1. Cachex v4.0: Optimization, Consolidation & Routing

    The first v4.x version of Cachex, v4.0.0, has been released. This version includes many features and improvements designed to optimize cache management and internal efficiency. In this post, I'll briefly cover some of the main changes, including new features and optimizations. If…

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  2. Achieving Multiple Routing Keys in RabbitMQ Exchanges

    Update: this post was originally published in November 2017 but has been updated with the latest information and changes as of March 2024. A key feature inside RabbitMQ is the ability to easily route messages between exchanges and queues, using any number of provided routing algo…

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  3. Syncing GitHub and GitLab activity using Gitivity

    The activity charts of GitHub are a well known feature; some love them, some hate them. These charts are displayed on the profile page of users on the site, and represent a users contribution activity across the site in yearly blocks. This post is going to cover working with tool…

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  4. Using Embedded JSON storage with the Titanium SDK

    For those who are unaware, the Titanium SDK has long been a good option for cross-platform mobile development. With the recent move to it being a fully open source project (via TiDev) I decided to revisit for some minor experimentation. This post is going to cover working with JS…

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  5. A Small Update on Whitfin.io

    Due to a severe lack of both time and motivation, I haven't written much on this site in the last few years beyond occasionally updating my projects page. To ignite my spark for writing here again, I have just finished rewriting the entirety of this site! For those who don't know…

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  6. Settings Aliases for Git Sources

    I'm sure many of you go to places like the GitHub or GitLab UI to copy the URL to clone a repository. I thought I'd share a small configuration I found recently in my .gitconfig that helps save some time when setting remotes in Git repositories (or cloning new ones). Before I fou…

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  7. Some Thoughts on Rust's Async/Await Debate

    Update 2023: I'm happy to say that the syntax selected has proven itself as a good choice, and getting used to it really wasn't as much of a pain point as I had anticipated. I'm going to leave my original post here for reference, but know that I think the direction taken by the R…

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  8. Building Simple APIs with Hyper and Usher

    When writing a web service, I often lean towards using tools that are as minimal as possible. One pretty obvious reason for this is the avoidance of dependencies you either don't want or don't need in your project. Whilst I'm not someone who goes out of their way to avoid depende…

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  9. Easy Concurrency Locking in Erlang/Elixir

    Out of the box, Elixir and Erlang offer a very powerful tool for serializing access to a resource via the GenServer included in OTP and surfaced in the Elixir standard library. As a GenServer processes messages it receives both in order and synchronously, it becomes a great tool…

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  10. Visualizing Developer Download Counts

    This short post is about a small application I wrote to track developer stats, named My Dev Statistics. If you want to skip to the finished product, you can find the application on both the iOS App Store and Google Play. For a long time now, I've wanted to build something small a…

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