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Migrating Create React App with Jest to Vite with Vitest

2024-06-23

Migrating from Create React App to Vite. I identify why Vite was good for us to switch to and the process that I went through along with some snags I hit that you can avoid.

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Simple Queue System With Socket.io

2024-04-06

I created a simple queueing system with Socket.io and Node.js in order to offload long asynchronous tasks outside of the event loop while leveraging an event based messaging system.

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How It Took Me Two Years To Get $110 From Delta

2024-02-24

Corporations will take your money blindly and promise the world in return. But often they will dig their heels in when it is their turn to fulfill their promises. Sometimes you just have to be more stubborn than they are, even if it costs your sanity.

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Creating and Hosting A World of Warcraft Private Server

2024-01-29

The original World of Warcraft is arguably the best MMORPG of all time. As time progressed, expansions were released, content became unavailable, and core mechanics changed. Relive those glory days with friends (or by yourself) with a privately hosted World of Warcraft emulated instance that you control.

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Headlessly Streaming To Twitch with FFmpeg and Node.js

2023-12-18

A beginner's walkthrough on streaming mp4 to Twitch. I cover downscaling files, combining them, and streaming them using Node.js. Code examples are included and I talk about some unexpected issues I ran into while trying to process video with FFmpeg.

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Code Implications

2023-11-24

I set a trap for myself a few months ago and only sprung it while getting this website up and running. Code we write can have implications and unintended consequences if we are not careful.

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