CarrotCodes

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by CarrotCodes 2y ago
Glad the post helped! I totally agree about the notebook price, it is expensive, but I also enjoy using it all the time so it still feels worth it for me. I have a formal diagnosis and informally discussed ADHD with the same professional bu
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Staying Organised with a Spicy Brain(lopcode.com)
4 points by CarrotCodes 2y ago|3 comments
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Self-hosting Mastodon on AWS using Nomad(carrot.blog)
2 points by CarrotCodes 4y ago|0 comments
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Building a routing system for Pellet, a Kotlin web framework(carrot.blog)
1 points by CarrotCodes 4y ago|0 comments
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by CarrotCodes 4y ago
I agree, the whole rectangle being a link feels better - I've just pushed the change up. Thanks for the feedback!
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by CarrotCodes 4y ago
https://www.carrot.blog I enjoy writing about server-side Kotlin (and a bit about livestreaming). I've found the process of writing about side projects to be really helpful in getting perspective, after being buried in them
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Building Pellet – Structured Logging(carrot.blog)
2 points by CarrotCodes 5y ago|0 comments
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by CarrotCodes 5y ago
I think it's often better to "pick your poison" in terms of cloud providers and commit to it, with a rough migration plan that you can execute if you have to. There'll be common patterns in your systems that can be repea
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Building a Live-Updating List of Patreon Sponsors(carrot.blog)
2 points by CarrotCodes 5y ago|0 comments
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by CarrotCodes 5y ago
I'll usually want to use a custom domain, like carrot.blog, in front of a GitHub Pages site. But it's not strictly necessarily if you're OK with something.github.io
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by CarrotCodes 5y ago
I'm a big fan of the GitHub Pages + Jekyll + Cloudflare "stack" for getting a fast, cheap (free, usually) website or blog up and running. If you're strong in a particular ecosystem you can switch Jekyll out for something
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Life as an autistic person(carrot.blog)
3 points by CarrotCodes 5y ago|0 comments
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by CarrotCodes 5y ago
Daisy is a Kotlin (server side) message processing library based on some boilerplate I’ve written a number of times privately https://github.com/CarrotCodes/Daisy I’ve been thoroughly enjoying using Kotlin for backend
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by CarrotCodes 7y ago
There are currently 3 trustees of the charity, including myself, and no employees. It’s illegal for trustees to be compensated for work relating to the charity. We’re careful to pick problems (and solutions) that we can make and maintain. I
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by CarrotCodes 7y ago
Thank you! For interest, we also just submitted our annual report to our regulator, if you'd like to read about the first year of our parent charity https://www.kale.charity/reports
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by CarrotCodes 7y ago
Adopt Animals ( https://www.adoptanimals.io/ ) - a charitable passion project for free, independent, and ad/tracking-free animal rehoming listings in the UK. We're partnering with one shelter in Edinburgh (Scotland)
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by CarrotCodes 7y ago
I'm working on a charitable project around animal adoption in the UK: https://www.adoptanimals.io/ Other aggregators exist, but often have commercial ties, paid listings, and such. We're building something to give
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by CarrotCodes 9y ago
I thoroughly enjoy over-engineering side projects, and writing about them (linked below). The trick for me is in managing expectations. It's completely possible for a learning project to evolve in to something widely used, just don&#x2
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Over-engineering bunnies.io(blog.skywelch.io)
2 points by CarrotCodes 9y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home (animal rehoming) apps released(blog.skywelch.io)
2 points by CarrotCodes 9y ago|0 comments
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by CarrotCodes 9y ago
I'm inclined to agree that the use of large URL shorteners obfuscates things too much and can contribute to spam. However, this is a personal domain for my use only. And I don't think you can simply dismiss the usefulness of being
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Making Your Own URL Shortener(blog.skywelch.io)
5 points by CarrotCodes 9y ago|6 comments