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Creating a simple moved page for obsoleted site in a couple minutes using Next.js

Feb 23, 20212 min read

So, quite a while back I moved on from my first domain (frankbyte.com) to something more tailored for the app (owlocr.com), but neglected to sunset the old page. There was still some traffic and old links pointing there and I didn't want those people...

Creating a MacOS help button in SwiftUI

Feb 9, 20212 min read

When using SwiftUI it's not at all uncommon still to run into incomplete implementations, where you just need to roll your own even for system standard components. Latest I ran into this today, when trying to implement the circular question mark butt...

Using NSSpellChecker in Swift for Smart Quote check

Feb 4, 20212 min read

I was trying to update straight quotes ' to the curly ones more often seen in text. NSSpellChecker offers that possibility among other options. It was difficult to find the necessary help online and even after I found something just had to experiment...

How to do a simple image color transition effect with Tailwind CSS

Nov 19, 20202 min read

I was messing around with the landing page of my site and thought it might be cool to add a little, completely unnecessary, transition effect. What I wanted to do was to have the color photo transition towards the darker schema when hovered on. To cr...

Three Things You Didn't Know Could Be So Easy On Your Mac

Nov 18, 20202 min read

Three is a small number that promises a short story. So, I'll dive right in. 1. Check the weather anywhere quickly and easily You don't even need an app for it! I can't believe I didn't know this before today, but Spotlight actually has integrated w...

Why the !$#% is my social title not updating!?

Nov 17, 20202 min read

TLDR; Caching. Just ran into this issue and thought I'd be a happy helper and leave the solution for you all. When you share a link in social media there are certain metadata that you should properly set for the link to be displayed in the most attr...

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