After Reddit scoffed at my first attempt to combine tarot cards... (read more)

AI, in some situations, can go both too far and not far enough.

2024-02-09T11:15-08:00

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming an ubiquitous part of the modern world, but attitudes towards this new technology remain divisive. I encountered this while promoting my new web app, Delfai... (read more)

Know your limits when working with third-party APIs.

2023-06-09T13:52-07:00

I like my data as raw as sushi. Show me some JSON and I'll start piecing together all the ways I can parse and display it for any user. It's because I have the mind of a web developer, and I've... (read more)

Read the code documentation before you copy and paste.

2023-06-02T13:52-07:00

Creating my own API proved that rarely anything in programming is accomplished alone – instead it's built on the backs of the many engineers that came before. Another lesson it taught me: don't just... (read more)