Bash to initialize a project 🔗
Most of the time I start an experiment/idea with an empty directory. So I've got a couple bash programs to help "upgrade" those stubs into a full proj [...]
tbeseda (Taylor Beseda) blog
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Invest in Yourself 🔗
... not some company's thrash machine. [...]
Previewing GitHub Copilot Workspaces 🔗
I've since lost access, but I created a PR on a small library I publish with just Copilot Workspaces in my browser. Impressive but not all that helpfu [...]
Create Dynamic Open Graph Images from HTML and CSS 🔗
Using HTML and CSS, my server dynamically creates og:image assets for any given blog article. A special HTTP Node.js Lambda creates them on demand and [...]
Automating My robots.txt to Block AI User Agents 🔗
darkvisitors.com provides a nice list of known AI scraper agents. I'm automatically updating my site's /robots.txt [...]
AWS Bedrock with aws-lite 🔗
Connect to AWS Bedrock with the latest release of aws-lite. In less than 50 lines, we'll be able to select a model and send a query. [...]
Compare Node.js Module Sizes With a CLI 🔗
While there are many ways to analyze `./node_modules`, I use a CLI utility from npm called `howfat` to compare package install sizes. This is very hel [...]
Quick Color Functions for a Node.js CLI 🔗
Here are a few functions for adding color to CLI output while respecting the NO_COLOR env variable. [...]
Super Helpful: Server-Timing HTTP Response Headers 🔗
TIL about the Server-Timing header and the accompanying browser dev tools feature. So I built a quick helper to create and transmit performance timers [...]
Easy Confirmation Prompt for Node.js CLI Script 🔗
Prompt the user if they'd like to continue when executing a Node.js script from the command line. [...]
Check If Node.js File is Imported or Run as CLI 🔗
How to check if a Node.js (ESM) program is being executed on the command line or when imported by a Node.js process. [...]
vendurl: Vendor Packages from a URL to Your Node.js Project 🔗
Some libraries are not available on npm or not published in a way you'd like to consume. Vendor them to your project from a URL with vendurl. [...]
HTML-First Web Dev Learning Path 🔗
How I'd teach a newcomer to build for the web. [...]
Add htmx to an Enhance Project 🔗
Use Enhance @bundles to include htmx and make it available to all of your app's web components. [...]
Get a random record from 126K lines of JSON 🔗
How I put a 76MB file in a Lambda and grab a random line without loading the whole thing into memory. [...]
An Image of Some Bison 🔗
I added image uploading to my custom blog editor, so here's some AI bison I made with Midjourney. [...]
Thoughts on SSR: Do It 🔗
Less browser JS pixel pushing and more hard work on the server. [...]
My Articles on Begin 🔗
A roundup of posts I've authored for Begin.com's blog. [...]
gitclean zsh command 🔗
A command to run git clean with a confirmation step [...]
Hello, World 🔗
Back at it. My first entry on tbeseda.com. I can't remember all the places I've published content, but I'm motivated to centralize it. It may not alwa [...]
Run Hurl tests against a Node.js server 🔗
A simple script to run Hurl tests against a Node.js server [...]
A Story About the Evolution of a New Web Framework 🔗
The original web was a revelation... [...]
I use exa instead of ls 🔗
List directories at the command line with exa. [...]