For [datasette-leaflet-geojson](https://github.com/simonw/datasette-leaflet-geojson) I wanted to dynamically load some external CSS and JavaScript ...

With [Claude's help](https://gist.github.com/simonw/6f7b6a40713b36749da845065985bb28) I figured out what I think is the most basic version of a sta...

[JSR](https://jsr.io/) is a brand new package repository for "modern JavaScript and TypeScript", [launched on March 1st](https://deno.com/blog/jsr_...

The `URLSearchParams` class, in [every modern browser](https://caniuse.com/?search=URLSearchParams) since IE 11, provides a sensible API for manipu...

Use `docker ps` to find the container ID:

This recipe for deploying the official `datasetteproject/datasette` container in Kubernetes just worked for me. It uses an interesting (possibly na...

Jeff Triplett [convinced me](https://twitter.com/webology/status/1532860591307726851) to take a look at [just](https://github.com/casey/just) as a ...

I've been wanting to figure out how to do this for years. Today I finally put all of the pieces together for it.

A pattern I really like for zero-downtime deploys is the ability to "pause" HTTP traffic at the load balancer, such that incoming requests from bro...

A comprehensive guide to building a secure DNS sinkhole using CoreDNS and Smallstep certificates, providing DNS-level blocking and serving custom HTTPS block pages.

Today I learned how to install tools from GitHub that are written in Go, using [github.com/icholy/semgrepx](https://github.com/icholy/semgrepx) as ...

I came up with this trick today, when I wanted to run a `LIKE` search against every column in a table.

Today I built a system for monitoring Reddit for new posts that link to various domains that I own.

A comprehensive guide to implementing automated API status monitoring for Tomcat applications using Bash scripting, with detailed explanations of script components, error handling, and best practices.

[redbean](https://redbean.dev/) is a fascinating project - it provides a web server in a self-contained executable which you can add assets (or dyn...

A few years ago I decided to learn how to make some classic cocktails. It is a very rewarding hobby.

I wanted to send out a small batch of follow-up emails for workshop attendees today, and I realized that since I have their emails in a database ta...

A few notes on JavaScript `Date` object, based on trying to do some basic things with them in Observable notebooks.

[Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/) displays comments in a tree. This can be frustrating if you want to keep track of a particular convers...

A comprehensive guide to implementing Google Authenticator two-factor authentication for SSH and sudo access on Linux systems, including troubleshooting and best practices.

A comprehensive guide to managing private forks of public repositories, including maintaining upstream synchronization, handling visibility changes, and implementing best practices for enterprise environments.

For [Datasette #1249](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1249) I wanted to build a Docker image from the `python:3.9.2-slim-buster` base im...

There's a story going around at the moment that people have found code from their private GitHub repositories in the AI training data known as The ...

A detailed guide to implementing, validating, and troubleshooting metrics exporters for monitoring service performance, with practical examples using both built-in exporters and custom Python implementations.