The personal/professional website of Josh Finnie.https://www.joshfinnie.com/en-ushttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/creating-your-first-django-project/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/creating-your-first-django-project/In this beginner-friendly guide, we create our first Django project, explore its file structure, and build our first view to display a page in the browser.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/2026-03-06-writing-python-docstrings-effectively/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/2026-03-06-writing-python-docstrings-effectively/A practical guide to writing Python docstrings effectively, covering the __doc__ attribute, help(), Google, NumPy, and Sphinx styles, choosing the right structure, avoiding common mistakes, and generating docs with Sphinx, pydoc, and MkDocs.Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/setting-up-aws-ses-with-custom-domain/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/setting-up-aws-ses-with-custom-domain/AWS SES is one of the most cost-effective ways to send transactional email, but getting it configured properly takes a few non-obvious steps. Here's the complete walkthrough.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/2026-02-23-adding-copy-code-to-astro/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/2026-02-23-adding-copy-code-to-astro/A step-by-step walkthrough of how I added a copy-to-clipboard button with a language label to every code block on my Astro blog using a single component and no external libraries.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/full-stack-rust-part-1/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/full-stack-rust-part-1/Part 1 of building a full-stack URL shortener in Rust. We set up an Axum backend with in-memory storage, CRUD routes, and a nanoid-based slug generator.Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/getting-started-with-python-for-web-development/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/getting-started-with-python-for-web-development/This beginner-friendly guide covers the basics of Python, setting up virtual environments, installing pip, and why Django is the best choice for building powerful web applications.Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/top-20-albums-2025/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/top-20-albums-2025/A look back at the albums that defined my year, from experimental hip-hop to art rock to electronic pop.Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/mit-iceberg-index-11-percent-workforce/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/mit-iceberg-index-11-percent-workforce/Examining the MIT Iceberg Index's claim that AI could replace 11.7% of U.S. wages, and why the real-world execution of mass replacement is unlikely to succeed.Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/why-i-switched-to-tectonic/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/why-i-switched-to-tectonic/Slash your LaTeX Docker build times by 85% and reduce image sizes by 95%! Learn how switching from TeX Live to Tectonic transformed my containerized LaTeX workflow with faster builds and leaner images.Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/the-fatal-flaw-in-silicon-valleys-ai-gold-rush/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/the-fatal-flaw-in-silicon-valleys-ai-gold-rush/Tech giants are investing $400 billion in AI infrastructure while cutting thousands of jobs. This analysis explores the economic contradiction at the heart of automation: why replacing workers with machines may undermine the very source of profit, threatening both value creation and consumer demand in capitalism's latest transformation.Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/amazons-ai-layoff/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/amazons-ai-layoff/Amazon blamed AI for cutting 30,000 jobs while posting record profits and raising CEO pay 37%. We break down the Marxist economics behind tech layoffs: how automation intensifies worker exploitation, why the "AI made us do it" narrative hides class warfare, and what the Luddites can teach us about who really benefits from technology. This is surplus value extraction with algorithmic cover.Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/asts-for-resume-parsing-and-generation/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/asts-for-resume-parsing-and-generation/Discover how Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs) solve the format chaos of traditional resumes, turning unstructured documents into reliable, structured data for programmatic generation and analysis.Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/rubber-duck-debugging/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/rubber-duck-debugging/Discover how rubber duck debugging can transform your coding experience. Learn why explaining your code to a simple rubber duck is one of the most effective troubleshooting techniques that experienced developers swear by. This practical guide shows how verbalizing your code helps identify bugs faster than traditional debugging methods.Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/building-wc-in-rust/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/building-wc-in-rust/Learn how to build a word count command line utility in Rust from scratch. This step-by-step guide shows you how to create a functional wc tool that counts lines, words, and bytes in files. Perfect for Rust beginners and those interested in command line tools, this tutorial covers argument parsing with clap, file handling, and test-driven development to create reliable utilities for text processing.Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/fastapi-and-react-in-2025/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/fastapi-and-react-in-2025/A step-by-step guide to building modern web applications with FastAPI and React in 2025, featuring Vite for faster development and UV for improved Python package management.Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/revealing-gender-bias-in-ai-models/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/revealing-gender-bias-in-ai-models/Reposting a paper I did for my UMGC AI Ethics class. It was an interesting exploration into inherent biases in AI models. I reviewed both ChatGPT and Gemini and wrote about the results.Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/15-years-of-blogging/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/15-years-of-blogging/I noticed while checking my copyright date that I have been blogging for 15 years now. I thought it would be an interesting time to write a bit of a retrospective.Sun, 12 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/music-of-2024/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/music-of-2024/A brief review of the music I found and fell in love with across all of 2024.Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/adding-eslint-and-prettier-to-my-blog/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/adding-eslint-and-prettier-to-my-blog/I recently took some time to add ESLint and Prettier to my Astro blog. Here an easy todo to follow and some of my lessons learned.Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/review-of-buildspace-nights-weekends/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/review-of-buildspace-nights-weekends/I recently finished Buildspace Nights & Weekends. This is my review.Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/adding-json-ld-to-my-blog/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/adding-json-ld-to-my-blog/In this blog post, we talk about what JSON-LD is and how I implemented it on my Astro.build blog. It was quick and easy; definitely worth a look!Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/trying-out-htmx-with-rust/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/trying-out-htmx-with-rust/In this blog post, we walk through building an example app with Rust, Axum and HTMX. This is really cool and a simple way to build web apps. No Javascript framework needed.Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/switching-to-pnpm-for-everything-nodejs/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/switching-to-pnpm-for-everything-nodejs/In this blog post I talk about my exploration in switching to using PNPM everywhere instead of NPM and NVM.Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/unleashing-the-power-of-python-collections/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/unleashing-the-power-of-python-collections/A deep dive into Python's Collections module. There's a lot of helpful tools there that everyone should know about!Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/creating-a-vcard-qr-code-in-python/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/creating-a-vcard-qr-code-in-python/<DESCRIPTION>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/24-hours-with-threads/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/24-hours-with-threads/I have been playing around with Threads by Instagram for about 24 hours, it's surprisingly good.Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/follow-up-a-command-line-application-in-rust/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/follow-up-a-command-line-application-in-rust/Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/a-quick-review-of-spotify-ai-dj/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/a-quick-review-of-spotify-ai-dj/I took a week to listen to Spotify's AI DJ. This is my quick review of it. How'd it work? Did I like it?Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/astro-experimental-image-and-mdx-update/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/astro-experimental-image-and-mdx-update/This blog post we discuss the process of adding both MDX support and Astro.js Experimental Asset support. We describe step-by-step the process I took to adding each to this exact blog.Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-2023-job-search-journey/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-2023-job-search-journey/A brief review of my job search journey in the 2023 market. I applied to over 150 jobs and it was exhausting!Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/creating-a-similar-posts-component-in-astrojs/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/creating-a-similar-posts-component-in-astrojs/This blog post shares my Astro.js component to share similar posts to readers. It's nice, simple and gives an extra layer of discoverability to my readers!Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/taking-a-look-at-astro-2/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/taking-a-look-at-astro-2/<DESCRIPTION>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/a-command-line-application-in-rust/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/a-command-line-application-in-rust/In this blog post we start from scratch and write a full command-line application written in Rust. We use Clap for argument parsing, and Reqwest for hitting the API.Mon, 19 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/why-participate-in-advent-of-code-2022/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/why-participate-in-advent-of-code-2022/Advent of Code is an annual challenge to push your coding skills. This blog post talks about some of the reasons to join! Let's do it!Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/leaving-twitter-for-mastodon/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/leaving-twitter-for-mastodon/Twitter has had a rough couple of weeks since Elon Musk took over. I feel like it is time this tweeter flew the coop and found a new place to build a community. This post talks briefly about what Mastodon is and how I set myself up for success.Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/obit-for-heroku/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/obit-for-heroku/The death of Heroku's free option is a huge loss. In this post we discuss why...Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/chrome-extensions-i-use-in-2022/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/chrome-extensions-i-use-in-2022/Showing off my top Chrome extensions for 2022.Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/setup_flask_and_restx_with_docker/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/setup_flask_and_restx_with_docker/This blog post summarizes my experiments with Flask, Restx and Docker. I go over the steps I took to get a simple Todo application from start to finish.Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/moving-from-oh-my-zsh-to-starship-and-fish-shell/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/moving-from-oh-my-zsh-to-starship-and-fish-shell/I changed my prompt configurator from Oh-My-Zsh to Starship.rs and with that changed my shell to Fish. This blog post tells the story of my upgrade and the pitfalls and benefits of moving to Fish Shell.Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/getting-truffle-and-ganache-working-with-docker/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/getting-truffle-and-ganache-working-with-docker/I recently had an issue installing Truffle locally on my computer. There was an issue with my version of Node.js or NPM... Instead of messing up or polluting my global NPM installs further, I took to Docker to get Truffle and Ganache working for me. This post details that journey.Wed, 09 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-2021-books-in-review/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-2021-books-in-review/This is a review of the books I read in 2021 and which ones I'd recommend giving a try.Mon, 03 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/current-thoughts-on-mobile-website-support/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/current-thoughts-on-mobile-website-support/I recently had a viral blog post and I wanted to share a surprising discovery of the current state of mobile website support! Over the course of the month, nearly 50% of my visitors were using a mobile browswer of some sort. What does this mean for me going forward?Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/setting-up-wsl-with-asdf/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/setting-up-wsl-with-asdf/In this blog post we discuss how to use ASDF to install and manage different language runtimes in a newly created Ubuntu VM on Windows Subsystem for Linux.Fri, 17 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/using-webassembly-created-in-rust-for-fast-react-components/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/using-webassembly-created-in-rust-for-fast-react-components/In this blog post we will learn how to leverage the Rust programming language to compile WebAssembly which we will then use in our React application. This gives us access to low-level components to speed up our code!Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-switch-from-gatsby-to-astro/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-switch-from-gatsby-to-astro/Why I migrated my blog from Gatsby to Astro for zero-JS static sites with faster load times.Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/book-review-the-12-week-year/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/book-review-the-12-week-year/How quarterly goal-setting cycles replace annual resolutions with urgency-driven, achievable milestones.Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/one-year-later/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/one-year-later/Reflecting on one year of pandemic isolation, remote work, and hoping for a future with more opportunities.Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-2020-react-startup-process/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-2020-react-startup-process/Set up React with TypeScript, ESLint, Prettier, and organized component structure for modern development.Wed, 08 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/upgrading-gatsby-to-use-mdx/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/upgrading-gatsby-to-use-mdx/Switch from Markdown to MDX in Gatsby to embed React components like Link and custom Unsplash credits.Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/upgrading-gatsby-to-mdx/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/upgrading-gatsby-to-mdx/Migrate Gatsby from Markdown to MDX to use React components in blog posts with cleaner rendering.Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/hacktoberfest-is-awesome-2/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/hacktoberfest-is-awesome-2/Participating in Hacktoberfest 2019: complete four pull requests in October and earn a free t-shirt.Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/latex-through-docker/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/latex-through-docker/Skip complex LaTeX installations on macOS by creating a portable Docker container for generating PDFs.Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-basic-isort-configuration/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-basic-isort-configuration/Automate Python import sorting with isort to reduce code review bikeshedding and maintain consistent style.Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-basic-python-dockerfile/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-basic-python-dockerfile/A reusable Python Dockerfile template featuring dumb-init, non-root user setup, and best practices.Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/setting-up-ssl-for-wwwjoshfinniecom/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/setting-up-ssl-for-wwwjoshfinniecom/Generate free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates for S3/Cloudfront static sites using certbot and AWS CLI.Mon, 21 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-coffee-setup/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/my-coffee-setup/Equipment recommendations for making great coffee at home: grinders, brewing vessels, kettles, and espresso.Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-for-2018-and-2017-review/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-for-2018-and-2017-review/Switching from annual to quarterly goals for 2018 after completing only 1 of 5 resolutions in 2017.Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-for-2017-and-2016-review/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-for-2017-and-2016-review/Narrowing focus for 2017: restart blogging, learn Go, and speak at conferences after 4 of 15 goals in 2016.Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/still-here/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/still-here/A quick update on upcoming React.js ES2015 tutorials and NPM package development content.Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-for-2016-and-2015-review/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-for-2016-and-2015-review/Setting 2016 goals for blogging, photography, and conferences while reviewing 2015 results (7 of 13 achieved).Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/reactjs-tutorial-part-4/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/reactjs-tutorial-part-4/Build Express API routes to serve JSON data and connect React components using the request library.Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/reactjs-tutorial-part-interlude-2/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/reactjs-tutorial-part-interlude-2/Use npm-check-updates to safely upgrade React and other packages by reviewing changelogs for breaking changes.Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/reactjs-tutorial-part-3/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/reactjs-tutorial-part-3/Create reusable Job components in React: build nested components that iterate over data with props and state.Sun, 05 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/reactjs-tutorial-part-interlude/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/reactjs-tutorial-part-interlude/Add Bower, Bootstrap SASS, and Gulp automation to a React/Express app for better asset management.Sun, 08 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/reactjs-tutorial-part-2/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/reactjs-tutorial-part-2/Automate JSX compilation with Gulp, Browserify, and Reactify for efficient React development workflow.Wed, 04 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/2014-in-review/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/2014-in-review/A year of big changes: new job at TrackMaven, got married, and doubled down on open source contributions.Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/reactjs-tutorial-part-1/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/reactjs-tutorial-part-1/Build a job board with React and Express: set up JSX compilation and create your first component.Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-for-2015-and-2014-review/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-for-2015-and-2014-review/Reviewing 2014 goals (7 of 12 completed) and setting new 2015 resolutions for open source and blogging.Sun, 04 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/wtf-recruiters-take-2/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/wtf-recruiters-take-2/Another amusing recruiter email shows persistence doesn't always mean effective outreach tactics.Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/nodeschool-at-nationjs-postmortem/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/nodeschool-at-nationjs-postmortem/Running a successful NodeSchool event for 120 students: prep tips, mentor meetings, and lessons learned.Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/using-bower/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/using-bower/Manage JavaScript dependencies with Bower: track versions, customize install locations, and integrate with Gulp.Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/wtf-recruiters/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/wtf-recruiters/When recruiter outreach goes too far: an email about blood sacrifices and stuffed animals crosses the line.Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/adding-markdown-to-jade-using-node-js/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/adding-markdown-to-jade-using-node-js/Use the marked library to write cleaner Jade templates by converting Markdown to HTML for inline code formatting.Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/setting-up-https-security/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/setting-up-https-security/Secure your server with SSL certificates: obtain CSR, configure Apache/Nginx, and harden cipher settings.Sat, 20 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/using-pygments-with-static-blogs/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/using-pygments-with-static-blogs/Add syntax highlighting to Markdown blogs with Pygments: generate CSS and specify language in code blocks.Tue, 20 May 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/auto-starting-tmux-in-iterm2/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/auto-starting-tmux-in-iterm2/Configure iTerm2 to automatically attach to or create a tmux session on startup with a simple command.Fri, 16 May 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/changing-the-default-screenshot-location/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/changing-the-default-screenshot-location/Stop cluttering your desktop by changing the OS X screenshot save location using the defaults command.Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/updating-mavericks-and-postgresapp/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/updating-mavericks-and-postgresapp/Fix broken virtualenvs after upgrading to Mavericks and Postgres.app 9.3 by updating libssl symlinks.Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-for-2014/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-for-2014/Goals for 2014: blog weekly, contribute to open source, complete NaNoWriMo, and get married.Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/font-awesome-is-awesome/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/font-awesome-is-awesome/Replace image-based social icons with Font Awesome's iconic font to reduce network load and improve styling.Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/flat-flog-an-introduction/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/flat-flog-an-introduction/Build static blogs with Flask using flat-flog, a Python-based static site generator with Markdown support.Tue, 24 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/postmortem-on-howoldisthismetrocarcom/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/postmortem-on-howoldisthismetrocarcom/Serving 12,000 visits with Angular.js and AWS S3 for just $0.03: why static hosting wins for simple apps.Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/joshfinniecom-part-5/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/joshfinniecom-part-5/Rebuilding my personal site with Python's Mynt static generator and hosting on AWS S3 for speed.Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/installing-mezzanine-on-heroku/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/installing-mezzanine-on-heroku/Deploy the Mezzanine Python CMS on Heroku with PostgreSQL, static files, and Gunicorn configuration.Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/updated-to-twitter-bootstrap-20/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/updated-to-twitter-bootstrap-20/Upgrading to Bootstrap 2.0: the main change is navbar class names, but migration is straightforward.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/quick-ux-no-no/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/quick-ux-no-no/Why red notifications confuse users: Geico's mistake and Bootstrap's better color-coding for success messages.Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/a-coders-lifestyle/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/a-coders-lifestyle/Tips for balancing programming as a passion while working a non-technical full-time job.Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/life-changes-and-another-start-with-jekyll/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/life-changes-and-another-start-with-jekyll/Moving to DC and relaunching my blog with Jekyll and Bootstrap to focus on content and side projects.Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/banning-ie6/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/banning-ie6/Why blocking IE6 users from accessing content hurts people who can't upgrade their corporate browsers.Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/public-transportation-in-connecticut/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/public-transportation-in-connecticut/Frustrations with Connecticut's bus routes that fail to connect Hartford neighborhoods with suburban jobs.Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/transfering-domains/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/transfering-domains/Lessons learned from moving domains to GoDaddy: always keep domain registration separate from web hosting.Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/converting-geohackr-from-wordpress-to-jekyll/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/converting-geohackr-from-wordpress-to-jekyll/Weighing the pros and cons of migrating a WordPress blog to Jekyll's static site generation.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/first-post/https://www.joshfinnie.com/blog/first-post/The inaugural post launching Josh Finnie's personal blog powered by Jekyll on Webfaction.Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT