Bienvenue! Welcome!
My goal is to help you work faster.
I must speak and teach until I hear 10 people say, "That thing you taught me? I used it! And it saved me time!"
(Ahem ... although maybe blogging slower than I'd hoped. Ugh, coders' repetitive stress injury.)
So check out the tutorials. Play with code. Tell me about your triumphs.
Why WYSIWYG static site CMS's love Gatsby
24 Jun 2020
Please correct me if I’m wrong.
This is my current understanding of why most Jamstack CMSes with drag-and-drop WYSIWYG previewing seem to heavily favor using Gatsby as a static site generator.
How I brought my Google Page Speed from 80 to 91 in 5 minutes
23 Jun 2020
I finally took the world’s advice and split my blog’s JavaScript into “load first” and “load last” sections. Brought my Google PageSpeed Insights score on mobile up from 80 to 91.
Continue ReadingGatsby React WYSIWYG CMS-Friendly Markdown
22 Jun 2020
Come see how I built a drag-and-drop WYSIWYG CMS-ready web page with Gatsby and React.
Continue ReadingGatsby React Minimum Viable Markdown Template / Component
18 Jun 2020
I discovered that a directory only needs two small files in it for the Gatsby static website generator to turn it into a functioning index.html with a body of <div>Hello world!</div>.
My next project is to build it up from an index.md Markdown file containing the message of “Hello world!” and have Gatsby inject it into index.html.
Audient iD14 sound check for iOS and Windows
10 Jun 2020
New Audient iD14? Lucky you! Here’s a plan to sound-check it on an iPad and a Windows PC.
Continue ReadingGatsby Minimum Viable Build
09 Jun 2020
Back in February I played with “minimum viable contents” that would make Netlify successfully build a web site + a Netlify CMS instance, auto-detecting that it should use the Jekyll static site builder.
I’m less familiar with the Gatsby static site builder, so today I’m doing a similar exercise, but just worrying about getting Netlify to detect that I’m using Gatsby and to display a Hello World.
Gatsby for novices and dabblers
09 Jun 2020
Despite thorough documentation and great starter packs, the barrier to entry with the Gatsby SSG still feels a bit high for novice web developers who’d merely like to explore if it’s right for them.
I aim to lower the bar by bringing you along as I learn it myself.
I also hope to abstract core Gatsby concepts away from the command-line tools often used to implement them so you can keep your computer clean while you dip a toe into Gatsby’s waters.
Jamstack Conf takeaways and Hopin thoughts
08 Jun 2020
I’m not a full-time web developer, but I jumped onto the opportunity to attend Jamstack Conf in my pajamas!
Continue ReadingVirtual Conference Live Music
03 Jun 2020
I’ve been supporting a professional musician’s conversion to livestreaming, and he’d be a killer addition to your virtual conference, online vendor booth, Zoom wedding, baby shower, etc.
Continue ReadingBoolean 'OR' in DemandTools MassImpact formulas
07 May 2020
Over on Salesforce Reddit, someone asked how to get “OR”-ing conditions together to work in a formula in the MassImpact module of Validity’s DemandTools ETL software.
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