I've maintained very strict control over email for over a decade. When I purchased jonpurdy.com in 2006, I did so with the intent of having a lifelong domain and email address. But the longer one uses an email address, the more spam and unwanted email tends to collect.
Teleconferencing seems like an easy thing to get right, especially with webcams and good noise-canceling microphones being built into most laptops these days. If the environment is quiet and and lighting is good, it can be fine. But I've participated in a lot of meetings where I could hear myself …
My wife and I are staying with my folks for a couple of weeks before we move to SF. My father mentioned that it'd be nice if he could get his non-HomeKit power outlet switches working with HomeKit somehow, despite not being supported.
I figured there was a way to …
I read an article on HN about FAANG companies. As some of the top places to work, I wondered if my qualifications matched up with roles there. Since I've been a Mac user since 1992 and an Apple ][ user since I was a baby, I figured I'd grab a …
We recently wrapped up the initial MVP of Enzyme, our Polkadot wallet, and I wanted to share some insights about the development process from the perspective of a Project Manager. My first anniversary at BlockX Labs is coming up in a couple of weeks and it's been amazing to see …
My Private Internet Access subscription had expired and prices had jumped up from the last time I paid for a year. I don't need a VPN 24 hours per day, just an hour or two if I decide to work from a cafe, need airport wifi, or other scenarios where …
If you built your own blockchain or forked an existing one, one of your top priorities should be to make it easy for users and developers to interact with. MetaMask enabled Ethereum users and developers to easily use ETH and ERC-20 tokens, and use DApps without needing to use command-line …
Netcat is a super simple but very versatile way to test basic network connectivity. The nc man page says it best:
The nc (or netcat) utility is used for just about anything under the sun involving TCP or UDP. It can open TCP connections, send UDP packets, listen on arbitrary …